Material Handler

SUMMARY

This position is primarily responsible for moving material inside the warehouse from one department to another. This position is also responsible for loading and unloading of freight carriers with our product, raw materials, maintenance items, molds, pallets, etc. while keeping warehouse organized and cleaned on a daily basis by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Core duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Moves product from Warehouse to Production line, ensuring that the line is always primed with material.

Unloads product off of freight carriers being delivered to Westlake Houston.

Organizes and cleans warehouse, loads product on to freight carriers set up by Westlake or carriers set up by our customers.

Checks forklift on a daily basis.

Keeps maintenance informed of forklift issues.

Assist with daily cycle counts to ensure our inventory stays accurate.

ACCOUNTABILITY:

Ensuring correct material is loading on to freight carriers. Pulls all packing slips off of product unloaded from freight carriers and delivered to Team Lead or Warehouse Manager. Ensures product moved from Warehouse to Production has been documented on the transfer sheet.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:                                          

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; walk; stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The employee is frequently exposed to wet or humid conditions (non-weather); work near moving mechanical parts; outdoor weather conditions; and vibrations and is occasionally exposed to work in high, precarious places.

Westlake Management Services, Inc. is proud to offer equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants to join our company and to succeed as members of our team regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetic information, marital status, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.