What you’ll do:

Material Handlers responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Performs daily safety inspection of forklift and work area.
• Communicates with his/her counterparts on other shifts to ensure a smooth transition.
• Weighs scrap from the previous shift.
• Transports finished goods and raw materials to staging areas, load/unload trailers following inspection of all floors and walls of incoming trailers before loading.
• Secure wheel chocks; install glad hand locks and trailer jacks; complete the AFC loading dock safety sign-off sheet.
• All associates must embrace and foster an environment that supports our core values of Accountability, Teamwork, Integrity, Respect, and Excellence

What you’ll bring:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Previous experience as a forklift driver/ material handler (2 yrs.)

• The ability to understand and carry out verbal and written instructions in English.
• Good understanding of basic math required for quick and accurate counting and calculations.
• Attention to detail, accuracy, time management, and organization.
• Must be adaptable to changes in the work environment, comfortable with multiple competing demands, and able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events calmly and logically.
• Must be able to work safely and efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
• Must be able to lift, pull, or push at least 50 lbs.
• Must be willing and able to work overtime.

Within 3 months, you’ll:

• Complete any required training.
• Have developed relationships within the department.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

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)