Material Handler - Weekend Shift - Federal Ammunition

About the role

The Kinetic Group is a world leader in the design, manufacturing, and distribution of small caliber ammunition. We are seeking a Material Handler to join our Distribution team. This role involves the safe and accurate movement, storage, picking, packing, and shipping of products to support customer and business needs.

Responsibilities

• Accurately document and receive finished goods into the warehouse and place in proper storage location, observing accepted stacking heights.
• Accurately document and transfer product within the warehouse.
• Pick, pack, label and ship small shipments using computer manifest system and conform to all regulations related to shipping small parcels.
• Load customer trucks or common carriers, making even distribution of weight and within load limit.
• Participate in cycle count activities as required.
• Maintain equipment and working area in a safe, clean and orderly condition.
• Observe all applicable rules and report unsafe conditions or potential safety hazards to the Group Leader or Distribution Manager.
• Maintain a productivity level that ensures on-time delivery of products to internal or external customers.
• Be willing to move to other areas when workload permits.
• Help coordinate materials and supplies flow to meet priority scheduling.
• Maintenance forklifts/jeeps, Radio Frequency devices weekly.
• Maintain acceptable error rate.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• 1 year applicable warehouse experience preferred; helpful experience includes shipping, receiving, inventory control or applicable order filling experience
• Previous forklift experience helpful, but not necessary
• Forklift Operators License is required (can be licensed after job placement)
• Capability of driving a motorized cart, forklift
• Good numerical recognition and comprehension
• Ability to perform RF barcode scanning and computer entry
• Ability to function effectively within a work team
• Ability to act as trainer in order filling in Finished Good (FG)
• Experience with materials management, order pulling accuracies and organization in work areas
• Ability to load and unload trailers
• Ability to use safe and efficient storage and retrieval methods
• Ability to learn part case room and/or inbound or outbound UPS/FDX activities
• Excellent productivity and quality history, including move sheets, start times and end of day productivity
• Excellent safety record
• Excellent housekeeping skills
• Respect for Federal and carrier property and facilities, including forklifts, FG, raw materials, WIP, racking, etc.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Ability to make adjustment to daily workload changes, interruptions and on-demand overtime situations
• Ability to multitask and organize workload, as well as manage time off, with respect to seasonal company needs
• Ability to work overtime, as required and often unscheduled, including weekends and holidays
• Willing and able to adjust to internal and external customer order levels
• Understand what is needed to meet Materials Department demands

Physical Requirements

• Constant moving 70% of the time.
• Reaching, handling, lifting, moving, pushing and pulling cases weighing from 16 pounds to 70 pounds.
• Detecting of packaging for quality defects.
• Far vision for operation of forklift or other mobile equipment.
• Near vision for accurate reading of sku numbers and labeling.
• Normal depth perception for safe movement of pallets and forklift operation.
• Stooping and bending into and out of rack locations for case accessibility and lot number recognition and recording.
• 10% documentation of paperwork;
• 10% material handling;
• 10% equipment operation and maintenance.

Mental Requirements

• High attentiveness for safety and detection of potential quality problems.
• Reading and math comprehension to understand and interpret order, location and Bill of Lading information and to complete carrier load reporting.
• Understanding of pallet configuration, building and counts.
• Interpersonal communication skills to problem-solve and to function effectively as part of a work team.
• Flexibility to move between job requirements and to handle tasks simultaneously.

Pay

Start at $24.25/hour (+$1.00 shift differential) with potential increases every 90 days based on performance up to $34.02/hour.