Material Handler II

Job Description

Under general supervision, receives, stores, picks‑up, and delivers supplies, materials, mail, documents, and equipment. Drives step vans, light trucks, automobiles, and other vehicles. Participates in office and school relocations. Performs other duties as assigned.

• Operates and maintains an assigned area within a storage facility. Organizes, maintains, and rotates stock. Assists in conducting physical inventories of stock. Keeps shelves and goods clean and orderly.
• Receives delivered items, unloads vans, trucks, and trailers, ensures the accurate receipt of items, compares delivered items with invoices, notes damages to goods received, places stocked items in their proper storage locations, operates material handling equipment such as forklifts and electric pallet movers.
• Processes requisitions, pulls, organizes, and prepares requisitioned items for delivery, loads items onto vans, trucks, and trailers, delivers and picks‑up supplies, materials, inter‑office mail, food, and equipment throughout the BCPS system, obtains proper signatures for deliveries.
• Operates commercial weight trucks and step vans, light trucks, automobiles, and other vehicles; delivers and picks‑up items on an assigned route; inspects equipment returned from loan.
• Participates in office and school relocations, moves furniture and equipment, provides assistance to drivers and acts as a substitute driver as needed.

• Possession of a high school diploma or an appropriate equivalent, plus one year of warehousing, distribution, or related experience. (Additional experience may be substituted on a year‑for‑year basis for the required education.)
• Possession of a valid Class C Maryland driver’s license or an equivalent is required.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of material handling and delivery, warehouse and storage facility operations, and material handling equipment including forklifts and electric pallet movers.
• Skill in maintaining an inventory of items; receiving, storing, and delivering items; operating material handling equipment and step vans, light trucks, and automobiles.
• Ability to communicate effectively; keep records of deliveries and the receipt of items.
• Physical ability to perform heavy physical labor, including walking, standing, lifting and carrying objects up to 60 pounds, and operating material handling equipment. Exposure to dust, dirt, chemicals, machinery, and equipment is expected. Driving automobiles, step vans, and light trucks throughout Baltimore County is required.

Regular Rate:
Grade 04 on the AFSCME Pay Scale $17.56 to $26.46 per hour.

Eligible for the Baltimore County Employees' Retirement System.

BCPS offers a comprehensive benefits program for eligible employees including options for medical plans, dental plans, vision, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, disability coverage, and 403(b)/457 plans. Other benefits include paid holidays, sick, personal business, and bereavement days, and flexible leave options such as FMLA, sick bank, and board approved leaves. All new hires will attend a benefits meeting upon hire.

• Applicants are required to have a completed application on file for employment with Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS). Information on your resume and application must match. This information is necessary for salary determination should you receive an offer of employment.
• Professional references must be submitted to complete your application. Examples of professional references include current and former principals, supervisors, managers, mentor teachers and university/college supervisors. Personal references from colleagues, friends, community members, etc. will not be accepted.
• Be sure to account for all periods of employment and unemployment. Failure to complete all fields of the "Work Experience" section of the application may result in your application not being considered. A resume will not be the only document considered in determining your qualifications for a position.
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