MATERIAL HANDLER-SHIPPING

About the role

This position carries out assigned duties, primarily focused on material handling within the Shipping department, but supports all departmental needs as business demands require.

Essential duties and responsibilities

• Moves materials from packed staging area to shipping and storage area
• Returns empty pallets to packing area for reuse
• Performs daily maintenance and inspection of forklift
• Assists in loading and unloading of inbound and outbound shipments
• Assists in combing pallets to better utilize warehouse space
• Keeps assigned work area clean at all times
• Operates a side loader
• Completes any other related duties required and/or assigned by supervisor or manager

Requirements

• High School diploma/GED (minimum)
• Preferred: at least 1 year experience in a manufacturing environment as a material handler
• Preferred: at least 1 year experience in a manufacturing environment as a mobile equipment operator
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds repetitively for up to 12 hours per shift
• Good computer skills
• Ability to carry out detailed written or oral instructions

Physical demands

• Regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear
• Occasionally required to sit, climb, or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds; proper lifting techniques required
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

Work environment

• Noise level is usually loud
• Frequently exposed to work near moving mechanical parts
• Occasionally exposed to wet or humid conditions (non-weather), fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, outdoor weather conditions, and vibration
• May be required to wear appropriate safety protective equipment at the proper times and in the proper environments as outlined by safety program rules

Pay

Hourly pay range: $17.88-$21.35, depending on experience, skills, and qualifications.

Benefits

YKK AP America provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package designed to provide the security they need to enjoy life at home and at work, with a high level of benefit coverage at a reasonable cost to the employee.

Schedule

May require lifting up to 50 pounds repetitively for up to 12 hours per shift.