1st Shift Material Handler

California Faucets; Huntington Beach (CA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

California Faucets is seeking a 1st Shift Material Handler for a temporary on-site assignment at our Huntington Beach, CA facility. Shift runs Monday–Friday, 5:15 AM–2:00 PM, with responsibilities to stock production areas, move merchandise between warehouse and production, and ensure material availability for orders.

The role involves receiving POs, ERP scanning, pallet handling, cycle counts, and ensuring inventory accuracy.

Qualifications

• The ability to read and count accurately and perform basic math.
• Ability to operate material handling equipment, such as a standup forklift.
• Must have a clean driving record to operate company vehicles.
• Fluency in English preferred.
• Forklift experience and certification preferred.
• Knowledge and experience working with an ERP system preferred.
• Willingness to work overtime as needed.

Responsibilities

• Receive Purchase Orders (POs) into the ERP system from outside vendors.
• Scan tickets into the ERP system and produce labels.
• Unwrap cartons, inspect parts, and reconcile POs for count and quality.
• Bag, inspect, and label finished parts.
• Process receipts and stock parts; perform replenishment requests.
• Pick parts from inventory and perform cycle counting.
• Maintain inventory accuracy through physical and system audits.
• Load/unload delivery trucks; verify incoming deliveries against POs.
• Identify missing or damaged products and discrepancies.
• Transport materials using handcarts, Standup Forklift, and company vehicles.
• Move replenishment products between warehouses and assist with problem solving.

Skills

Reading and counting

Forklift operation

English fluency

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Overtime availability

Communication

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

ERP system

Forklift certification

Job description

Description

California Faucets is looking to bring on a 1st Shift Material Handler for a temporary assignment. This role is based on site in our Huntington Beach, CA facility. The hours for this position will be Monday through Friday, full-time from 5:15AM to 2:00PM.

The Material Handler is responsible for ensuring that the production departments are fully stocked and have the products/materials that they need to fulfill orders and move product quickly. They maintain the flow of merchandise between warehouse and production locations using equipment such as lifts, motor vehicles and pallet jacks. They are responsible for stocking raw goods inventory into warehouse locations and maintaining and assisting with the organization of picking aisles. They also perform quality control measures to ensure that quality-checked merchandise is available to the production departments as needed.

In addition to these duties, the Material Handler will also have the following responsibilities:

• Receiving Purchase Orders (PO's) into the ERP system from outside vendors.


• Scanning tickets into the ERP system and producing labels.


• Physically unwrapping cartons, visually inspecting parts, and reconciling PO's for count and quality.


• Bagging, inspecting, and labeling finished parts.


• Performing regular replenishment requests by processing receipts and putting parts away into stock locations.


• Picking parts from inventory locations and performing cycle counting.


• Maintaining inventory accuracy through physical and system inventory audits.


• Loading and unloading delivery trucks to ensure that each incoming delivery matches the PO.


• Identifying when product is missing or damaged from an order.


• Carrying and transporting materials utilizing material handling equipment, such as with handcarts, a Standup Forklift, and with company vehicles.


• Driving replenishment product/materials between multiple warehouses.


• Actively participating in problem solving, process improvement, and helping all team members finish daily tasks.


• Maintaining the organization and cleanliness of the warehouse locations, accurate labeling, verifications, and troubleshooting discrepancies.


• Performing additional assignments per supervisor's direction.

Please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Requirements

The Following Personal Attributes/Skills are Required

• The ability to read and count accurately and perform basic math.


• The ability to operate material handling equipment, such as a standup forklift (cherry picker).


• Must have a clean driving record to operate company vehicles.


• Adaptability/flexibility when encountering problems. Must be able to communicate discrepancies to team leader and be able to solve problems and implement solutions.


• Ability to follow instructions and comply with all safety regulations including the use of personal protective equipment.


• Attention to detail, accuracy, dependability, persistence.


• Ability to work overtime as needed.


• Ability to speak, read, write, and understand English fluently is strongly preferred.


• Forklift experience and certification is strongly preferred.


• Knowledge and experience working with an ERP system is strongly preferred.

Environmental and Safety Considerations

• Possible exposure to heat, cold, dust, and moderate noise when working indoors.


• May be required to work with adhesives, power tools, forced air.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

People Interface

The position requires contact primarily within the department on routine matters. Contact outside the Production Department is minimal.

Decision Making

The position requires working from detailed instructions as well as the use of judgment to plan and perform general decisions to solve a problem or select a course of action for a standard or recognized method of operation.

Supervision Received

This position will be under the direct supervision of the Receiving Lead and general supervision of the Warehouse Supervisor.

Accountabilities

After adequate training, the position requires a level of accountability to complete a pre-determined amount of work or units completed per shift.

Education and Experience

The minimum educational requirement to successfully perform this position is a high school diploma or G.E.D. certificate. Someone entering this position should have at least six (6) months experience performing similar work in a related field.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk and use hands to finger. The employee is frequently required to stand extended periods of time; reach with hands and arms below and above shoulder; climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, twist or crawl. The employee will be required to lift/carry 1-50 pounds routinely.