**🚛** **Now Hiring: Forklift and Reach Truck Operators – Ocala, FL 🚛** We’re looking for skilled forklift and Reach Truck Operators to join a growing team in a food manufacturing facility where safety, stability, and growth are top priorities. **💼 Position Overview** As a Forklift/ Reach Truck Operator, you’ll be at the heart of our warehouse operations—moving, stocking, and delivering pallets of ingredients with precision and care. You’ll spend 99% of your time operating a lift, using an RF scanner to track inventory, and occasionally checking pallet status. If you’ve got experience with **Crown Reach Trucks or sit-down forklifts,** we want to hear from you! **🔧 What You’ll Do** + Safely transport and stock pallets of ingredients + Load/unload and move pallets in and out of inventory + Deliver materials to the production floor + Operate a Crown Reach Truck or sit-down forklift + Use an RF scanner to track product movement + Occasionally verify pallet status and inventory accuracy **✅ What You Bring** + Proven experience operating Reach Trucks(Crown preferred) + Skilled in sit-down forklift operation + Comfortable using RF scanners + Bonus: Experience with SAP systems **🎯 Why You’ll Love It Here** + Long-term opportunity with potential for permanent hire + 2 weeks PTO,3 sick days, and401(k)with company match + Annual merit reviews with potential raises (1–4%) + Full training provided—we’ll set you up for success! + Work in a climate-controlled facility—no sweating it out in the heat **📍 Job Details** + Location: Ocala, FL + Type: Contract-to-Hire + Schedule: Full-time, consistent hours **Pay and Benefits** The pay range for this position is $16.00 - $16.00/hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) **Workplace Type** This is a fully onsite position in Ocala,FL. **Application Deadline** This position is anticipated to close on Jul 21, 2025. **About Aerotek:** We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow. Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.