Material Handler

Summary

Ships, receives, stores, and distributes material, tools, equipment, and products within establishments by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Performs shipping and receiving duties and handles materials as needed in support of production.

Opens bales, crates, and other containers. Unpacks and examines incoming shipments and verifies information. Counts, weighs, or measures incoming items against bills of lading, packing slips, and receiving copies. Rejects damaged items, records shortages, and notifies the Buyer to rectify discrepancies.

Marks materials with identifying information (i.e. job number).

Moves materials and items from receiving or production areas to storage or to other designated areas or job bins.

Operates forklift or uses hand truck to move, convey, or hoist materials from shipping and receiving platform to storage or work area.

Sorts and places materials or items on racks, shelves, or in bins according to predetermined sequence such as size, type, style, color, or product code.

Assembles customer orders from stock and places orders on pallets or in boxes for shipment.

Verifies information and counts, weighs, or measures items of outgoing shipments against bills of lading, packing slips, invoices, orders, or other records to ensure conformance to company standards.

Stamps, posts weights, stencils or affixes shipping labels on packed cartons, crates or containers, identifying shipping information.

Packs, skids, wraps items as required to ensure safe transport, whether domestic or international.

Accurately records all inventory transactions into management system (Epicor) as required.

Maintains inventory of shipping materials and supplies and requests replenishment of same completing requisition forms as required to help ensure availability.

Works with Inventory Controller to resolve any inventory variances, including performing cycle counts when required and 

updating database accordingly.

Works closely with and supports Material Handler to ensure the needs of the business are met. These duties may include, but are not limited to, pulling items from stock to issue to jobs and recording such inventory movements in Epicor.

Monitors all electronic correspondence and acts upon in a timely manner.

Maintains clean and safe work environment.

Follows all safety requirements including, but not limited to, lifting, footwear, and eye protection.

Performs all other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None

Qualification Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

High School or GED education; or up to six months related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Language Skills: Ability to read, write, and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to present information in one-on-one and small group situations to management and other employees.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Requirements

Must be able to frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and 

occasionally lift weights up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk, sit, twist, bend, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls. Frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to talk or hear. Occasionally work in cramped spaces, and constant standing and kneeling. Must wear common protective or safety equipment May be subject to noisy machinery. Hearing protection must be worn to protect workers from excess noise. Ability to work alone and collaborate with members of crew. May need on occasion to direct helpers to complete jobs.

Working Conditions

May require extensive work hours during peak business planning cycles.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes, toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually noisy.

HUBBELL WORK STANDARDS:

• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders: coworkers, clients, vendors and potential customers.

• Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.

• Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable Hubbell policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies.

• Respect for the compliance requirements a manufacturing company faces, preferably gained through experience with government contracting regulations.