MATERIAL HANDLER

ABX Innovative Packaging Solutions, LLC • Milwaukee, WI

7h

About The Position

This position distributes materials throughout the production floor while operating an industrial forklift truck. In addition, may ship and receive finished products, unfinished parts and supplies and raw materials in the absence of shipping and receiving staff.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Minimum one-year experience in a manufacturing environment
• Experience driving a forklift truck
• This position has operations that require muscular coordination, proper lifting techniques and required lifting up to 50 pounds time to time. Hoist is available for use.
• Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, and bend
• Climbing and descending forklift truck repetitively up to 9 hours a day

Responsibilities

• Ability to be certified to drive forklift
• Perform assigned duties to ship finished products and receive raw materials, unfinished parts, and supplies (including weighing, assembling/palletizing goods on pallets, coordinating shipping schedules, loading and unloading trucks
• Responsible for the storage and movement of materials in storage areas and process areas and to select and prepare products for shipment to customer
• Stretch wrap pallets as required
• Stage materials in an orderly manner in designated locations throughout the plant
• Locate and stage materials for scheduled jobs at the machines or in the production staging area to ensure immediate availability for production to eliminate downtime, using F.I.F.O.
• Keep warehouse and staging areas neat and organized
• Wrap rolls in plastic to protect from elements, dust, and dirt
• Ensure cardboard on pallets to secure rolls for transporting
• Write incoming manifests
• Perform cycle counts
• Take monthly inventories
• Operate a pallet jack
• Empty dumpsters and trim racks
• Take bad pallets to shipping for recycling/return to supplier
• Gather and label/identify various scrap materials for recycling
• Sweep floors in warehouse/staging areas for raw materials
• Maintains the work area and equipment in a clean orderly condition and follows prescribed safety instructions
• Participate in ongoing CI and Focus improvement processes
• Perform any additional duties as requested by supervision or management within the physical demands listed below

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED