Material Handler (1st shift)

Located in Monticello, IN

Salary: $16.50-$20 DOE

**Urgently Hiring**

 

1st Shift Material Handler

7:00a.m.-3:30p.m. Mon-Fri

$16.50-$20/hr. Depending on Experience

 

Job Purpose: Loads, unloads, and moves material within or near plant, yard, or work site.

 

Education & Skill Requirements:

 

• This job has no supervisory requirements.
• High school diploma or general education degree (GED), or 1 — 3 months related experience and / or training, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and comprehend documents simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information customers, clients and other employees of the organization in one-on-one and small group situations.
• Ability to add and subtract 2-digit numbers and to multiply and divide by IOS and IOOs.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Must have qualified as forklift operator through the Girtz program.
• Reliable and predictable attendance required.

 

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

 

• Will be regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must regularly lift and / or move up to 25 pounds and frequently lift and / or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and depth perception.
• The foregoing work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.

 

Environment:

• The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, risk of electrical shock and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Job duties:

 

• Reads work order or follows oral instructions to determine materials or containers to be moved.
• Opens containers as required.
• Loads and unloads materials onto or from pallets, trays, racks, and shelves by hand.
• Loads materials into vehicles and installs strapping, bracing, or padding to prevent shifting or damage in transit.
• Conveys materials from storage or work sites to designated area.
• Secures lifting attachments to materials and conveys load to destination or signals crane or hoisting operators to move load to destination.
• Counts, weights, and records number of units of materials moved or handles on daily production sheet.
• Attaches identifying tags or labels to materials or marks information on cases, bales, or other containers.
• Loads truck for industrial truck operator.
• Stacks or assembles materials into bundles and band bundles together.
• Clamps sections of portable conveyor together or places conveyor sections on blocks or boxes to facilitate movement of materials or products.
• Assembles crate to contain products such as machines or vehicles.
• Shovels loose materials such as metals, into machine hoppers or into vehicles and containers such as wheelbarrows, scrap truck, or barrels.
• Operates industrial truck or electric hoist to assist in loading or moving materials and products.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

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