Forklift Operator – Manufacturing (Continental Shifts)

Location: Brantford, Ontario

Pay Rate: $21.00 - $23.00/hour (Weekly Pay)

Job Type: Full-time Hours

Shift: Straight Continental Days or Straight Continental Nights

Take your material handling expertise to the next level with a market-leading manufacturing and logistics facility in Brantford, Ontario. Randstad Canada is seeking precision-driven, safety-first Forklift Operators ready to tackle high-density racking, narrow aisle navigation, and high-tier stacking.

Advantages

- Competitive Earning Potential: Earn $21.00 to $23.00 per hour with reliable weekly pay deposits.
- Balanced Continental Schedule: 12-hour shifts featuring built-in overtime, predictable rotations, and alternating long weekends off (Week 1: Mon/Tue/Fri/Sat/Sun; Week 2: Wed/Thu).
- Shift Stability: Dedicated day shifts (7:00 AM - 7:00 PM) or night shifts (7:00 PM - 7:00 AM) to fit your lifestyle.
- Modern Work Environment: Safe, clean, climate-moderated, peanut-free, and allergen-controlled production facility.
- PPE Provided: Onsite personal protective gear supplied daily (hairnets, beard nets, voluntary hearing protection).
- Dedicated Career Advocates: Ongoing support from specialized Randstad recruiters focused on your career growth in manufacturing and logistics.

Responsibilities

- Multi-Equipment Operation: Safely maneuver Sit-Down Counterbalance, Narrow Aisle Reach trucks, and Dock Stockers across busy warehouse and manufacturing zones.
- Line Feeding & Material Supply: Access digital pick lists and onboard RF scan terminals to retrieve raw packaging components (skids, plastics, liners, corrugated cardboard) and feed production lines without delay.




- Precision Staging & Transport: Transfer completed production skids to staging zones, apply protective stretch wrap, and move inventory to warehouse distribution bays.
- High-Level Vertical Stacking: Execute advanced stacking protocols, positioning finished goods pallets up to 10 tiers high near facility ceiling limits.
- Tight-Clearance Maneuvering: Guide reach equipment smoothly through narrow racking aisles with lateral clearances as tight as 8 inches.
- Equipment Care & Maintenance: Conduct pre-shift mechanical inspections, log equipment status, and follow battery charging bay safety guidelines.
- Facility Standards: Uphold stringent Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), allergen controls, and proactive housekeeping routines.

Qualifications

- Forklift Experience: At least 2 years of recent hands-on operation across Reach Trucks, Counterbalance, and Dock Stockers.
- Certification: Valid external forklift license or verifiable in-house operating certification (Counterbalance and Narrow Aisle Reach).
- Spatial Mastery: Exceptional depth perception and spatial awareness for 10-tier high stacking and tight-aisle driving (8-inch margins).
- Tech-Savvy: Comfortable utilizing RF scanners, digital pick systems, and warehouse terminals.
- Education & Gear:



Grade 12 diploma/GED (or equivalent industry experience) and CSA-approved steel-toe boots or shoes.
- Protocol Compliance: Willingness to adhere strictly to safety rules, a 100% peanut-free plant policy, and GMP dress codes (long sleeves/pants, zero jewelry, unscented personal care products, no nail polish/artificial nails).
- Schedule Readiness: Commitment to a 12-hour continental schedule, including scheduled alternating weekends.
- Communication: Explicit written and verbal English skills to interface with floor supervisors, line operators, and shipping personnel.

Summary

Your next career step is closer than you think Opportunities with leading facilities like this fill quickly—put your precision forklift skills to work where they are recognized, valued, and rewarded.

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aborigina

📌 Forklift Operator (Canada)
🏢 Randstad Deutschland
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