Material Handler

Material Handler

Date: Aug 20, 2026

Location:Sumner, WA, US

Company: GKN Aerospace Careers

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 32 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.6bn in 2025. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job Summary

• Follow standard work for material handling (e.g. receiving, shipping, warehousing..)
• Perform all activities in accordance with safety and quality rules
• Use adequate equipment (forklift, tow train.) to move material
• Records movements of material in the transactional records systems (e.g. receipt, booking.)
• Make proposals to improve safety, quality, efficiency
• This role may require specific accreditation to use specific handling equipments. The local job description must mentioned all necessary accreditation to use on site handling equipment.

Job Responsibilities

• Manage inbound material flow and monitor inbound delivery performance.
• Receive, inspect and store inbound deliveries.
• Track product availability, pick, pack and ship product for delivery.
• Prepare package and shipment, manage shipping, carriers and fleets.
• Authorize and process returns.
• Perform reverse logistics, and salvage activities.
• Manage and process warranty claims.
• Locate stock and prepare stock for movement.
• Maintain inventory status.
• Perform physical inventory procedures. 

Job Qualifications

Required:

• Practitioner level for Internal Flow & Warehousing
• Use of Material Handling Equipment
• ‘soft skills’ from Leadership framework

Preferred:

• GKN experience
• Inventory Management
• Transport Management
• Inbound Operations
• Outbound Operations

We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further.  And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN.  We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute.  It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’.  By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.​
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