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Material Handler - Overhead Crane Operator (Swing Shift)

SEAPORT STEEL COMPANY
Airway Heights, WA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/10/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/10/2026

Description

 

About the Role

Join our team as a Material Handler

 

Benefits

✅ Health, dental, and vision insurance

✅ Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
✅ Paid time off and holidays
✅ 401(k) with company match
✅ Growth and advancement opportunities

📍 Location: Airway Heights, WA
💵 Pay: $20.25 – $23.75 per hour 
📅 Job Type: Full-Time 

Most employees start between $20.25-$22.00/hour.  The higher end of the range, $23.75/hour, is reserved for candidates with exceptional experience or qualifications.

What You’ll Do

  • Observe load hookup and determine the safety of the load.
  • Manipulate or depress crane control buttons, to regulate the speed and direction of crane and hoist movement.
  • Use hoisting attachments such as hook, sling, or bucket as load requires.
  • Cleans and maintains a crane and hoisting mechanism. 
  • Inspect crane for defective parts and notify supervisors of defects or malfunctions. 

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

  • High school diploma or GED
  • Warehouse or material‑handling experience preferred
  • Able to read, write, and communicate clearly
  • Basic math skills (fractions, decimals, percentages)
  • Able to follow instructions and solve routine problems
Qualifications:

Qualifications

  • To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Education/Experience

  • High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Certificates

  • Certified to Operator all equipment related to moving material within the warehouse.

Language Ability

  • Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.

  • Ability to write simple correspondence.

  • Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, and other employees of the organization.

Math Ability

  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

  • Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret graphs.

Reasoning Ability

  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.

  • Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Salary : $20 - $24

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