Material Handler

Position Purpose Summary: 

Responsible for safely transporting building product material off and on trailers or rail cars and identifying damaged material.  Responsible for product identification and product loading/unloading/storage for detailed finished and standard product handling.

• Understands the company’s vision, mission, and strategy; understands business unit objectives and sets/accomplishes individual performance goals accordingly.
• Responsible for transporting material off and on trailers or rail cars.  Stores and retrieves material (piece pick and/or bulk).
• Responsible for efficiently and safely loading trailers for transport of material in accordance with routing solution.
• Identifies damaged material.
• Documents inbound and outbound transactions.
• Performs daily maintenance of equipment and area cleaning requirements.
• Responsible for basic equipment maintenance (horn, flashing beacon, fluid levels, fire extinguisher, fueling, personnel protective equipment (PPE), proper packaging).
• Normally works Monday through Friday schedule.

Qualifications:

• One year of recent forklift/warehouse experience.
• Safe work record and stable work history.
• Ability to proficiently and safely use forklift to transport product, load/unload trucks
• Ability to lift up to 75 lbs using safe lifting techniques
• Ability to read/comprehend sales orders, purchase orders, safety materials, etc.
• Knowledge of loading/unloading/storage requirements.
• Knowledge of damage identification procedures and safety forklift operations techniques.

BlueLinx is an EOE

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