Material Handler - Semi-Skilled

Responsibilities

• Movement of shipboard as well as non-shipboard material within the South Yard Assembly Building utilizing carts, pallet trucks, electric stackers, etc.
• Receipt of incoming material, verification and documentation of material markings
• Inventory and storage of material within the South Yard Assembly Building material buffers locations
• Perform material movement transactions on computers using EWP systems
• Packaging and protection of outbound material for ship-out and storage within Electric Boat warehouses
• Coinciding deliveries and ship-out of material with transportation departments
• Perform basic rigging functions to move material using cranes as needed
• Removal of combustible materials such as pallets and other shipping materials from within the South Yard Assembly Building

Qualifications

• High school graduate or GED or 2+ years relevant technical experience
• Less than 5 years of experience in material handling functions, use of hand and pallet trucks, and in the protection of shipboard material
• Must be available for all shifts
• Rigging experience with jib and boom cranes
• Competence in blueprint reading
• Ability to physically parts and material weighing up to 40 pounds as well as push or pull pallet trucks and carts
• Able to qualify for electric walking stacker operation and for basic rigging qualifications
• Follow written instructions and procedures and pay attention to details, including verbatim transcription of material identification markings
• Must be computer literate
• Should be able to work independently and as part of a team
• Able to use hand and portable power tools