Material Handler/Truck Driver

Gesher Human Services • Southfield, MI

5d • $18 - $20

About The Position

The Material Handler/Truck Driver drives to businesses and other locations to collect electronic materials and transport them to the warehouse for processing. The role interacts with business customers and is responsible for providing excellent customer service. It also involves moving, consolidating, packaging, loading, and unloading electronic materials; operating a 26-foot box truck and material-handling equipment; and verifying quantities and quality of materials against shipping documents. The position reports directly to the Assistant Manager and occasionally to the General Manager.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Sufficient math skills to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, work with decimals and simple fractions, calculate percentages, and perform weight counting and linear measurement.
• Reading skills sufficient to follow or complete written instructions, behavioral programs, memos, purchase orders, and shipping documents.
• Interpersonal skills sufficient to communicate with customers, staff, participants, and the public.
• Driving record must meet safe driving standards established by the Agency's insurance carrier.
• Valid Michigan driver's license; a chauffeur's license is required.

Nice To Haves

• Six months of related work experience performing truck driving and/or material distribution in an industrial setting.

Responsibilities

• Pick up electronic material from business customers.
• Move electronic material from various parts of buildings to a staging area, using pallets, gaylords, flat-bed carts, and other methods.
• Stack, consolidate, and package electronic material for loading onto the truck.
• Use a liftgate to load electronic material onto the truck.
• Drive a 26-foot box truck to transport materials.
• Load and unload delivery trucks using a pallet jack, power jack, and forklift.
• Check incoming and outgoing materials against shipping documents to verify quantity and quality.
• Count, weigh, and record quantities of raw, in-process, or finished materials.
• Interact with business customers and provide excellent customer service.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED