Lumber Load Builder / Forklift Operator

Ignite your career at Builders FirstSource, America's largest supplier of building materials, value-added components and building services to the professional market. The #1 name in our industry, we help make the dream of home ownership more achievable every day. At BFS, you'll be equipped with all the tools, training, and resources you need, and you'll be empowered to try new things, gain new experiences, and build a career with unlimited horizons.

Forklift Operator / Load Builder

Job Summary

We are seeking a reliable and safety-focused Forklift Operator / Load Builder to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for loading, unloading, moving, and organizing building materials in the yard and warehouse while ensuring customer orders are accurately prepared for delivery. The ideal candidate has forklift experience, strong attention to detail, and a commitment to maintaining a safe work environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Load and unload building materials from trucks, pallets, and customer vehicles.
• Safely build and secure loads for delivery, ensuring proper weight distribution and load balance.
• Read work orders and follow instructions to accurately select and prepare materials.
• Move products and materials between storage areas and loading zones using forklifts, hand trucks, electric dollies, and other equipment.
• Secure loads with straps, bracing, or padding to prevent damage during transport.
• Open containers, bundles, and shipments using hand tools as needed.
• Apply tags, labels, and identifying information to materials and inventory.
• Verify materials and quantities against work orders and shipping documentation.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Minimum of 3 months of experience in material handling, warehouse operations, yard operations, or a related field.
• Valid forklift certification.
• Ability to read and interpret work orders, labels, and shipping documents.
• Basic math and counting skills to verify inventory and materials.
• Ability to safely operate forklifts and other material handling equipment.
• Experience using basic hand tools.

Preferred

• Previous experience in a lumber yard, building materials, warehouse, manufacturing, or distribution environment.
• Knowledge of load-building and safe material handling practices.

Physical Requirements

• Frequently lift and carry materials up to 25 pounds.
• Occasionally lift and carry materials up to 80 pounds.
• Ability to stand, walk, bend, kneel, climb, push, and pull throughout the workday.
• Ability to work in indoor and outdoor environments with varying weather conditions.

Work Environment

This position works in a warehouse, yard, or production environment and may be exposed to:

• Temperature fluctuations
• Dust and debris
• Equipment and machinery noise
• Moving mechanical equipment
• Industrial worksite conditions

What We Offer

• Competitive pay
• Health, dental, and vision benefits
• Paid time off
• Career growth opportunities
• Ongoing safety and skills training
• Supportive team environment

Join our team and help ensure our customers receive the materials they need safely, accurately, and on time. Apply today!

At BFS, we want you and your career to be greater than what you ever could have expected. Our supportive, people -first culture will build you up and empower you to do more, be more, and become better every day. Join us and see what's possible when you can rise to new challenges, learn new skills, and add to your career tool belt every day.

In addition to the base wage listed, team members are also eligible to earn an additional incentive subject to changes in plan design and documents and in accordance with applicable law. Eligibility and the amount of the incentive varies based on the terms and conditions of the locations' active incentive plan for the respective year. To help keep BFS employees safe, we actively enforce our drug free workplace expectations. This role is a safety sensitive position for which impairment while working presents a substantial risk of death, which means candidates must complete our pre-employment drug testing process, which includes marijuana.

At Builders FirstSource, we offer competitive, affordable benefits designed to make life better for you and the people you love. Our goal is simple - provide great plans that help you and your family to live happier, healthier and more secure lives. This role is eligible for medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance plans, 401(k) retirement savings plan, PTO (including paid sick time), and 8 paid holidays per year (for salaried and hourly team members). Details about Builders FirstSource's benefits offerings are available here www.bldrbenefits.com.

Builders FirstSource is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status or status as an individual with a disability.

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