Forklift Operator / Crane Operator
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 20, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 10, 2026. Koch Industries scores A on the Alion truth index.
Your Job
Guardian Glass is looking for a motivated Forklift / Overhead Crane Operator to join our team in Geneva, NY! Forklift / Overhead Crane Operators perform a variety of coordinated activities that work to build on our safety, quality, and shipping goals. This individual will need to be comfortable operating a forklift and overhead crane. The selected individual will work with co-workers, team leads, and supervisors to develop their skills and improve our culture.
Shift: Friday - Monday (weekend role) 6am - 3pm OR M-F 2pm-10pm shift.
Starting hourly wage is $20 an hour.
$1000 Sign-On Bonus paid out at 6 months of employment.
Our Team
At Guardian Glass, a Guardian Industries company, we make high- performance, energy efficient glass for homes and buildings. To learn more about Guardian Glass, visit www.guardianglass.com.
What You Will Do
- Handle and move materials using forklifts and overhead cranes on and off trailers
- Operate equipment and mechanized devices utilized in our daily production
- Inspect equipment, materials, and products to identify the cause of errors, problems, or defects
- Communicate and escalate problems, concerns, or improvements to the supervisors, leads, and co-workers
- Perform other functions in warehouse and shipping as needed
- Communicate information to supervisors, leads and peers in a professional manner
- Strive to improve in a continuous operation and a fast-paced changing production environment
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Experience loading and unloading trailers
- Experience operating a forklift
What Will Put You Ahead
- Experience operating an overhead crane
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Hiring Philosophy
All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.
Who We Are
As a Koch company, Guardian Glass is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of float, value-added and fabricated glass products, and solutions. We produce high-performance glass for architectural, residential, interior, transportation, and technical glass applications. You’ll find our glass in homes, offices, and cars and in some of the world’s most iconic projects.
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf