Job Description

**Job Position : Material Handler /ForkliftDuration : 6 months 

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**Location :

Hillsboro TX 76645Shift: 1st shift 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Shift 2nd- 11:30AM-8:00PM Monday-FridayShift: 6AM-6PM (4-5 days a week),.Pay Rate $20.50 per hour

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**Description:

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This position is responsible for communicating and supporting JM core values and delivering the JM experience.

Warehouser receives, stores, and distributes material, tools, equipment, and products. Also reads production schedule, customer order, work order, shipping order, or requisition to determine items to be moved, gathered, or distributed. Conveys materials and items from receiving or production areas to storage or to other designated areas by hand, hand truck, or electric hand truck.

**Responsibilities

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• Show initiative in supporting safety, plant wide. Participate on committees as required 

• Identify and report any mechanical or operational difficulty with truck, car or other equipment 

• Uses safe work practices and always reports hazardous conditions 

• Ensure accurate order picking 

• Ensure orders meet shipping and receiving deadlines 

• Ensure high quality loading workmanship 

• Maximize FIFO and reduce scrap cost 

• Maximize storage space for finish good materials and staging area 

• Achieve company objectives and both internal and external customer expectations 

• Ensure storage and distribution meet high housekeeping standards 

• Ensure department's continuous compliance with internal and external policies and procedures 

• Assist in cycle counts to ensure inventory accuracy and metrics are met 

• Ensure proper operation of equipment and housekeeping standards are maintained and filed 

• Complete special projects directed by distribution center manager and senior management 

• Assist with all receiving and shipping functions 

**Leadership Responsibilities:

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• There are no supervisory responsibilities for direct reports for this position.

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**Requirements: (education, skills, and abilities)

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• High School Diploma required 

• Minimum of 1 year experience in warehouse and distribution 

• Forklift experience required, sit down, propane preferred 

• Ability to load and unload flatbeds and dry vans 

• Good communication skills

• Integrity 

• Time management 

• Organizational skills 

• Basic computer skills 

• Understanding of appointment system 

**Physical Requirements:

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The physical requirements of this position are: (these requirements are typical for most of our manufacturing roles) 

• The ability to stand for extended periods

• The ability to manually lift, push or pull at least 50 pounds safely and with proper body mechanics, sometimes while in awkward positions. 

• Use of hands (repetitive motion, grabbing, feeling, sensing, pulling) 

• The ability to work safely in a fast-paced, sometimes stressful work environment

• The ability to safely and effectively work in an often-dusty work environment that experiences a broad range of temperatures (very hot to very cold). 

• The ability to withstand the rigors of working a 12(or 8)-hour rotating shift schedule. 

• The ability to bend, stoop or kneel repetitively. 

• The ability to reach or work above the shoulder 

*Incumbent must be physically able to perform essential job functions. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential

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You should be proficient in:

• forklift
• material handling

Machines & technologies you'll use:

• Forklifts