Material Handler - SC (3415)

## Description
**Summary:**
Responsible for ensuring the safe and efficient movement of materials.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Moves material to and from various locations using various equipment, such as hand trucks, pallet jacks, or Forklifts.
• Pack labels and palletize materials as necessary.
• Loads and unloads materials from common carriers, verifies shipping / receiving information.
• Records inventories as required.
• May dispense contract work to individual work sites.
• Performs other activities as requested.

## Qualifications

Education and/or Experience

Requires the ability to read, write, and perform basic calculations in English, and must have enough basic education to understand and follow standard practices and instructions. This level of knowledge is typically below that of high school.

**Language Skills:** Must be able to read, write, and communicate effectively in English. Spanish is a plus.

**Competencies**

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies

• **Appearance/Personality** - Listens well, dependable, and takes pride in work.
• **Oral Communication** - Speaks clearly and persuasively in both positive and negative situations; listens attentively and requests clarification when needed; responds effectively to questions.
• **Diversity** - Shows respect and sensitivity for cultural differences.
• **Ethics** - Treats people with respect, keeps commitments, inspires the trust of others, works with integrity and ethics, and upholds organizational values.
• **Quality** - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; seeks ways to improve and promote quality; applies feedback to enhance performance; monitors own work to ensure quality.
• **Quantity** - Meets productivity standards; completes work promptly; strives to increase productivity; works efficiently and effectively.
• **Safety and Security** - Observes safety and security procedures, determines appropriate actions beyond guidelines, reports potentially unsafe conditions, and uses equipment and materials properly.
• **Attendance/Punctuality** - Is consistently punctual and at work on time.
• **Dependability** - Follows instructions, responds to management direction; takes responsibility for own actions; keeps commitments; commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals; completes tasks on time or notifies the appropriate person with an alternate plan.
• **Initiative** - Volunteers readily; Undertakes self-development activities; Asks for and offers help when needed.
• **Reasoning Ability -** The ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

**Physical Demands:**The physical demands described here are representative of those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk most of the day, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Additionally, you must be able to lift and carry at least 50 pounds. Must be able to work alone without constant supervision.

Work Environment: Be prepared to work in a noisy manufacturing area with heavy traffic and floor vibrations.