Material Handler

Position Description

We’re looking for a Temporary Material Handler to join our Day & Zimmermann team located in Pittsburgh, PA. Material handlers are essential to the daily operation of every business, moving inventory, tools, and production supplies safely from warehouses to power plants, industrial sites, and office facilities. You would ensure the safe and timely delivery of materials, employing the highest industry safety standards. Coordinate with a team of tooling specialists to maximize efficiency, paying careful attention to detail, ensuring the proper completion of every order. If you exemplify strong leadership skills, time management abilities and motivation, you are the candidate we are looking for. As a material handler, you will become an integral part of company operations and strengthen our business’ efficiency, timeliness and commitment to service.

As the Temporary Material Handler, here’s the work you’ll do:

• Receive, confirm, track, store, dispatch and deliver material from the warehouse to work.
• Lift and unload heavy pallets, both by hand, material handling equipment and by forklift, and safely relocate them elsewhere in the warehouse or prepare them for transport.
• Facilitate and maintain a safe work environment and a trained workforce, committed to the best practices in the industry.
• Perform quality inspections of materials, ensuring that the delivery is completed as requested and that the order meets company and industry standards.
• Keep the warehouse organized and tidy and implement general housekeeping practices to maintain workplace cleanliness.
• Fill out inventory lists, crosscheck shipping invoices and maintain accurate delivery log records for every order. Answer phone calls and questions regarding delivery status, order changes and confirmations as well as other general logistical inquiries.

This role is for you if you have these skills:

• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs., stand/walk continuously and perform physical tasks.
• Experience in forklift, pallet jack and other heavy equipment operation (Operating Forklift, Pallet Jack).
• Pulling material for requests. Material Handling methods.
• Understanding safety inspections on equipment and completing them daily.
• Understand the basics of the supply chain, including shipping and receiving logistics, quality assurance, equipment upkeep, and facility maintenance.

And if you have these qualifications:

• High School or GED diploma
• 1 to 3 years of experience
• Forklift certification
• Driver's license
• Skills in basic computer software, such as MS Word, Excel, etc. (not required but preferred)
• Basic math, writing and oral communication
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs., stand/walk continuously and perform physical tasks
• CDL preferred
• Great attitude and team player
• Successful completion of background screening process

In compliance with this state’s pay transparency laws, the salary range for this role is $40,160.00 - $60,240.00. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. (The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements). 

Position Description

To ensure a safe work environment while meeting the physical demands of the job, you must be able to perform the following physical and mental tasks, with or without a reasonable accommodation: 

• Visual acuity (e.g., needed to prepare and analyze data, to transcribe documents, to view a computer, to read, to inspect objects, to operate machinery. 
• Balancing (e.g. maintaining equilibrium when walking, climbing, crouching, etc.) 
• Stooping (e.g. bending the spine at the waist) 
• Reaching (e.g. reaching the arms or legs in any direction) 
• Lifting motion or lifting objects more than 50 pounds 
• Walking 
• Repetitive motion of any part of the body 
• Kneeling, crouching or crawling 
• Pushing or pulling (e.g. using a part of your body to press against something in a downward or outward direction or in a dragging or hauling motion) 
• Manual Dexterity (e.g. picking, pinching, typing, or other working that uses fingers) 
• Grasping (e.g. use of hand to apply pressure) 
• Feeling (e.g. perceiving an object’s size, shape, texture, etc.)
• Climbing (e.g. ascending/descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, pole, etc. using feet and legs and hands/arms to climb) 
• Hearing 
• Talking 
• Capacity to think, concentrate and focus for long periods of time. 
• Ability to read complex documents in the English language. 
• Capacity to reason and make sound decisions. 

Position Description

To ensure a safe work environment while meeting the physical demands of the job, you must be able to perform the following physical and mental tasks, with or without a reasonable accommodation: 

• Ability to write complex documents in the English language. 
• Capacity to express thoughts orally. 
• Ability to wear a mask, respirator, bullet proof vest, or other equipment. 
• Ability to regularly perform all job functions at Company’s office or worksite. 
• Ability to withstand environmental conditions (e.g. extreme heat or cold, grass, wind, sand, fumes, odors, gases, extreme noise, etc.) 

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