High‑Reach Lift Truck Specialist, Cold Storage

Job Description

Job Description About the Role

Picture a typical day in our temperature-controlled warehouse: you run a quick safety check, sync your RF scanner, and climb into a high‑reach lift to move palletized food with precision. You’ll load and unload trailers, position inventory into racking up to 30 feet high from within a safety cage, and stage accurate outbound orders—all while keeping aisles orderly and workflows moving.

What you will handle

• Operate sit‑down and stand‑up forklifts, high‑reach forklifts, stand‑up straddle trucks, walk‑behinds, single/double pallet jacks, and radio‑frequency scanners in alignment with OSHA standards.
• Receive, put away, pick, and ship food products, ensuring loads are stacked securely and labeled, wrapped, sorted, packed, or repacked as needed.
• Verify freight for accuracy, damage, and infestation before it moves on.
• Meet production targets while maintaining a clean, organized, and safe work area.
• Pitch in on inventory counts, sanitation tasks, and forklift battery changes; step in on other duties as needed.

What sets you up for success

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Three (3) months of related material handling or warehouse experience preferred.
• Self‑starter who can work with minimal supervision and hit deadlines with strong attention to detail.
• Willingness to work overtime, evenings, or weekends as assigned and arrive on time for your scheduled shift.

Physical and environmental realities

• Frequent operation of forklifts; ability to sit, talk, hear, use close vision, and handle controls with hands and fingers; occasional distance vision, standing, kneeling, or crouching.
• Work within areas with as little as 55 inches of headroom.
• Tolerate controlled temperatures from 32&degree;F to −45&degree;F and outdoor weather (heat, cold, precipitation).
• Comfortable with heights up to 30 ft. to access product from inside a safety cage.
• Stand to rebuild pallets for up to 5 hours within an 8–10–12 hour shift; occasionally walk, climb/balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Lift boxes from 10–55 lbs. from floor to 80 inches; lift up to 70 lbs. to 50 inches when rebuilding pallets; carry product 6 ft. without mechanical assistance.
• Wear cold‑protection gear: insulated clothing, boots, headgear, and gloves.
• Vision needs include close, distance, peripheral, depth perception, and focus adjustment.

Compensation

The hourly rate is targeted at $22.50; actual pay may vary by work location.

Tools of the trade

Forklifts and material handling equipment from Hyster, Jungheinrich, Raymond, Crown, and Yale.

Compliance and equal opportunity

Reasonable accommodation may be made for qualified individuals with disabilities.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The Company makes reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law.

• Ability to maintain reasonably regular and punctual attendance consistent with ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards/requirements.

Americold is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and complies with applicable employment laws.

EOE/AA M/F/D/V DFW.