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Material Handler
📍 Location: Chestertown, MD
🕒 Work Hours: 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday
💲 Pay Range: $17 - $20 per hour
Make the Right Connection—Build Your Career with Dixon!
Are you organized, dependable, and ready to keep things moving? The Dixon Group is looking for a Material Handler to join our Distribution Center team in Chestertown, MD! In this role, you’ll play a key part in ensuring products move efficiently through our warehouse—from receiving and stocking to picking, packing, and shipping customer orders. You’ll operate forklifts and material handling equipment to move inventory safely, maintain accurate records, and help keep our distribution processes running smoothly. If you take pride in working behind the scenes to deliver quality and reliability, we’d love to have you on our team.
About Us: The Dixon Group is a global, family-owned manufacturing company with a history of over 100 years of operation in the U.S.A. Based in Chestertown, Maryland, with distribution centers located worldwide. The company has a diverse workforce and a strong values-based culture. As an innovator in the hose coupling industry, our mission is to provide real solutions for our customers while fostering a supportive and collaborative work environment.
At The Dixon Group, we value the contributions of our Military Veterans and proudly employ our nation’s heroes. Veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.
🚚 What You'll Do:
- Safely receive, store, and move materials throughout the distribution center
- Pick, pack, and prepare products for shipment according to customer orders
- Load and unload trucks using forklifts and other warehouse equipment
- Maintain accurate inventory counts through regular system updates
- Identify and use appropriate packaging materials to protect products in transit
- Coordinate with shipping, customer service, and inventory teams to meet delivery deadlines
- Assist with general warehouse upkeep and organization as needed
🎯 What We're Looking For:
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- Previous warehouse or distribution experience preferred
- Ability to operate forklifts and other material handling equipment (certification a plus)
- Reliable, team-oriented mindset with strong time management
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy in order fulfillment
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs and stand for extended periods
🌟 What We Offer:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family
- Competitive salary
- Bonus programs
- 401K retirement plan
- Training opportunities
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid vacation, PTO, and holidays
- Gym reimbursements, and more!
Join us and be a part of a team that values your contributions and supports your goals!
The Dixon Group is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices and laws. Accordingly, to the fullest extent required by applicable law, The Dixon Group strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons.
The Dixon Group is committed to protecting the privacy rights of its employees and job applicants to the fullest extent required by applicable law. To that end, personal information will be collected solely for those legitimate business purposes recognized by law, and then maintained in a manner consistent with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to document retention requirements. The Dixon Group does not sell personal information to third parties, and does not share such personal information with third parties except when authorized by law to do so (e.g., in response to a lawful subpoena; mandatory tax reporting; etc.)
Salary : $17 - $20
