Material Handler

Chief Ethanol Fuels, Inc.; Hastings (NE); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation/time off

Company-paid life insurance

Company-paid short-term disability

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Financial wellness coaching

Employee assistance program

Paid holidays (8)

Education assistance

Job summary

Chief Ethanol Fuels, Inc. in Hastings, NE, is hiring for a full-time warehouse associate responsible for receiving, staging, and moving materials within the assigned area.

The role requires using a tablet to look up purchase orders in the IFS system and identifying ethanol manufacturing parts. Responsibilities include inventory accuracy, coordinating with managers, and maintaining safe, organized workspaces.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Operational knowledge of handling ethanol manufacturing equipment, parts and materials.
• Operational knowledge of utilizing a tablet to look up purchase orders and parts.

Responsibilities

• Receives, stages, and moves material within the warehouse or project area.
• Position parts at designated holding area and keep work areas clean.
• Use a tablet to look up purchase orders in the IFS system.
• Move parts and materials from receiving area to warehouse or construction areas.
• Identify ethanol manufacturing parts and materials; maintain area inventory accuracy.
• Transport received equipment and materials; stage items for spare parts warehouse or construction operations.
• Communicate with Materials Manager and Construction Manager when items arrive and where stored.
• Ensure loads are properly handled and stable before movement; practice safety.
• Maintain forklift and report unsafe conditions; perform area housekeeping and trash removal.
• Complete documentation of storage locations and sign/date receiving paperwork.

Skills

Tablet lookup

Shipping/receiving

IFS navigation

Forklift operation

Inventory accuracy

Safety awareness

Education

High School Diploma / GED

Job description

Ethanol Fuels-Hastings
Chief Ethanol
4225 E South St
PO Box 488
Hastings, NE 68901, USA

Receives, stages, and moves material within the assigned warehouse or construction project area. Positions parts at the designated holding area. Possess the ability to use a tablet to look up purchase orders in our IFS system. Move parts and materials from receiving area and move to the designated warehouse or construction work area. Has the ability to identify ethanol manufacturing parts and materials. Keep work areas clean. Possesses the ability to identify and arrange work areas for construction projects.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Must have a clear understanding of shipping/receiving processes including inspecting loads before removing them from the delivery truck.
• Must possess knowledge of utilizing a tablet to look up purchase orders, parts and notes.
• Must be willing to learn how to navigate through our IFS system.
• Transport received equipment, parts, piping and structure material and stores or stages items and materials for the spare parts warehouse or construction project operations.
• Communicate with the Materials Manager and Construction Manager when items and materials arrive and where they are being stored.
• Transports parts from a designated delivery area to the construction or warehouse holding area.
• Ensures that loads are properly handled and are stable before movement.
• Thorough understanding of construction operations to effectively stage materials and parts promptly.
• Capable of working with minimal supervision
• Perform all duties in a safe and efficient manner using required safety equipment. Keeps assigned forklift properly maintained. Reports on unsafe conditions of the forklift to the Materials Manager.
• Completes documentation of where parts and materials are stored and signs and dates receiving paperwork.
• Ensures that equipment, parts and materials are properly identified and always tagged.
• Responsible for area inventory accuracy and identification.
• Responsible for proper inventory transfer and location as required.
• Responsible for set-ups in the area.
• Responsible for area housekeeping, to include trash removal.
• Responsible for outside maintenance of the area as applies.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education:

• High School Diploma, or GED, preferred.

The Company:

Putting the needs of customers first has taken Chief Industries, Inc. from a small construction company in 1954, to a highly diverse company with a reputation for manufacturing quality products and offering unparalleled customer service. Through its many divisions and subsidiaries, Chief Industries employs over 1,400 skilled and dedicated employees who produce a wide variety of products, many of which are used around the world.

A Brand of Chief Industries, Chief Ethanol is committed to producing quality renewable fuel and produces approximately 140 million gallons of ethanol annually. Chief Ethanol Fuels, Inc. was Nebraska’s first dry-mill ethanol plant and remains committed to producing renewable fuel and high-quality feed today. The plant is a continuous flow Vogelbusch process.

This full-time position is eligible for full company benefits, including

• Paid vacation/time off
• Company-paid life insurance
• Company-paid short-term disability benefits
• Health Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Financial wellness coaching
• Employee assistance program
• Paid holidays (8)
• Education assistance
• And much more.

Qualifications

• Requires operational knowledge of handling Ethanol manufacturing equipment, parts and materials, industrial receiving, material movement practices, and material handling equipment.
• Operational knowledge of utilizing a tablet to look up purchase orders and parts.

Equal Opportunity Employer
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