Material Handler

Kelly Services; Gary (IN); On-site; USD 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Steel-toed boots provided

Job summary

Kelly is seeking a Material Handler in Gary, Indiana to safely load, receive, and stack materials and finished goods. The role includes ensuring documentation accuracy, maintaining a clean and safe facility, and supporting forklift operations as needed.

Responsibilities include inventory updates, labeling, and assisting with production-line material movement, with training provided as required. This position emphasizes safety, teamwork, and efficient material flow.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• 2+ years of material handling experience.
• Strong focus on Safety & Security, detail orientation, listening skills, customer focus, and self-awareness.

Responsibilities

• Operate forklifts and conduct related safety checks.
• Load, receive, and stack materials and finished goods.
• Maintain inventory accuracy and update systems with results.
• Organize and stage products according to load sheets and labels.
• Report forklift issues to maintenance or supervision and coordinate with drivers for dock operations.
• Verify pallet tags and ensure correct storage or shipment.
• Provide training as required and support production line material movement.

Skills

Material handling

Forklift operation

Safety awareness

Inventory control

Team communication

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Inventory software

Job description

Join Kelly as a Material Handler!

Location: Gary, Indiana

Shift: Monday–Friday, 3:00pm–1:00am

Pay Rate: $18.00/hour

Are you someone who thrives in fast-paced environments and values safety and teamwork? Kelly is seeking a Material Handler to join our client’s facility, where you’ll play a vital part in ensuring smooth and efficient operations.

Job Summary

As a Material Handler, you’ll be responsible for safely and accurately loading, receiving, and stacking materials and finished goods. You will ensure all documentation is present and accurate, maintain communication with your team, and keep the facility safe, clean, and clutter-free. This position may substitute for the Warehouse Supervisor as needed.

Essential Functions

• Conduct all pre-operational, operational, and post-operational checks and duties on forklifts.
• Operate forklifts in line with safety policies for loading, unloading, and handling materials.
• Stack and place raw materials and finished goods in designated areas, ensuring efficient inventory control.
• Organize and stage products according to load sheets, ensuring correct labeling.
• Report any forklift issues to maintenance or supervision.
• Communicate with team and drivers to ensure efficient flow of traffic in loading docks.
• Verify pallet tags on finished goods for accuracy prior to storage or shipment.
• Inventory materials and enter/post results in software.
• Print shipment labels, reserve, complete, and post orders.
• Assist with production line materials movement as needed.
• Provide training as required.
• Handle hazardous/nonhazardous waste labeling, sealing, and storage appropriately.
• Maintain cleanliness, safety, and organization throughout the facility.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED preferred
• 2+ years of material handling experience
• Strong focus on Safety & Security, detail orientation, listening skills, customer focus, and self-awareness

Additional Details

• PPE: Steel-toed boots required; other PPE provided onsite as needed.

As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Please note: The following benefits reflect Kelly's general offerings. Eligibility may vary by assignment, location, and job type. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan.

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About Kelly

Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we’re obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it’s about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity. It’s the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It’s the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world. Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life—just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.

Kelly is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status, and we take affirmative action to recruit, employ, and advance qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in the workforce. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to the Kelly Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California’s state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment. Kelly participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

Kelly may use AI-powered tools during the recruitment and hiring process. For full details, including how Kelly uses AI, your rights, and how to request a reasonable accommodation, visit the Recruitment Artificial Intelligence Notice (https://www.kellyservices.com/hubfs/myKelly/Resources/Employment_Policies/Recruitment-Artificial-Intelligence-Notice.pdf?hsLang=en) .

Kelly Services is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affi-

Kelly is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status, and we take affirmative action to recruit, employ, and advance qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in the workforce. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to Kelly’s Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California’s state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment.