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Essential Responsibilities (Tasks)

• Safely lifts, moves, unloads, and stacks material and supplies with electric or liquefied- gas powered industrial equipment such as a walkie, ball cart, reach truck, stacker, stand-up, or sit-down truck (fork-lift).
• Visually checks all in-coming material, out-going finished product, and their packaging (including skids) for damage. All suspected damage must be reported in writing.
• Weighs materials or products and records weight on tags, labels, or production schedules.
• Properly secure loads with seat belts or straps before moving with powered industrial trucks.
• Read work orders or receive oral instructions to determine work assignments or material or equipment needs.
• Attach identifying tags to containers or mark them with identifying information.
• Positions forks, lifting platform, or other lifting device under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, boxes, products, or materials and transports load to designated areas.
• Install protective devices, such as bracing, padding, or strapping, to prevent shifting or damage to items being transported.
• Inventories materials on work floor, and supply workers with materials as needed.
• Based on the production schedule and need on the production floor, the Material Handler will deliver components and other supplies to the appropriate place in a safe and timely manner.
• Verifies material in warehouse is OK or approved to use before pulling it from skids.
• Records inventory transactions using the Bar Code Inventory system.
• Performs routine inspection and refueling on powered industrial trucks such as charging batteries or replacing liquefied-gas tank.
• Apply principles of 5S to assigned areas so everything is organized, clean, and safe.
• Follow all company rules and regulations related to environmental, health, and safety.
• This list is not all inclusive; other job-related tasks may be assigned.

Knowledge

• General knowledge of material handling, inventory, and quality control practices such as FIFO and lot traceability.
• Read, write, and verbally communicate in English to convey information effectively so others will understand.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, and decimals.
• Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote safety, health, and environment protection practices within the workplace.

Skills and Abilities

• Skilled at driving powered industrial trucks by moving levers and pressing pedals.
• Physically move objects safely by using proper lifting techniques.
• Ability to follow instructions in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Apply common sense to carrying out detailed but uninvolved instructions.
• Capacity to get work done in a timely fashion with little or no supervision
• Arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern.
• Capable of handling multiple tasks at the same time.
• Detailed and thorough in completing work tasks.
• Ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong, and take the initiative to act quickly and appropriately.
• Able to consistently meet job attendance requirements.

Tools and equipment used in this position:

• Hand held scanner
• Manual pallet jack
• Wrapping machinery: Banding and shrink wrapping machines
• Powered Industrial Trucks (PIT) — Lift truck, Reach truck, Stacker, Stand-up, powered pallet jack (Walkie), and Ball cart

Technology used in this position:

• Electronic mail software: Lotus Notes
• Inventory tracking software (JDE or Syteline)
• Hand-held bar code scanner