Material Handler

Schaefer Plastics provides innovative packaging and waste technology solutions to businesses throughout North America. We design and manufacture bulk and handheld plastic containers, custom dunnage packaging, and waste and recycling carts. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Schaefer Plastics is part of the SSI Schaefer Group, a global leader in logistics and materials handling with offices and plants in more than 50 countries.

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The Material Handler ensures the orderly distribution of materials and products in the plant by operating a forklift, pallet jack or other machinery to pull needed items from inventory and delivering to designated machines. This position also performs quality checks, makes adjustments to process equipment, and re‑grinds materials.

• Ensures forklift is fully operational and safe to operate by performing daily safety inspection.
• Prepares machines for efficient changeover.
• Loads and unloads raw materials, components and accessories from storage and manufacturing areas and stages items at each machine.
• Monitors machines to ensure adequate quantities of materials are in machine for processing.
• Removes unneeded raw materials and components from production area and moves to designated storage area.
• Verifies ticket information, including count, before removing any stack, pallet or cage from machines. Initials white copy of production ticket.
• Maintains accurate inventory of items by identifying and labeling materials and recording location.
• Collects white copies of production tickets and submits to shift supervisor at end of shift.
• Removes finished products from production area and moves to designated staging area and/or assigned truck.
• Shrink wraps all completed pallets of boxes.
• Removes all scrap and waste from production area.
• Initials tickets for lids and boxes before moving pallets and cages.
• Relieves production personnel and assists in training new employees.
• Provides Material Handlers with inventory control accessories and tools.
• Completes all required documentation and product control functions.

• Six months related material handler experience in a manufacturing environment

• Knowledge of re‑grind preferred
• Ability to obtain a company forklift certification
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Knowledge of inventory control helpful
• Ability and willingness to work a flexible work schedule (including 12‑hour rotating day/night shifts) and overtime hours

Work is performed in a manufacturing environment where there is exposure to moderate to loud noise, outdoor weather conditions, vibration, occasional work in high places and moving mechanical parts.

Ability to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle and/or feel objects, reach, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, talk, see and hear.

• Ability to push, pull, lift, carry or otherwise move up to 35 lbs. and roll 400 lbs.

Schaefer Plastics is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, religion, gender or gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.