Material Handler

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• Material Handler
• Location: Grand Rapids, MI, US, 49525
• Country/Region: United States
• Job Function: Manufacturing
• Requisition ID: 50336
• Employment Type: Hourly
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About the role

Loads, unloads, labels, packs, unpacks and moves materials within plant by performing Material Handling duties.

Must be comfortable with computers and proficient with Microsoft products.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
• The employee is frequently required to stand and walk.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Responsibilities

• Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
• Reads work order or follows oral instructions to ascertain materials or containers to be moved.
• Typing, calculating and data entry experience is 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, weighs, and records number of units of materials moved or handled 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 bands bundles together.
• Clamps sections of portable conveyor together or places conveyor sections on blocks or boxes to facilitate movement of materials or products.
• Removes samples of materials, labels with identifying information, and takes samples to laboratory for analysis.
• Lifts heavy objects by hand or with power hoist, and cleans work area, machines, and equipment to assist machine operators.
• Makes simple adjustments or repairs such as realigning belts or replacing rollers.
• Assembles crates to contain products such as machines or vehicles.
• Shovels loose materials such as sand, gravel, metals, plastics, or chemicals, 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.

Education Requirements

High school diploma or general education degree (GED)

Experience Requirements

One to three months related experience and/or training;

Certifications / Licenses

Current driver's license, Fork lift license, Crane Operators license, Manlift Operators License