Material Handler (Mon - Fri 7am - 4:00pm)

About the role

The Material Handler operates a forklift to move, locate, relocate, stack, count, unload, and load merchandise within the warehouse. This role involves safely and efficiently using industrial vehicles and equipment, order selection, inspection, and assisting in unstacking, packing, shrink wrapping, and restacking pallets of products to create display packs for customers. The incumbent must adhere to Wavepoint Warehousing's operational and safety policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Inspect trailers and inbound materials for signs of shipment damage, contamination, and infestation; report any damages to supervision.
• Verify quantities, lot numbers, and production code dates against manifests and driver documents; report any shortages, misplacements, or discrepancies to supervision.
• Unload inbound trailer shipments safely and efficiently; move product to appropriate storage locations.
• Pull and prepare product for shipment, ensuring proper locations, quantities, and lot numbers.
• Perform picking duties efficiently to meet customer service standards.
• Inspect outbound materials for damage, contamination, or infestation; report issues to supervision.
• Safely and efficiently move products from staging or storage areas into trailers.
• Load, unload, move, stack, and stage products using sit-down and stand-up forklifts or other power equipment with various attachments.
• Inspect equipment daily to ensure operational safety; report any issues to supervision.
• Maintain equipment and materials in a neat, clean manner; operate all equipment safely and efficiently.
• Keep appropriate records and reports to maintain inventory control and security; ensure proper stock rotation.
• Assist in physical inventories.
• Lift cases off pallets to place on conveyors; remove bottles from trays and place them in mixed-product trays.
• Guide packed product through a shrink-wrap machine and stack cases at the end of the line.
• Properly palletize cases per customer order; wrap and seal pallets using a turntable and stretch film.
• Advise leadership of any damaged product; keep the work area clean from trash and debris.
• Pick up and sort all dropped containers (good or damaged).

Requirements

• Prior forklift experience.
• Safe driving operations.
• Detail-oriented and results-driven.
• Ability to stand for 4-8 hours a day and walk for short periods.
• Lifting, including occasional heavy lifting (10-60 lbs.), overhead lifting, and lifting from floor level while moving.
• Carrying items weighing 10-60 lbs.
• Pushing and pulling.
• Climbing, balancing, bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling.
• Ability to work in various conditions: indoors and outdoors, temperatures ranging from 0°F to 100°F, dry or wet climates.
• Ability to work in trailers with temperatures at or below 0°F or above 32°F.
• Must speak, read, and understand English.
• Simple problem-solving skills and organizational ability.

Pay

$20.00 - $21.00 per hour.

Benefits

• Weekly pay.
• Shift differential for 2nd shift.
• Competitive wages.
• Paid vacation and sick time.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Flexible Spending Account.
• 8 paid holiday days.
• Company-paid life insurance.
• Company-matched 401(k) retirement savings plan.