Materials Handler

Major duties

• Works in the Receiving/Distribution area of Logistics located in the warehouse
• Receives incoming shipments and checks the items against the electronic purchase orders and other related documentation to verify correctness prior to completing the receiving process
• Records, annotates, and forwards all appropriate information in accordance with current procedures and notes discrepancies such as shortages and damages while ensuring all are resolved in a timely manner
• Maintains the flow of the warehouse by moving, delivering, shelving, storing, and inventorying materials and equipment per appropriate procedure
• Handles delivering and warehousing materials including hazardous, flammable, and temperature sensitive products
• Plays items appropriately on shelving, pallets on bins so as to ensure adequate safeguards and access
• Ensures product and shelving are marked with corresponding ID numbers
• Ensures items are pulled using the First In First out (FIFO) method
• Maintains spreadsheets
• Works within responsible area to rotate stock, check for outdates, and maintain the appropriate safeguards and temperature controls
• Works with the Warehouse supervisor and Equipment Inventory Management Specialists to ensure the appropriate disposition of equipment
• Handles direct issue products and ensures each are processed out in a timely fashion, with special attention given to time-sensitive and emergency requests
• Prepares authorized materials for shipment both small package and bulk
• Ensures that all items are packaged or palletized correctly to prevent damage
• Ensures labeling and shipping documents are in order
• Maintains warehouse in a neat, clean, and orderly manner
• Works with Warehouse Supervisor to plan space layout and make changes according to need
• Operates and maintains a variety of powered industrial vehicles, including powered hand trucks, fork lifts, and other vehicles
• Loads and secures supplies, materials, and equipment for both on and off-site deliveries
• Ensures items are transported safely to prevent damage, with special attention given to hazardous and oversized loads
• Performs other duties as assigned

Physical Effort

• Work involves considerable walking, pushing, and pulling a variety of carts and materials handling equipment
• Works off-loading and loading trucks, lifting products on-and off-shelves, handling boxes frequently weighing over 40 pounds
• Frequently handles equipment, furniture, and materials of an awkward and heavier nature in excess of 100 pounds, typically using specialized equipment and/or co-worker assistance
• May be required to exert a great level of physical exertion while backing and turning trucks, operating forklifts, or hand trucks on uneven terrains and uncertain conditions

Work Conditions

• Required to work in storage buildings, pods, trailers, vehicles, and warehouses that may be hot, cold, drafty, and poorly lighted
• Required to work outdoors, on docks, making deliveries in all types of weather conditions during all seasons
• Hazardous materials may be encountered in daily work activities