What are the responsibilities and job description for the Material Handler position at NFI?
Overview
The Material Handler is responsible for moving materials, supplies, and finished goods either manually or using a hand truck to designated locations within the facility or onto trucks. This role supports overall warehouse operations by ensuring products are handled safely, efficiently, and accurately. The Material Handler may also provide general housekeeping support to maintain a clean, organized, and safe work environment.
Responsibilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
LA County Applicants: The Company will consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
Profit Center
PC-388
Spanish Physical Requirements
The Material Handler is responsible for moving materials, supplies, and finished goods either manually or using a hand truck to designated locations within the facility or onto trucks. This role supports overall warehouse operations by ensuring products are handled safely, efficiently, and accurately. The Material Handler may also provide general housekeeping support to maintain a clean, organized, and safe work environment.
Responsibilities
- Performs various material handling duties manually or using a hand truck within the facility
- Loads finished product onto pallets or hand trucks as required
- Stacks skids or pallets in assigned storage or staging areas
- Loads and unloads freight in an efficient, safe, and accurate manner
- Picks and packs customer orders, assembling various types of merchandise for shipment
- Applies labels to shipments according to company and customer requirements
- Processes orders including picking, checking, sorting, consolidating freight, wrapping pallets, packing, loading, and completing shipment confirmations
- Verifies freight accuracy and checks for damage or infestation
- Assists with physical inventories and cycle counts as needed
- Uses RF scanning devices to support accurate inventory management
- Provides cleaning and sanitation services as needed, including sweeping floors, cleaning office areas, and disposing of trash in designated containers or locations
- Maintains a clean, safe, and organized work area by following housekeeping and safety standards
- Performs other duties and responsibilities as required by the role and determined by management
- Ability to stand and walk for extended periods, up to 10–12 hours per shift
- Ability to lift, carry, push, and/or pull minimum 10lbs up to 50 lbs without restriction, required by business needs
- Frequently bending, stooping, squatting, climbing, crouching, stretching, and reaching above the shoulder level & at shoulder level
- Ability to work in environments with variable noise levels, lighting conditions, and temperature fluctuations
- Able to work irregular or extended hours, including nights, weekends, and holidays, required by business needs
- High School Diploma or GED preferred
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy in all tasks
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
LA County Applicants: The Company will consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
Profit Center
PC-388
Spanish Physical Requirements
- Capacidad para permanecer de pie y caminar durante períodos prolongados, de hasta 10 a 12 horas por turno.
- Capacidad para levantar, transportar, empujar y/o tirar cargas de entre 10 y 50 libras (aprox. 4,5 a 22,7 kg) sin restricciones, según lo requieran las necesidades del negocio.
- Realizar con frecuencia movimientos de inclinación, agacharse, ponerse en cuclillas, trepar, encogerse, estirarse y alcanzar objetos tanto por encima como a la altura de los hombros.
- Capacidad para trabajar en entornos con niveles de ruido, condiciones de iluminación y temperaturas variables.
- Disponibilidad para trabajar en horarios irregulares o extendidos, incluyendo noches, fines de semana y días festivos, según lo requieran las necesidades del negocio.