Job Description

We are seeking experienced, motivated and hard-working Material Handler to join our growing team of 3rd shift Logistics associates at Blum USA.  This is a great opportunity to connect with an established international company.  

Job Responsibilities

As a Logistics Material Handler, you will be responsible for all work assignments within the Logistics Department.  These include dock handler, pick station operator, material handler, over wrap operator, order checker, conditioning chamber, consolidation & small quantity warehouse.

Additional responsibilities for this Operator position include:

• Interpret a variety of data presented in hardcopy &/or on a computer display
• Loads/unloads pallets from/to trailers using forklift 
• Breaks down material received on pallets for processing & redistribution
• Picks orders using a computer & stages those orders for shipment 
• Wraps & labels pallets
• Inspects staged orders for accuracy
• Recycles cardboard & plastic
• Maintains housekeeping standards
• Processes orders through the Conditioning chamber
• Processes material through the small quantity warehouse
• Transports material from warehouse to production & from production back to the warehouse using a forklift

Job Requirements

To be successful in this type of position, we need team players who bring a positive attitude to the work place and enjoy being around and working with others.   The ideal candidate will have a minimum 1 year of experience in an automated warehouse environment.  

Other requirements for this position include:

• High School diploma or GED from an accredited institution is preferred
• Lifts/Carries up to 50 lbs up to a distance of 30 feet, under 15 times per shift
• Pushes/Pulls up to 50 lbs up to a distance of 5 feet, under 15 times per shift
• Constant standing, sitting and forklift driving
• Frequent reaching, walking, twisting, turning, stooping, bending, squatting and kneeling
• Occasional crawling, working overhead or using both hands to finely manipulate objects
• Constantly use both hands to move, grasp and pick up objects
• Occasionally works in an area where there is exposure to high heat levels
• Must be able to operate computers, scanners, wrapping machines & office equipment with one or both hands 
• Must be able to acquire/maintain sit-down & walk behind powered industrial forklifts operator licenses
• Work requires ability to read/interpret data presented in hardcopy or on a computer display
• Occasional use of both feet for repetitive movements while operating sit-down forklifts 

Benefits 

Blum USA believes in offering their employees an excellent benefits package that includes:

• Hourly position with overtime
• Base rate $19.75 per hour to start
• Additional $1.00 cents per hour premium for 3rd shift (11pm-7am)
• Possible bonus opportunities
• Health (Medical and Dental)
• 401(k) with employer matching
• Flexible spending account to cover eligible out of pocket health, dental, vision expenses
• Three weeks vacation starting your second year on the job
• Term life insurance equal to annual salary at no cost to employee
• And more!

Company Overview

For more than 60 years Blum has been manufacturing superior quality hinge systems, drawer runners, and lift systems that create emotion and enhance user convenience in the kitchen. With every product, we strive to develop solutions to ensure that cabinet doors and drawers open with ease, close softly and effortlessly, and make workflow and everyday kitchen use easier. 

Over the decades our product range has grown and so has the company. Today, Blum has eight production plants in Austria, and manufacturing sites in Brazil, Poland and the United States. Approximately 9000 Blum employees all over the world concentrate on the vision of “perfecting motion” to satisfy the specific requirements of the end user, whether it is in the kitchen or in another living area of the home. This prerequisite is the source of all our product development and innovation.