Material Handler, Warehouse (31730)

Position Summary

As a Material Handler at CEC, you'll play an important role in helping construction projects run smoothly. Your job will involve moving tools and materials around job sites and company facilities. You’ll also help with deliveries, inventory, and keeping everything organized and safe. This is a hands-on role that requires good planning, problem-solving, and a strong focus on safety. This is a safety-sensitive position.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Deliver and pick up materials as needed.
• Load and unload trucks safely.
• Keep track of inventory and help with regular counts.
• Organize and clean tools, materials, and the warehouse.
• Drive company vehicles when required.
• Maintain paperwork like logs and transfer forms.
• Help keep shop vehicles in good condition.
• Support building and fleet maintenance when needed.
• Follow safety rules and keep your workspace clean and organized.
• Perform other related duties as assigned to ensure efficient and effective processes, completion of projects and smooth operation of department.

Education and Experience

• High school diploma or GED.
• Construction experience is a plus but not required.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.
• Forklift and DOT certifications (or willingness to get certified).

Required Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

• Able to read and understand basic English instructions.
• Comfortable with basic math like counting and measuring.
• Available to work overtime, weekends, or night shifts if needed.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

May work inside or outside.  Possible exposure to hot and cold temperatures, in all-weather elements such as rain, heat, cold and snow. This position also requires work at extreme heights, in areas that are under construction, or in restricted areas such as a switchgear room, manhole, utility tunnel, crawl space, or attic, in confined spaces, and on slippery or uneven surfaces; works on ladders, scaffolds, aerial lifts, catwalks, in ditches and excavations; works in and around single and multi-story buildings with all exposures typical of a heavy construction site, including portable sanitary facilities.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be able to bend, stoop, squat, crawl, climb, kneel, balance, push, pull and reach overhead. 
• Lift 51 pounds, routinely. Constantly move about on the feet. 
• Climb ladders of all types. 
• Complete full day assignments involving overhead work. 
• Must be able to make transition from employee parking area or street into construction work areas and to access all levels of the building, even if the only means of access is by O.S.H.A. approved site construction ladder or stairs still under construction, but acceptable for use.
• Must be capable of securing tools and materials from storage areas to complete assigned tasks.
• Possess good vision, normal or corrected. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision to discern color coded wires, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. 
• Possess good hearing, normal or corrected. 
• Must be able to wear personal protective equipment (hard hat, safety glasses, safety vest) at all times. 
• Must be able to work 8 hours a day, 40 hours per week, and overtime as required and night shifts, as needed. This position requires flexible work hours. In order to get a project completed on time, this position is often required to work overtime, weekends, and night shifts. 
• Must be able to work in the presence of customers and their representatives with little or no interference or disruption to the customer while maintaining a professional and courteous image.

CEC Companies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We are committed to attracting and retaining the best-qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.