Material Handler

Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.•Granite City, IL

6d•$30•Onsite

About The Position

The Material Handler loads and unloads trucks and moves and racks palletized materials safely and effectively in a cool-store environment. The role includes accurately completing documentation, using electronic inventory management tools, maintaining accurate records, and keeping the warehouse sanitary in accordance with company procedures and guidelines. The employee may repack inventory and consumer blocks or wheels, assist with product grading, maintain assigned equipment, and support other warehouse or distribution-center areas as needed. The position requires adherence to operational, safety, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and quality-control procedures, along with maintaining customer satisfaction and excellent housekeeping.

Requirements

Previous experience in material handling or warehouse operations is advantageous.
Successfully pass the company forklift operator’s license training.
High school diploma or equivalent skills gained through experience.
Read, interpret, and understand written and oral directions in English.
Know the proper use of equipment, materials, and supplies.
Demonstrate basic math skills.
Verbally communicate, understand, and write in English.
Ability to sit, stand, or walk for prolonged periods; use hands and fingers to operate, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach repetitively with hands and arms.
Ability to lift, bend, stoop, and push or pull, exerting up to 75 pounds occasionally, up to 50 pounds frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds constantly.
Visual acuity to review written documentation and ability to hear and understand speech.
Ability to work in noise loud enough to require shouting to be heard, near moving mechanical parts and electrical current, and amid heat and cold temperature changes.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in material handling or warehouse operations.

Responsibilities

Use various forklifts to move palletized materials in a cool-store environment, including loading and unloading trucks and moving materials into and out of racks.
Maintain customer satisfaction.
Use electronic inventory management tools safely and accurately, ensuring records are accurate.
Repack inventory as needed to ensure accurate Infinium documents.
Repack consumer blocks and wheels as needed.
Maintain excellent housekeeping in controlled areas, finished-product coolers, and the building exterior.
Follow operational procedures and complete required paperwork.
Follow safety procedures, GMPs, and quality-control procedures.
Assist with product grading as required.
Keep equipment used or assigned to the department clean and in working condition.
Complete all tasks safely and effectively and follow company procedures.
Assist in other warehouse or distribution-center areas as required.