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Gunderson Rail Services is Hiring a Material Handler Near Chehalis, WA

At Greenbrier, we do the hard work that matters. The Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) is powering the movement of products around the world as a leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of freight rail and marine transportation equipment and services.

Greenbrier’s heritage of hard work and industrial innovation is celebrated at every level of our organization. We structure our business to support teams that deliver innovative solutions for our customers while positively impacting the world around us.

Greenbrier’s success begins with people. We believe in supporting our global workforce through our unwavering attention to Safety, Quality, Respect for People and Customer Satisfaction. These values are rooted in our IDEAL commitment, which promotes Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access, and Leadership, creating a culture where employees are engaged and feel good about coming to work every day. A diverse, qualified, and engaged talent base is the key to our success.

Summary

The Material Handler is responsible for loading, unloading and moving materials within or near the plant, yard or work site.

Duties And Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform the following essential duties satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned to address business needs and changing business practices.

  • Receives, processes and tags incoming material
  • Moves inventory materials to their respective area
  • Issues parts to areas of work in process
  • Uses steel cutters, crowbar, clawhammer or other hand tools to open containers.
  • Performs cycle counting and physical inventories
  • Maintains equipment in clean, good working order
  • Documents and enters inventory information into the computer system

Qualifications

The following generally describes requirements to successfully perform the assigned duties.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Experience in forklift operations
  • Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) including, but not limited to, steel toed boots, goggles, ear plugs, gloves
  • Proficient in computer software applications, including Word, Excel, Outlook
  • Ability to communicate and collaborate professionally, both verbally and in writing, at all levels
  • Ability to organize and prioritize projects and information with accuracy, under tight timeframes, to meet organizational needs
  • Ability to set goals independently and take initiative to accomplish them

Preferred Qualifications

  • Materials or warehouse experience
  • One years work experience as a material handler in an industrial setting
  • Proficient with the American Association of Railroads (AAR) and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) industry and customer requirements

Work Environment And Physical Requirements

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 physical environment requires the employee to work in hot and cold environments, in and out of the weather, work safely around heavy equipment and on top of and under railcars, as well as around railroad tracks. Employees are required to use personal protective equipment such as steel toe boots, hard hat, hearing protection, safety glasses, welding and grinding shields, etc. or as environmental conditions dictate.

Physical Activities and Requirements

Frequency Key

Not Applicable: Activity is not applicable to this occupation

Occasionally: Occupation requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0- 2.5 hours/day)

Frequently: Occupation requires this activity from 33% - 66% of the time (2.5- 5.5 hours/day)

Constantly: Occupation requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5 hours/day)

Working Postures

  • Sit: Frequently
  • Stand: Constantly
  • Walk: Frequently
  • Bend: Frequently
  • Kneel/Squat: Frequently
  • Crawl: Frequently
  • Climb: Frequently
  • Reach Forward: Frequently
  • Reach Upward: Frequently
  • Handling/Fingering: Frequently

Lift / Carry Requirements

  • 5-10 lbs: Frequently
  • 10-25 lbs: Frequently
  • 25-50 lbs: Frequently
  • 50-75 lbs: Not Applicable
  • 75 lbs: Not Applicable

Push / Pull Requirements

  • Up to 10 lbs: Frequently
  • 10-25 lbs: Frequently
  • 25-50 lbs: Frequently
  • 50-75 lbs: Not Applicable
  • 75 lbs: Not Applicable

EOE including Vet/Disability

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Greenbrier makes reasonable accommodations in the application and hiring process for individuals with known disabilities, unless providing accommodation would result in an undue hardship. Any applicant believing that he or she may need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact Greenbrier Human Resources at careers@gbrx.com or call us at 503-684-7000.

Email communication from The Greenbrier Companies (Greenbrier) will always come from a corporate email address that ends in @gbrx.com or from our applicant tracking system, iCIMS, after you have created a secure account and submitted your application. During the application process, you will create a secure account in our secure applicant tracking site that ends with “-gbrx.icims.com”. In this portal, we will ask you to provide your contact information, past employment history, education history and other job-related information.

Job Locations US-WA-Chehalis

ID 2023-2083

Company Gunderson Rail Services, LLC

Position Type Regular Full-Time

Category Production

Additional Information $15.00 - $18.85 hourly salary range Company offers: Medical, Dental, & Vision, Paid Holidays, PTO, Life Insurance, STD & LTD, 401(k) & Company Match.

Remote Eligibility No

Workplace Type Onsite

Job Summary

JOB TYPE

Full Time

SALARY

$34k-42k (estimate)

POST DATE

06/11/2023

EXPIRATION DATE

04/26/2024

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