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Handler, Material Shipping

Mizkan America, Inc
Owensboro, KY Full Time
POSTED ON 6/24/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/30/2026

Job Description

Location:

Owensboro, KY

Job Title:

Handler, Material Shipping

Department:

Shipping

Work Status:

On-site

Reports To:

Warehouse Supervisor

FLSA Status:

Hourly

Shift:

3rd

 

COMPRENHENSIVE BENEFITS PACKAGE:

Medical - Dental - Vision - Paid Time Off - Disability - Life and AD&D - 401k With Match - Profit Sharing - Health & Flex Spending Accounts - Employee Assistance Program - Wellness Program - Education Assistance - Employee Referral Bonus 

 

Comp Range: $28.3052 - 29.3733

 

BONUSES:

Based on plant quarterly results.

 

COMMENTS: This job description outlines the essential functions of the role; however, it does not limit or dictate the specific tasks that may be assigned. This is an On-Site position requiring full-time work at the plant. We strongly encourage veterans, minorities, and women to apply.

 

SUMMARY:

The Material Handler Shipping must work safely and observe all plant safety, GMP, and food safety rules. Responsible for the safe and effective use of industrial lift trucks in accordance with plant procedures. Routinely fill customer orders, load trucks and complete required paperwork. Perform bay maintenance and support inventory control.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Perform all duties and responsibilities in accordance with Mizkan America safety policies, OSHA regulations, GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices), and SOP (Standard Operating Procedures).
  • Perform material handling duties, which include but are not limited to:
    • Fill customer orders.
    • Load outbound trailers with finished product.
    • Complete required paperwork.
    • Maintain stretch wrapper machine, change film and load cardboard tops.
    • Perform bay maintenance.
    • Support department inventory control programs.
      • Microsoft D365
      • Maintain license plate printers, change labels and ribbon.
    • Perform physical labor to load and unload partial pallets and/or make up full pallets.
    • Maintain simple records and paperwork related to inventory and quality.
  • Performs other duties required of the position or as directed.

 

EDUCATION:  

  • High school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent required

 

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Must be able to complete industrial lift truck license training.
  • Must have strong computer literacy skills and ability to learn Microsoft D365 program.
  • Excellent attention to details and accuracy required.
  • Must be respectful and work well with all levels of personnel.
  • Great work attitude, with excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong organizational, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
  • Must be able to work overtime on short notice basis.  Long-term, temporary assignments to any shift may be required to maintain manufacturing processes.
  • Ability to work in high temperatures (hot or cold), working at heights and exposure to strong smells, dust, gases, fumes and chemical or require personal protective equipment.
  • Ability to use Personal Protective Equipment.
  • Must be able to pass a post offer pre-employment drug screening, pre-employment background check, and pre-employment physical.

 

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Physical aspects of the job as performed in an 8-hour workday.

  • Must be able to see, sit, stand, walk, speak, hear, reach, bend, twist, ascend/ descend.
  • Ability to pull, push, lift and carry up to 50 lbs., 50 lbs. with assistance.

 

Estimated Percent of Time is based on ___Day, ___Week, or ___Month.

 

POSITION TITLE:   Material Handler Shipping                                                                   

 

Activity

 

Estimated

Percent

of Time

 

Accommodation - adjustment of eye to bring object into sharp focus - important for near/detail work.

100

 

Acuity, Near - clarity of vision of 20 inches or more.

100

 

Acuity, Far - clarity of vision of 20 feet or more.

100

 

Balancing - maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling.

100

 

Carrying - transporting an object, usually holding it in the hands, arms or on the shoulder.

40

 

Climbing - ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, ropes, and the like, using the feet and legs and/or hands and arms.

100

 

Color vision - ability to identify and distinguish colors.

100

 

Crawling - moving about on the hands and knees or hands and feet.

0

 

Crouching - bending using the back and or knees. 

0

 

Depth Perception - three-dimensional vision.  Ability to judge distance and space relationships.

100

 

Driving - operating an automobile or other vehicle to conduct job duties.

100

 

Feeling - perceiving attributes of objects such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by means of receptors in the skin, particularly those of the fingertips.

0

 

Field of Vision - area that can be seen up and down or left and right.

100

 

Fingering - picking, pinching, or otherwise working with the fingers primarily (rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling).

0

 

Handling - seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with the hands (fingering not involved).

0

 

Hearing - perceiving the nature of sounds by the ear.

100

 

Kneeling - bending the legs at the knees to come to rest on the knee.

0

 

Lifting - raising or lowering an object from one level to another (includes upward pulling).

40

 

Pulling - exerting force upon an object so that the object moves toward the force (includes jerking).

0

 

Pushing - exerting force upon an object so that the object moves away from the force.

0

 

Reaching - extending the hand and arm in any direction.

0

 

Sitting - remaining in the normal seated position.

100

 

Standing - remaining in an upright position at a work station without moving about.

100

 

Stooping - bending the body downward and forward.

0

 

Talking - expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.

40

 

Walking - moving about on foot.

0

 

 

 

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