1st Shift** Material Handler

Title: Material Handler

Department: Warehouse

Reports to:

FLSA Status: Non-exempt

Job Summary

We are seeking a reliable and efficient Material Handler to join our team. As a Material Handler, you will be responsible for ensuring the safe and accurate movement of materials within our facility. The ideal candidate will have a keen attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Load and unload materials from delivery trucks and transport them to designated areas within the facility
• Verify the accuracy of incoming and outgoing shipments
• Organize and maintain inventory levels
• Operate forklifts and other equipment to move materials as needed
• Ensure that all safety procedures are followed when handling materials
• Collaborate with other departments to ensure timely and accurate delivery of materials
• Maintain cleanliness and organization of work area
• Partner with operators and cell leaders to move materials to and from production cells to create continual production.
• Ensure accuracy of inventory quantities on all supplies
• Ensure all supply inventory is in the correct locations
• Help on Production lines as time permits
• Maintain quality compliance of product according to customer specifications
• Participate in efficiency improvements throughout the plant

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• 1 years of forklift driving experience.
• Ability to operate a forklift and other material handling equipment
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong knowledge or Plex ERP system and inventory transactions.
• Demonstrated experience in driving efficiency improvements.
• Strong Quality mindset and a drive for perfection.

Competencies
To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Productivity - Employee is effective in producing quality products. Employees are efficient and prudent with utilizing resources to meet operational standards, (production, process). Employees have a sense of urgency maximizing time.
• Teamwork - Employee is capable of being approached and easy to work with. Contributes to the success of the team, communicates clearly individually and in group settings while treating others with respect. Employees listen to others and work well within diverse groups. Employees consistently place team needs over individual needs and seek input from people with different experiences and perspectives and recognize the differences of opportunities to learn and gain by working together. Employee values and encourages unique skills and talents.
• Initiative - Ability to assess and initiate things independently with limited supervision required. Has the ability to manage resources to get things done and the ability to perform multiple activities to accomplish goals doing more than required or requested in the job. Plans for upcoming problems or opportunities and takes appropriate action. Is proactive and anticipates events well in advance to ensure successful outcome.
• Problem Solving - Employee considers multiple sides of an issue and weighs consequences before making a final decision. Employees make informed decisions based on available information and recognize issues and determine what actioned is needed to advance the decision-making process. Employee follows-up as necessary and is easily adaptable to not be discouraged by ambiguous situations and is open to new ideas and processes while adjusting to achieve results.
• Job Knowledge - Employee demonstrates relevant job knowledge and essential skills, such as work practices, policies, procedures, quality assurance, and technical abilities. Employee demonstrates self-improvement efforts to enhance skills and knowledge with changes impacting the job while adhering to workplace rules as well as to traditional or socially expected methods of doing business following processes and procedures.
• Safety - Employee demonstrates the ability and willingness to contribute to a safe and environmentally secure work environment for themselves, their coworkers, and our customers by following established safety procedures. Employees demonstrate the willingness to actively report and take action to correct identified safety hazards during the day.
• Quality - Employee demonstrates the ability to produce high quality, accurate results. Possesses and demonstrates attention to detail and produces work that is accurate and complete. Employee can identify problems or potential problems that arise in the course of the day and take the necessary steps to proactively address those issues. Employees had the ability to discover the root causes of issues and respond with corrective action.
• Reliability/Dependability - Employee is responsible and accountable for actions, consistent in meeting deadlines and works well with others to follow through on completing tasks. Employee completes work in a timely, consistent manner and works hours necessary to complete assigned work. The employee is regularly present and punctual and arrives prepared for work.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

The employee must frequently lift and carry up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk and required to reach with hands and arms and stoop/crouch, bend or twist. The employee is occasionally required to push, pull, and/or move material and work in awkward positions, such as underneath equipment, or working around machines in operations area.

Work Environment

The work environment is typical of most manufacturing environments. The noise level in the work environment is usually high with ear protection required as posted. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by those assigned to a particular position. This document in no way states or implies that this is as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required and personnel may be required to perform duties outside their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. The Company reserves the right to change, modify, amend, add to or delete from, any section of this document as it deems, in its judgment, to be proper.