Distribution Center Material Handling Associate

Your day at Frito-Lay

Picture yourself in a fast-moving distribution center where every pallet you touch helps stock store shelves across the region. You’ll move between inbound trailers and pick aisles, using handheld technology to select the right cases, guiding product to the right place, and keeping our operation spotless and safe. Once trained and certified, you’ll confidently jump on a forklift to move materials where they need to go.

What you’ll take on

• Unload incoming trailers and load outbound shipments, moving pallets and individual cases.
• Use required technology to pick and stage accurate orders for delivery.
• Operate a forklift safely after we provide training and you earn certification.
• Load trailers using carts or by hand-stacking cases onto trailer floors.
• Maintain housekeeping and complete assigned sanitation tasks.

The environment

We operate 24/7. Schedules can vary and may include weekends, holidays, and off shifts. Expect a highly physical role where you’re on your feet for the full shift and frequently moving throughout the warehouse.

What you bring

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Willing to work weekends, holidays, and non-standard hours as needed.
• Able to lift 15 to 50 pounds with or without a reasonable accommodation.
• Able to stand and walk for extended periods with or without a reasonable accommodation.
• Comfortable climbing, bending, reaching, stooping, kneeling, and stretching for long periods with or without a reasonable accommodation.
• Capable of repeatedly lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, and handling product with or without a reasonable accommodation.
• Willing and able to work at heights using ladders or lifts to access areas of the plant.
• Comfortable working around extreme temperatures and humidity, hazardous/loud equipment, and on occasionally slippery surfaces.

Grow with us

Start with Frito-Lay and open doors across our organization and our parent company, PepsiCo. We invest in your skills—from forklift certification to broader career pathways.

How to apply

Our application takes about 20-25 minutes on any device. Our goal is to get you scheduled for an interview—keep an eye on your email and we’ll take it from there.

Legal notices

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Female / Minority / Disability / Protected Veteran / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity

Our Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and all other applicable laws, including but not limited to, San Francisco Police Code Sections 4901 - 4919, commonly referred to as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance; and Chapter XVII, Article 9 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, commonly referred to as the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.

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