Job Title: 1st Shift Material Handler

Job Description

As a 1st Shift Material Handler, you will perform various tasks in the warehouse, ensuring the smooth and efficient handling of materials. Your responsibilities will include unloading freight, picking and packing orders, maintaining equipment, and assisting with inventory management. You will also be expected to adhere to safety standards and comply with company policies.

Responsibilities

• Unload trucks, trailers, and containers, comparing products to manifests, and checking for damage, infestation, or production code dates.

• Report shortages, damages, and mis-shipments using appropriate forms, and sign for inbound shipments when necessary.

• Efficiently move inbound shipments to storage locations and stack store merchandise.

• Ensure the correct product number, quantity, type, lot, batch, and serial number are picked for orders.

• Transport orders to shipping locations or delivery platforms using material handling equipment such as fork trucks, cherry pickers, or pallet jacks.

• Label, stencil, tag, mark orders, band, bundle, wrap, over-pack, and palletize products as required.

• Compare quantity, labeling, and address with order to ensure outgoing shipments are complete and correct, and sign for outbound shipments when necessary.

• Move product cartons or pallets into trailers, rail cars, or containers efficiently.

• Maintain equipment in a neat, clean, and orderly fashion, operating it safely and efficiently.

• Comply with company standards and OSHA requirements.

• Keep accurate records and reports, assist in physical inventories and cycle counts, and ensure proper stock rotation.

• Repack or re-box cases per customer instructions, repair and consolidate damaged goods, and operate shrink-wrap machine.

• Charge forklift batteries as needed, stack and separate good from bad pallets, and clean railcars, trailers, and truck dock bays as requested.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Essential Skills

• Ability to lift up to 75 pounds using proper techniques.

• Ability to follow directions with emphasis on safety.

• Ability to handle stress caused by meeting deadlines with tight scheduling requirements.

• Ability to shift priorities easily.

• Ability to use hands and feet simultaneously and for repetitive movements.

• Responsible work habits.

• Familiarity with warehouse systems.

• Availability to work any shift.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• High School education or GED preferred.

• OSHA Forklift and HAZMAT certification is a plus, but not required.

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret SOPs, coverage documents, and regulations.

• Ability to write reports and business correspondence.

• Ability to effectively establish rapport, present information, and respond to questions from managers, clients, customers, and the public.

• Basic mathematical skills, including ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.

• Understanding of metric system measurements is beneficial.

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions.

• Skill and ability to type and operate a computer.

Why Work Here?

We offer a supportive and dynamic work environment where safety and efficiency are prioritized. Employees can expect opportunities for growth and development, a collaborative team atmosphere, and a commitment to maintaining high standards.

Work Environment

The work environment includes operating various material handling equipment such as fork trucks, cherry pickers, and pallet jacks. Employees must comply with company standards and OSHA requirements, and maintain a neat, clean, and orderly workspace. The ability to work any shift is required.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Morrisville, North Carolina.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $19.37 - $19.37

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision

• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital

• 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available

• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)

• Short and long-term disability

• Health Spending Account (HSA)

• Transportation benefits

• Employee Assistance Program

• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Morrisville,NC.

Application Deadline

This position will be accepting applications until Dec 27, 2024.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.