Job Description
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Job Description:
The Material Handler is responsible for maintaining an orderly warehouse, supplying assembly and
fabrication operations with component parts and raw materials in a timely manner, and maintaining
accurate inventory records. This position places the utmost importance on safety. While operating
forklifts and other material-handling equipment, the Material Handler must remain alert, cautious,
and aware of surrounding employees, equipment, and conditions.
Key Responsibilities:
• Load and unload trucks in a safe and efficient manner.
• Receive fabricated and purchased parts into inventory.
• Verify quantities against receiving documentation and visually inspect parts for quality or
damage.
• Select appropriate stocking locations and complete the required system transactions to place
materials into inventory.
• Select appropriate containers, repackage materials when necessary, and ensure all containers are
properly labeled before storage.
• Restock bins with consumable and free-stock items and accurately record the associated inventory
transactions.
• Generate kit pickers for assembly work orders and verify the availability of the required
parts.
• Pull, label, record, and complete system transactions for parts issued through kit
pickers.
• Weigh, count, and record materials issued to fabrication work orders.
• Provide hands-on forklift training to employees seeking forklift certification, as
assigned.
• Perform cycle counts and bin checks throughout stocking and work-in-process locations.
• Enter cycle-count results and investigate inventory discrepancies to identify and correct root
causes.
• Process returned goods authorization receipts and supplier scrap returns.
• Complete and maintain forklift safety inspection checklists.
• Operate company forklifts and other material-handling equipment safely and in accordance with
company procedures.
• Create requisitions, packing slips, and other warehouse documentation as needed.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and orderly warehouse and work area.
• Follow all plant safety rules, standard operating procedures, work instructions, and quality
requirements.
Requirements:
Required Skills & Qualifications:
• Strong basic math, reading, writing, and communication skills.
• Ability to use computers and inventory-related systems accurately.
• Ability to prioritize work and manage conflicting demands.
• Ability to read and interpret general plant rules, safety requirements, operating and
maintenance instructions, standard operating procedures, ISO documentation, and work instructions.
• Ability to communicate effectively with individuals and groups in a team environment.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole numbers and decimals.
• Exceptional accuracy when counting, weighing, calculating, and recording inventory.
• Ability to understand and carry out written, verbal, and diagram-based instructions.
• Ability to solve problems involving multiple variables and changing situations.
• Ability to use deductive reasoning to identify the root causes of inventory
discrepancies.
• Willingness to cross-train and perform the essential duties of each assigned warehouse work
area.
• Current forklift certification or the ability to obtain certification as required.
Education and Experience
• High school diploma or GED required.
• At least one year of related warehouse, inventory, manufacturing, or material-handling
experience or training preferred.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
Equipment and Materials Used
• Personal computers and basic office equipment.
• Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks.
• Overhead cranes.
• Scales, counting equipment, scanners, and warehouse tools.
• Containers, pallets, raw materials, components, and finished goods.