Material Handler

Express Employment Professionals - Cincinnati East; Chino (CA); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Express Employment Professionals - Cincinnati East is seeking a dependable Material Handler in CA to prepare metal products for shipment. You will test materials, match to drawings, and package items precisely following instructions. The role requires lifting up to 50 pounds, standing and moving materials, and strict attendance.

A hands-on skills assessment may be required at the client site. Dedicated to safety and accuracy, you will keep work areas organized and report inventory discrepancies.

Qualifications

• Precise attention to detail and a strong commitment to accuracy.
• Excellent dependability, organization, accountability, and follow-through.
• Consistent attendance and punctuality.
• Ability to lift and handle materials weighing up to 50 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to stand, bend, reach, and perform physical work throughout the shift, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Basic English communication skills necessary to understand safety directions, work instructions, labels, drawings, and packaging requirements.

Responsibilities

• Test and inspect materials before packaging.
• Match products to drawings, photographs, pick tickets, and specifications.
• Arrange, label, wrap, and package materials in the required order.
• Clean stainless steel, galvanized iron, and other metal products, ensuring they are free of residue and ready for packaging.
• Pick, pack, stage, and prepare metal products for shipment.
• Verify product quantities, part numbers, finishes, and overall condition.
• Accurately report inventory usage and discrepancies during the picking and packing process.
• Maintain organized materials, work areas, tools, and packaging supplies.
• Safely move and handle metal products using approved material-handling equipment.
• Use of hand tools like grinders and chisels to debur welds.
• Perform additional warehouse and general labor duties as assigned.

Skills

Attention to detail

Dependability

Organization

Punctuality

English communication

Physical stamina

Job description

About the Company

Our customer is an established manufacturer with approximately 40 years of engineering and manufacturing experience. The company produces the distinctive Nu-Strut metal framing system and custom metal products used in the laboratory, glazing, precast, and solar industries.

Position Summary

We are seeking a dependable, organized, and detail-oriented Material Handler to prepare metal products for shipment. This position requires exceptional precision, accountability, and the ability to follow drawings, photographs, packaging instructions, and inventory procedures exactly.

Reliable attendance, punctuality, and compliance with workplace safety rules are essential functions of this position. Unscheduled absences, repeated tardiness, and poor attendance will not be tolerated.

For safety reasons, personal cellular phones, earbuds, headphones, and headsets are strictly prohibited while working or inside active warehouse areas unless specifically authorized by management. Employees observed by warehouse leadership using or wearing a prohibited device will be subject to disciplinary action.

Primary Responsibilities

• Test and inspect materials before packaging.
• Match products to drawings, photographs, pick tickets, and specifications.
• Arrange, label, wrap, and package materials in the required order.
• Clean stainless steel, galvanized iron, and other metal products, ensuring they are free of residue and ready for packaging.
• Pick, pack, stage, and prepare metal products for shipment.
• Verify product quantities, part numbers, finishes, and overall condition.
• Accurately report inventory usage and discrepancies during the picking and packing process.
• Maintain organized materials, work areas, tools, and packaging supplies.
• Safely move and handle metal products using approved material-handling equipment.
• Use of hand tools like grinders and chisels to debur welds.
• Perform additional warehouse and general labor duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Precise attention to detail and a strong commitment to accuracy.
• Excellent dependability, organization, accountability, and follow-through.
• Consistent attendance and punctuality.
• Ability to lift and handle materials weighing up to 50 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to stand, bend, reach, and perform physical work throughout the shift, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Basic English communication skills necessary to understand safety directions, work instructions, labels, drawings, and packaging requirements.
• Previous material-handling, warehouse, metal, forklift, packaging, inventory, hand tools or manufacturing experience is preferred.
• Willingness to interview and complete a job-related, hands-on skills assessment at the customer’s location. Reasonable accommodations are available during the application and assessment process.

Schedule

Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Overtime may be available based on business needs, particularly for employees who demonstrate excellent attendance, productivity, accuracy, and dependability.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, reproductive health decision-making, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, California, or local law.

Reasonable accommodations are available to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities, pregnancy-related limitations, and sincerely held religious beliefs or practices, as required by law.