Material Handler – 1st SHIFT

Job Details

• Unloads and unpacks incoming shipments of raw materials and supplies.
• Compares invoices to purchase orders and packing slips to ensure correctness, bringing discrepancies to the supervisor's attention.
• Examines materials for damage, noting any damaged products and determining whether damaged materials should be returned.
• Delivers materials to the proper location in the warehouse or packaging areas.
• Palletizes and stretch wraps outbound freight orders.
• Assists with bulk inventories.
• Locates and transports raw materials into the Production Department.
• Helps maintain the warehouse and keeps the dock area cleared.
• Complies with safety and GMP requirements.

• Supports a culture of safe production and operations; follows all safety rules and procedures.
• Actively participates in the safety program by engaging in training activities, reporting safety concerns, submitting suggestions, and correcting or reporting hazards to the appropriate people until resolved.
• Assists with communicating safety information to new employees.
• Fulfills responsibilities as outlined in the company safety management plan.

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 will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• High‑school diploma or GED and one to three months related experience and/or training; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one‑on‑one and small group situations to other employees of the organization.

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

• Ability to apply common sense to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

• Basic computer skills required.
• Prior forklift experience preferred.

The physical demands described here represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and/or walk, climb stairs, use hands to finger, handle, feel, and/or use a tape dispensing gun, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear.

The employee is required to access products on the floor or low shelves and to operate a hand truck or forklift with a 24‑inch step. Ability to go up to heights of up to XX feet is required.

• Lift up to 55 lb. boxes from 5 inches to 62 inches.
• Raise up to 55 lb. pallet from floor to one side, move up to 10 feet and return to original position.
• Move pallet jacks by pushing and pulling with a force of up to 42 lbs. at 36‑inch height.
• Open and close truck doors; pull down with 70 lbs. of force from 75 inches and pull up with 70 lbs. of force from 9 inches.
• Lift up to 55 lbs. from 5 inches off the ground up to 52 inches high.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts, is frequently exposed to herbal aromas, dust, and/or airborne particles.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.