Material Handler

Material Handler– Lake Elsinore

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Ensuring that Health and Safety is the number one priority by complying with all safe work practices, policies, and processes and always acting in a safe manner
• Organizes all saleable inventory within warehouse
• Operates heavy material handling equipment (forklift, pallet jack, hand trucks, dolly)
• Receives shipments and verifies receipts
• Housekeeping in branch (sweeping, cleaning, straightening as needed)
• Conduct inventory count at warehouse
• Coordinating transportation on weekly shipments
• Loading and Unloading trucks with various equipment and by hand
• Offloads pallets from incoming shipments and stocks material in warehouse based on company procedures.
• Pull products for orders, wrap, strap, and seal for shipping to customers or other regionals.
• Reports any damaged inventory or discrepancies to supervisor.
• Works diligently to complete all daily transactions promptly.
• Handle and dispose of material waste as per company procedure.

Requirements

• Ability to lift or move heavy products
• Must be able to frequently push, pull, squat, bend, stand, sit and reach
• Comfortable working in an environment where there are forklifts, machinery, large trucks, and other standard warehouse equipment
• Ability to read and do basic math with the help of calculator.
• The ability to work well as part of a team
• Basic written and verbal communication skills

Education and/or Experience

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or 6 months to one-year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience

Skills:

• Experience in warehouse operation, pulling orders.
• Forklift driving or willingness to learn.
• Ability to read/write and communicate comfortably in English.
• Basic knowledge of math.
• Basic knowledge of computes or willingness to learn.
• Strong organization and time management skills.
• High attention to detail, and ability to multi-task.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

This position involves some walking and lifting up to 50 pounds on an occasional basis.

Work Environments: The work environments characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee may be occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.