Material Handler

Welch Packaging Group Inc•Mount Joy, PA

13d•Onsite

About The Position

The Material Handler operates clamp truck and forklift equipment to company standards, receiving rollstock and other raw materials according to company procedures. This role involves unloading and loading trucks and rail cars, operating Bander, Hand Bander, and Conveyor Line as needed, and assisting other Material Handlers, Shipping Personnel, and Clamp Drivers while keeping the warehouse organized. Key responsibilities include working safely, reporting unsafe conditions and property damage, maintaining a clean work area, ensuring converting equipment lines are continuously supplied, understanding and following the production schedule, and working efficiently to minimize product damage. The Material Handler is also responsible for cutting and removing banding and dunnage, performing daily forklift inspections as required by OSHA, communicating relevant information to the oncoming shift, following LOTO procedures for loading and unloading trailers, processing, tagging, and storing incoming raw materials, and inspecting all incoming and outgoing products for defects. Additional duties include inventorying and organizing finished products, completing assigned documentation, shredding waste materials, operating plant PCs and appropriate systems, entering Maintenance Work Requests, reworking spilled or unsafe finished goods, and collaborating effectively with other Fork Lift drivers. The position also requires adherence to plant procedures for tracking waste bales and placing quarantined products in designated areas.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED.
Prior forklift experience required.
Must be able to pass basic forklift and clamp truck training.
Ability to read and write English.
Ability to read tape measures and perform basic mathematical calculations.
Strong written and oral communication.
Organization and attention to detail.
Analytical and problem-solving skills.
Time management.
Systems analysis.
Mathematical and deductive reasoning.
Critical thinking.
Active learning.

Responsibilities

Work Safely – report all unsafe conditions and or near misses immediately to your Supervisor.
Report any property damage that occurred while you were on the lift, regardless of how insignificant it may seem.
Maintain a clean work area – keep docks picked up, aisle ways clean and swept, bander area clean and empty trash as required.
Keep all converting equipment lines full, machines should not wait on product.
Able to read and understand the production schedule – keeps Supervisor informed in advance of issues.
Work efficiently, handling bales only once, minimizing any fork lift damage.
Cut and remove banding and dunnage for machines as directed.
Operate and maintain fork truck equipment as required.
Perform Fork Lift inspection daily at the beginning of your shift as required by OSHA.
Communicate all relevant information to oncoming shift prior to leaving.
Follow all LOTO procedures for loading and unloading trailers.
Process, tag, and store incoming raw materials as required.
Inspects all incoming and outgoing product and supplies and document for defects.
Inventory and organize finished products.
Perform all documentation as assigned, i.e. load verification form.
Shred waste materials – be sure to properly weigh and identify load.
Operate plant PC’s and appropriate systems to complete assigned tasks.
Enter Maintenance Work Requests– for Safety, Scheduled and Unscheduled tasks as needed.
Rework any bales or pallets of finished goods that have been spilled or are potentially unsafe.
Work with other Fork Lift drivers as a team and communicate accordingly.
Follow plant procedures on tracking waste bales; place all quarantined product into quarantine area.
Other tasks as assigned.