Materials Handler

Job Title

Prepares all residential halls with serviceable room furniture prior to school opening for student occupation. Required to deliver all newly received materials and equipment from central receiving to University Departments and offices. Provide support and expedite all departmental office moves including extended campus at Whiteman AFT, and Nursing Department in Kansas City, Missouri. Responsible for the pick up and delivery of all non-expendable declared surplus materials to the surplus lot. Provide support and expedite equipment moves for summer groups utilizing university facilities. Will support all main campus set-ups for University functions, groups, programs and events.

Examples of Duties

Prepares all residential halls with serviceable room furniture prior to school opening for student occupation at school opening: - 20%

• Responsible for inspection of all residential hall rooms and identify dilapidated, broken or missing furniture, to include beds mattresses, desks, tables, chairs, dressers, etc;
• For Loading/unloading vehicles and providing for transportation of repairable furniture to the repair shop; replacing broken and non-repairable furniture with university stock from storage locations;
• assembling bunk beds, desks, dressers, and other furniture items.
• Supports job request from students for furniture change out during the school term.
• Maintains furniture storage areas.

15%

• Supports state owned non-expendable property surplus auction.
• Must read and interpret declaration of surplus property and acquisition of surplus property documents;
• Responsible for loading, unloading, securing, and transportation of surplus property to the surplus lot; will deliver purchased surplus property from the surplus lot to university departments.

15%

• Provides support to summer groups that utilize University Facilities for camps, conferences, and summer events.
• Must read and interpret contracts developed by the Office of Facilities and Conferences to support event set-ups.
• Will be required to deliver or move supplies, materials, furniture and equipment to support various groups; distribute linen in bags and/or carts up as many as five (5) flights of stairs.

15%

• Supports all University Set-ups. Delivers equipment, materials and supplies to event set-up locations;
• Assemble, monitor and dismantle set-up events, programs and functions;
• Provides support to contracted light and sound productions such as Premier Performances, Boys State, Girls State, Various Dance Studio Productions.

15%

• Executes all University Department Office moves.
• Provides equipment such as two wheeled and four wheel moving truck dollies; tools for disassembling and assembling office furnishings from one department office to relocate in a different area or building.

15%

• Delivers all freight, packages, and overnight deliveries from the Central Receiving Dock to all University accounts.
• Responsible for reading delivery distribution tags; loading and securing materials onto trucks for transportation; delivering and unloading freight, packages and other materials to various departments.

5%

• Assists with maintaining the Physical Plant Warehouse.
• Issues materials and supplies from the warehouse;
• Assists with the annual warehouse inventory; operates vehicles, forklifts, pallet jacks, and other equipment as required; assists with custodial cleaning, sweeping, dusting, straightening and general care and clean up of the warehouse and various university storage areas, and other areas as necessary.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Typical Qualifications

Education:

• High School Diploma or Equivalent

Experience:

• One (1) year experience loading, unloading, securing equipment onto trucks or general materials handling required.
• Six (6) months general warehouse experience preferred.
• Six (6) months in the areas of lighting and sound set-up experience preferred.

Licenses and Certification:

• Forklift certification or ability to obtain certification within first six (6) months of employment.

Supplemental Information

Physical/Environmental Factors:

• Exposure to fumes and/or chemicals
• Lifting (weight) - 50 lbs

Special Instructions:

Full-time staff & 12-month faculty benefits-eligible position: Benefits include competitive salary; health, dental, vision, life insurance, AD & D, long-term disability; 3 weeks paid vacation per year; 3 weeks of accrued sick leave per year; 13 paid holidays; retirement; and generous education assistance for an employee, spouse and dependent children taking classes at UCM.

9-month faculty benefits-eligible position: Benefits include competitive salary; health, dental, vision, life insurance, AD & D, long-term disability; 3 weeks of accrued sick leave per year; 13 paid holidays; retirement; and generous education assistance for an employee, spouse and dependent children taking classes at UCM.

Part-time benefits-eligible positions: Benefits include generous education assistance for the employee.

Temporary, adjunct, student employment, or graduate assistant positions: Benefits are not included.

Completed UCM online application for employment required. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

A review will begin immediately and continue until filled unless indicated otherwise.

NOTE: A background check is required for the selected candidate of all staff, faculty, adjunct, and temporary positions and any job offer is contingent on the results of this check. Student employees and graduate assistants do not require a background check to be conducted prior to employment.

The University of Central Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Our faculty and staff are the university's most valuable asset, and our goal is to provide a robust Total Rewards Program designed to help them maintain a happy, healthy, and productive lifestyle. Highlights from UCM's total rewards package for full-time employees include:

• 32% (staff) and 6% (faculty) defined retirement contribution, paid by the university;
• Voluntary Tax-Sheltered Annuity (TSA) programs (403(b) and 457(b)) that allow eligible employees to make additional pre-tax contributions to a retirement plan;
• Employees can earn up to full tuition (15 credit hours) for themselves per academic year. Full-time employees are also eligible for up to $175 towards non-credit courses each fiscal year. Employees can earn up to full tuition for their dependents;
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans that begin on the first of the month following your date of hire. Basic dental and vision insurance paid at 100% by the university;
• Available Health and Dependent Flexible Spending Accounts;
• University-paid basic life insurance (including accidental death and dismemberment) and short-term and long-term disability insurance coverage;
• Generous leave accruals that begin accruing on your start date, plus 14 paid holidays per year.
• The UCM Childcare Center on the Warrensburg campus can provide faculty, staff, and students quality care for their children ages six weeks to 10 years.
• The Student Recreation and Wellness Center (SRWC) is free for all employees and is located on the Warrensburg campus.
• An Employee Assistance Program is available to all employees and their immediate family members to help assist with personal challenges you may face in your daily life;
• UCM offers an Employee Discount Program through Working Advantage.