Material Handler

Material Handler

The Material Handler is a member of the yard crew with the responsibility of facilitating the timely flow of materials to and from customers and vendors.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures proper handling of building materials to limit damage.
• Facilitates proper packaging of building materials to minimize damage during loading & transportation.
• Moves material from the warehouse or yard using a forklift, hand truck or other types of equipment.
• Properly builds loads considering the end users order of use, weight, and proper placement on the truck in relation to the delivery schedule.
• Communicate and coordinate with employees and the yard lead to ensure the on time and accurate fulfillment / receiving of sales and purchase orders.
• Communicates effectively with will call customers to safely transfer loads onto customer trucks and trailers.
• Move, lift, and handle material shipments as required when offloading company freight.
• Assess hazardous material shipments, completes the applicable forms required for compliance.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Level Core Competency Requirements

Qualifications

Required

Preferred

Physical Demands

The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to safely perform the essential functions of this position.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The work environment is in a busy construction setting. The noise level in the work environment is usually varies. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions and may be required to travel in small and large commercial aircraft.