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Material Handler
Zip Xpress Lacota, MI
Full Time | Logistics Services 4 Months Ago
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Zip Xpress is Hiring a Material Handler Near Lacota, MI

Zip Xpress offers:

$20 per hour starting wage – regardless of experience.

Scheduled raise at 90 days AND after completion of forklift training.

Four-night work week; no Sundays or Saturday Evenings. Overtime available!

Full benefits offered on first day of employment, including 401k match.

Starting freight handlers can make up to $52,000 their first year.

PTO available after 90 days!

Work duties for this position include (but not limited to) :

  • Breaking down loaded pallets
  • Strategically arranging freight within trailers
  • Adhering to guidelines on safe freight placement and securement
  • Weighing freight and verifying adherence with DOT guidelines for weight distribution and limitations
  • Loading trailers with load bars to load freight vertically in a safe and effective manner
  • Working in a physical and extremely fast paced environment for extended hours
  • seated forklift work
  • staging and verifying inbound freight
  • loading and securing outbound freight
  • organizing and cleaning used workplaces at the end of each shift.

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Twenty years ago, Zip Xpress started as small, family owned, company with the goal of increasing sustainability and lowering the carbon footprint of the shipping industry. Since being founded in 2001, Zip has grown to service countless Michigan manufactures throughout the lower peninsula, deliver goods, and supplies to over 40 US states. Zip Xpress has grown 10-fold since the early 2000s, and still believes that being “green” is more important than profits and improving the quality of life of employees is more vital than the bottom line.

As we recover from this unprecedent pandemic, Zip Xpress continues to grow and requires more freight handlers to keep Michigan goods shipping across the nation. If you’re looking for something more than just a job and want to grow within a West Michigan, founded and owned, company that believes in protecting the environment and cares about your quality life, Zip Xpress wants to welcome you aboard; the only requirements for employment are reliability, punctuality, and a team first mindset.

Submit your application today or call 800- 889-8583 and start as soon as the next day.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $20.00 per hour

Benefits:

  • 401(k) matching
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance

Schedule:

  • Evening shift

Shift availability:

  • Night Shift (Required)
  • Overnight Shift (Required)

Work Location: One location

Job Summary

JOB TYPE

Full Time

INDUSTRY

Logistics Services

POST DATE

12/09/2022

EXPIRATION DATE

01/07/2023

WEBSITE

zipxpress.net

HEADQUARTERS

HOLLAND, MI

SIZE

25 - 50

FOUNDED

2001

TYPE

Private

CEO

DINA MCKNIGHT

REVENUE

<$5M

INDUSTRY

Transportation

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Zip Xpress
Full Time
$77k-99k (estimate)
1 Month Ago

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