xPL Material Handler

Turner Construction Company•Decatur, AL

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Material Handler supports safe, accurate, and efficient movement of raw materials, components, supplies, work-in-process, and finished goods throughout manufacturing operations. The role receives, stores, stages, kits, issues, moves, and tracks materials to help maintain production schedules and inventory accuracy. The position works with manufacturing, planning, purchasing, quality, shipping and receiving, and other teams to meet operational needs. The position includes operating approved material-handling equipment, maintaining material records and organized work areas, supporting inventory counts and discrepancy resolution, and preparing materials for production, storage, internal transfer, or shipment. It requires following safety, quality, inventory-control, handling, and equipment procedures, and contributing to process improvements. The work takes place in active construction and manufacturing areas with operating heavy machinery and may involve noise, dust, chemicals, heights, and confined-space hazards.

Requirements

At least 3 years of manufacturing, shipping, receiving, logistics, or warehousing experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Active OSHA 10-hour certification, or willingness to pursue certification.
Passing score on a pre-employment test related to equipment operations, or willingness to complete training once in the role.
Proficient knowledge and use of materials, methods, and tools involved in shipping, receiving, logistics, and material handling.
Ability to think critically and use good judgment to solve problems.
Ability to take direction, work independently with minimal supervision, and work as part of a team.
Ability to use active listening, ask clarifying questions, and complete assignments as directed.
Reliable transportation to arrive on time for every shift.
Ability to accommodate night and weekend work as needed.
Valid state and/or Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) and applicable certifications to operate equipment and/or travel as needed.
Ability to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation, including the physical demands described in the posting.
Required visual abilities include close and distance vision, color recognition, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Hearing abilities sufficient to perform essential job duties, with or without a hearing aid.

Responsibilities

Move, stage, and deliver materials and finished goods between receiving, storage, production, staging, and shipping areas.
Review production orders, work orders, pick lists, bills of materials, and other material requirements; pick and deliver the correct materials and quantities.
Remove finished goods, unused materials, scrap, and other items from production areas and route them to appropriate locations.
Operate forklifts, pallet jacks, carts, hand trucks, and other approved material-handling equipment.
Coordinate material movement priorities with manufacturing, planning, purchasing, quality, shipping and receiving, and other teams.
Identify, label, sort, and store materials in designated locations according to handling and identification requirements.
Report damaged, incorrect, missing, or unidentified materials and help resolve discrepancies.
Keep storage, staging, production-support, and material-handling areas organized and accessible.
Verify part numbers, quantities, locations, lot information, and other identifiers before moving materials or entering system transactions.
Maintain accurate physical and electronic records of material locations, quantities, movements, and status.
Assist with cycle counts and physical inventories, research discrepancies, and communicate findings.
Identify misplaced, excess, obsolete, damaged, or discrepant inventory and support disposition and corrective actions.
Pick, organize, and stage materials and components according to production schedules, work orders, and material requirements.
Verify staged materials for identification, quantity, condition, and destination before delivery.
Pick and stage finished goods or other materials for internal transfer or outbound shipment.
Package, wrap, palletize, label, or otherwise prepare materials for movement, storage, production use, or shipment.
Communicate shortages, missing components, incorrect materials, and other conditions that may affect production schedules; escalate priorities as appropriate.
Perform required pre-use equipment inspections and report damage, defects, or unsafe operating conditions.
Follow safety, quality, inventory-control, material-handling, and equipment-operating procedures.
Maintain clean and organized work areas in accordance with housekeeping and workplace-organization standards.
Use inventory and material-movement information to identify discrepancies, recurring shortages, inefficient material flow, and opportunities to improve material availability and accuracy.
Recommend improvements to material handling, storage, inventory control, workplace organization, and production-support processes.
Perform other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.