Material Handler

Job Description

Job Description

POSITION SUMMARY:

As a Material Handler I with our organization, you will be responsible for unloading product deliveries, maintaining stock in the 

warehouse, and moving stock and other materials to fulfill orders.

The ideal candidate for the material handler position is a diligent worker who can complete tasks successfully with little to no 

guidance.

JOB DUTIES:

• Move freight and stock to and from loading docks, delivery vehicles, storage areas, and production areas either 

manually or using equipment such as forklifts.

• Follow written or oral instructions regarding daily tasks and job duties.

• Stage products based on customer orders; assist in filling customer orders.

• Sort cargo during loading or unloading process and mark containers with identifying information.

• Stacking goodsin the correct storage bays, following inventory control instructions

• Document the numbers of units handled or moved each day using production sheets.

• Operate warehouse equipment safely and efficiently while meeting productivity and quality expectations.

• Perform labeling, sorting, wrapping, packing and other miscellaneoustasks as needed.

• Operate machinery such as booms, cranes, pallet trucks, hand trucks and forklifts to handle materials and stock.

• Conduct operations and model behavior that promotes a safe environment. This would include looking in the direction 

of travel, wearing a seat belt, driving at an appropriate speed, and appropriate use of the horn as examples.

• Utilize RF scanners and the Warehouse Management System.

• Sweep and clean area, including trailers, as needed.

• Abide by all company rules and policies in regards to conduct and safety.

• Perform additional duties as needed and/or assigned by supervisor/manager.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Regularly sitting on a powered industrial truck

• Frequently lift up to 50 pounds and adjust body position to bend, stoop, walk, turn, pivot, and stand for long periods of 

time

• Having a good sense of balance

• Having good eye-hand-foot coordination

• Ability to assess weights and judge distances and heights

• Ability to work in varying temperatures

• Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) forklift certification strongly preferred.

• Availability to work overtime hours preferred.

• High school diploma required.

• 1-2 years proven work experience as a warehouse

• Bilingual, Spanish a plus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT and PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• The normal work environment is typical of a warehouse distribution company.

• While performing the job, may be exposed to loud noise, harmful chemicals, and loud machinery and must regularly walk to 

and from different warehouses.

• PPE requirements: Steel-toed shoes and safety glasses are required when on the warehouse floor as a minimum. Other PPE 

may be required depending on the area and specific functional needs.

• The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions: Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from 

temperature changes.

• The candidate is routinely required to sit, stand, walk, climb stairs, touch, see, and hear.

• Ability to lift cartons and other packages weighing up to 50 pounds.

• Must be able to bend and push/pull heavy pallets.

• The candidate will occasionally operate machinery.

• The candidate will operate a variety of forklifts

• Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands 

and arms. Body agility is emphasized. This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that 

required for ordinary locomotion.

• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that 

of fingertips.

• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to 

receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.

• Kneeling: Bending legs at the knee to come to rest on the knee or knees.

• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor 

is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back 

muscles.

• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.

• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

• Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.

• Standing: Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time.

• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a 

considerable degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.

• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken 

instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to 

another.

• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or 

outward.

• Visual Acuity: The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data 

and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small 

parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication of 

parts at distances close to the eyes. The worker is required to have visual acuity to safely operate heavy equipment and 

operate forklifts