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Material Handler

The Timken Company
South Haven, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 10/3/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/3/2025

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Material Handler

South Haven, Michigan, United States, 49090

What Timken makes possible begins with you.
Those who came before us helped land a man on the moon, create the world's infrastructure, and introduce renewable energy alternatives. Now you can join the Timken team to write your own unique story and help drive what's next.

A career at Timken means you can have an immediate impact doing Work That Matters to the world— improving the efficiency of today's industrial equipment and preparing for the future of motion on our planet and beyond. New employees can start contributing right away, and there are many opportunities to advance your career at your own pace. Join our global team of 19,000 people in 45 countries, and start helping our customers push the limits of what's possible in their world of motion.
Position Summary: The hours for this position are 6:00 am -2:30pm.

Perform basic material handling activities including but not limited to:
  • Unload trucks and receives product using lift truck.
  • Stores and picks product through system directed work.
  • Material Handles various size pallet lots of materials and totes of materials.
  • Receives finished goods and stores in appropriate inventory location
  • Verify finished goods and picker rack stock level, replace as required
  • Reads production orders or follows oral instructions to ascertain materials or containers to be moved
  • Take inventory and reports cycle counts of product as required to maintain inventory data in the computer
  • Stacks or assembles materials into bundles and bands bundles together
  • Loads and unloads materials onto or from pallets, trays, racks, and shelves by hand
  • Counts, weighs, and records number of units of materials moved or handled on daily production sheet
  • Attaches identifying tags or labels to materials or marks information on cases or other containers
  • Assists other forklift operators, when needed, in loading and unloading trucks
  • Lifts heavy objects by hand or with power hoist, and cleans work area, machines, and equipment to assist machine operators
  • Operates industrial truck or electric hoist to assist in loading or moving materials and products

Technical/Functional Skills:
  • Read, understands, and follows quality systems instructions, and procedures
  • Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Applies feedback to improve performance; Monitors own work to ensure quality
  • Meets productivity standards; Completes work in timely manner; Strives to increase productivity; Works quickly
  • Observes safety and security procedures; Reports potentially unsafe conditions; Uses equipment and materials properly
  • Adapts to changes in the work environment; Manages competing demands; Changes approach or method to best fit the situation; Able to deal with frequent change, delays or unexpected events
  • Ability to obtain a fork truck certification

Basic Qualifications:
  • High School Diploma/GED
  • Minimum of 2 years fork/Lift Truck Experience

The pay range for this role is $17.00 - $20.00/hr and is commensurate on experience and education and could pay more or less than the posted range. This full-time position is eligible for paid time off, 401k, and comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental and vision.

This position may require access to United States export controlled technical data (“CTD”) and hardware under the Departments of US State (ITAR) and/or Commerce (EAR). Eligible candidates are; US Citizens, Green Card holders, Asylees or others eligible to receive US export license authorizations. Candidate must be authorized to work in the US.

All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law.



Timken is a global technology leader in engineered bearings and industrial motion. Our expanding portfolio of next-generation solutions helps customers around the world improve efficiency, solve their toughest challenges, and push the boundaries of performance. We employ 19,000 people globally, operate from 45 countries, and posted $4.6 billion in sales in 2024.

We have been recognized as one of America's Most Responsible Companies 5x by Newsweek and one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® 14x by Ethisphere.

Why Choose Timken?

  • Over a century of knowledge and innovation
  • A culture of top performance
  • A global, diverse environment
  • Products that contribute to a sustainable world
  • A conviction to improve communities around us
  • Competitive salary and benefits


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