Manufacturing Inventory / Material Handler

Comp: $25-$28 Hourly
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Coordinate material off-loading with craft teams and quality control, ensuring proper handling and storage. Accurately stage materials, update documentation, and maintain inventory records. Safely load, unload, and transport materials using forklifts and other equipment. Interpret work orders, keep storage areas organized, and serve as the primary trainer for new employees to uphold safety and operational standards. The Material Handler at RK ensures smooth and efficient shop operations by safely loading, unloading, and transporting raw materials, parts, and fabricated components throughout the facility. This role is essential for staging materials for production, maintaining accurate inventory, and delivering the right materials to the right teams on time—supporting quality and productivity across all projects. The Material Handler at RK ensures smooth and efficient shop operations by safely loading, unloading, and transporting raw materials, parts, and fabricated components throughout the facility. This role is essential for staging materials for production, maintaining accurate inventory, and delivering the right materials to the right teams on time—supporting quality and productivity across all projects. You’ll work closely with fabrication crews, shop leads, and logistics staff to keep workflows organized and efficient. The job involves operating forklifts, overhead cranes, and other equipment, as well as performing routine checks to ensure materials are stored and handled according to safety standards.
With seven specialized business units working together, we deliver construction, fabrication, manufacturing, and building services with a focus on safety, quality, and craftsmanship.
Our in-house capabilities mean employees see their ideas become real solutions, creating meaningful collaboration and clear visibility into how work gets built. Growth happens through challenging projects, mentorship from experienced builders, and opportunities that stretch your skill set.
With RK University, accredited apprenticeships, competitive benefits, and deep community investment, RK offers the stability of a family-owned company with the opportunity and momentum of an industry leader.
Position Summary Coordinate off-loading with crafts and quality control for controlled materials. Place materials in proper area according to storage and handling lists to initiate storage. Change forms and document new location when necessary. Load, unload and move material within or near warehouse or worksite. Read work order or follow oral instructions to ascertain materials or containers to be moved. Load and unload materials onto or from trucks, trays, racks and shelves by hand or forklift. Role Responsibilities Inspect and maintain storage yards and warehouses for cleanliness, etc. Issue material by field requisition, locate and distribute material as directed by craft foreman and direct supervisor.
Identify materials and items being received or shipped and ensure they are the correct items
Maintain accurate records for any and all inventory transactions
Move materials to or from storage or worksites to designated areas, using hand truck or power device.
Locate and prepare materials for outbound shipment and notify supervisor when shipment is ready.
Load and unload materials within warehouse or storage facility.
Utilize hand trucks, forklifts, hoists, conveyors or other handling equipment to move material.
May require delivering material to jobsites as needed; Work is generally structured or recurring.
3+ Years of experience in Forklift and Material Handling ideally in heavy steel required.
Experience with All Terrain extended boom and forklift required, including Telehandler.
Minimum Physical Requirements and Accountability While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to: stand, sit, talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, and a variety of office equipment.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work.
RK Industries not only builds our community through our projects, but also invests in it by supporting local services for over a decade through the RK Foundation: RK Foundation
Through RK University, we provide hands-on training and development opportunities that empower employees to advance their careers and grow within the company, to include leadership and technical learning opportunities, we well as our accredited apprentice program: RK University & RK Apprenticeship Program
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

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