Logistics Heavy Duty Forklift Operator

It's more than a job

As part of the Contract Logistics team at Kuehne+Nagel, you will play a key role in designing, managing, and optimizing solutions that keep goods moving efficiently. Whether you’re leading a team, engineering processes, or driving projects, your work ensures that our customers’ products are stored, handled, and delivered with precision. From everyday essentials to seasonal items, what we do in Contract Logistics impacts businesses and communities around the world. At Kuehne+Nagel, your contribution goes far beyond the warehouse—it helps shape the flow of global trade.

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Build Your Career Moving What Matters

At Kuehne+Nagel, our Heavy-Duty Forklift Operators are trusted professionals who keep operations moving safely and efficiently. Using high-capacity forklifts and specialized material-handling equipment, you'll support the movement of oversized cargo while working in a safety-first environment that values teamwork, reliability, and opportunities for growth. Come join us at our new West Jefferson location on South Preston Rd. Multiple shifts avaiable.

How you create impact

• Operate high-capacity forklifts to safely lift, transport, stage, and position oversized, heavy, or irregular loads.

• Verify load weight, balance, and center of gravity, using appropriate attachments such as fork extensions, booms, or clamps when required.

• Follow OSHA regulations, site safety procedures, heavy-lift protocols, and participate in daily safety meetings and briefings.

• Perform pre-shift equipment inspections, document findings, and promptly report maintenance or safety concerns.

• Coordinate with supervisors, spotters, riggers, and warehouse personnel to support inbound/outbound operations and ensure the safe movement of materials.

• Identify and escalate unsafe conditions, maintain accurate equipment and movement records, and stop work when safety risks are present.

What we would like you to bring

• 2–3+ years of forklift operation experience, including heavy‑duty or high‑capacity equipment

• OSHA‑compliant forklift certification

• Strong understanding of load charts, stability principles, and safe lifting practices

• Ability to operate in tight or congested warehouse environments

• Strong commitment to safety, communication, and equipment care

• Experience in heavy industrial or 3PL warehouse environments is preferred

• Experience handling oversized, hazardous, or high‑value materials

• Familiarity with WMS systems

What's in it for you

Kuehne+Nagel we strive daily to inspire, empower, and deliver not only to our customers, but also to our colleagues. We offer a dynamic global work environment with opportunities for excellent training programs and career mobility. Base wage is part of a competitive total rewards package that includes health and welfare benefits, a 401k retirement savings plan, tuition reimbursement, and incentive compensation for eligible roles. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by a number of factors including experience, skills, job location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. Kuehne+Nagel reviews pay ranges regularly to ensure competitive and fair pay based on industry market data. LI# On-Site

Kuehne+Nagel participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.

Individuals with a disability who require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process may contact us by sending an email to kn.taaccommodations.com

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used to support portions of the recruitment process, such as reviewing application materials or assisting with scheduling. These tools analyze information to help inform decision making; however, all hiring decisions are made by human reviewers.

This position relates to an available role and not a future talent pool.

Who we are

Logistics shapes everyday life - from the goods we consume to the healthcare we rely on. At Kuehne+Nagel, your work goes beyond logistics; it enables both ordinary and special moments in the lives of people around the world.

As a global leader with a strong heritage and a vision to move the world forward, we offer a safe, stable environment where your career can make a real difference. Whether we help deliver life-saving medicines, develop sustainable transportation solutions or support our local communities, your career will contribute to more than you can imagine.

Kuehne + Nagel is an equal employment/affirmative action employer. If you require an accommodation for any part of the online application process due to a disability, please contact the Employee Services HR Help Desk at 1-800-267-1326 during the hours of 8:00am - 5:00pm EST; Monday through Friday or via e-mail at: [email protected] with the nature of your request. We will answer your inquiry within 24 hours.