Material Handler

The Greenbrier Companies, Inc.; Lewistown, Northern (Mifflin County, KY); Hybrid; USD 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. is seeking a Material Handler to load, unload, and move materials within the plant and yard. This role supports safe and efficient operations in a fast-paced environment.

Primary duties include receiving and tagging materials, moving inventory, delivering parts, and performing cycle counts. Experience with forklifts and good teamwork are valued, with opportunities for additional duties as needed.

Qualifications

• Ability to work in a team environment with professional communication
• Ability to organize and prioritize tasks with tight deadlines
• Experience handling materials in an industrial setting

Responsibilities

• Receive, process and tag incoming material
• Move inventory to designated areas
• Deliver parts to work areas in the plant
• Perform cycle counts and physical inventories as directed
• Maintain forklift trucks in good working order
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Organization

Prioritization

Project management

Tools

Forklift operation

Job description

At Greenbrier, we do the hard work that matters. The Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) is powering the movement of products around the world as a leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of freight rail transportation equipment and services.

Greenbrier’s heritage of hard work and industrial innovation is celebrated at every level of our organization. We structure our business to support teams that deliver innovative solutions for our customers while positively impacting the world around us.

Greenbrier’s success begins with people. We believe in supporting our global workforce through our unwavering attention to Safety, Quality, Respect for People and Customer Satisfaction. Our Inclusion, Diversity, Engagement, Access and Leadership (IDEAL) commitment is rooted in these values, which lead to a culture where employees are engaged and feel good about coming to work every day.

Summary

The Material Handler is responsible for loading, unloading, and moving materials within or near the plant, yard, or work site.

Duties and Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform the following essential duties satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned to address business needs and changing business practices.

• Receives, processes and tags incoming material
• Moves inventory materials to their respective area
• Delivers parts to areas in the plant where work is in process
• Performs cycle counting and physical inventories as directed
• Maintains forklift trucks in clean, good working order
• Other duties as assigned, including but not limited to special processes

Qualifications

The following generally describes requirements to successfully perform the assigned duties.

Minimum Qualifications

• Ability to work within a team environment, communicate professionally with team members and vendors, clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing
• Ability to organize and prioritize projects and information with accurate turnaround under tight timeframes
• Ability to identify, plan, start, and complete projects or other work that needs to be accomplished

Preferred Qualifications

• Materials or warehouse experience
• One + years' work experience as a material handler in an industrial setting
• Experience driving a forklift or other heavy equipment

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

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.

With the exception of clerical, administrative, and some management positions, the physical environment requires the employee to work in hot and cold environments, in and out of the weather, work safely around heavy equipment and on top of and under railcars, as well as around railroad tracks. Employees are required to use personal protective equipment such as steel toe boots, hard hat, hearing protection, safety glasses, welding and grinding shields, etc. or as environmental conditions dictate.

Physical Activities and Requirements

Frequency Key

Not Applicable: Activity is not applicable to this occupation

Occasionally: Occupation requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0- 2.5+ hours/day)

Frequently: Occupation requires this activity from 33% - 66% of the time (2.5: 5.5+ hours/day)

Constantly: Occupation requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5+ hours/day)

Working Postures

• Sit: Occasionally
• Walk: Frequently
• Bend: Frequently
• Kneel/Squat: Frequently
• Crawl: Frequently
• Climb: Frequently
• Reach Forward: Frequently
• Reach Upward: Frequently
• Handling/Fingering: Frequently

Lift / Carry Requirements

• 5-10 lbs: Frequently
• 10-25 lbs: Frequently
• 25-50 lbs: Frequently
• 50-75 lbs: Not Applicable
• 75+ lbs: Not Applicable

Push / Pull Requirements

• Up to 10 lbs: Frequently
• 10-25 lbs: Frequently
• 25-50 lbs: Frequently
• 50-75 lbs: Not Applicable
• 75+ lbs: Not Applicable

EOE including Vet/Disability

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Greenbrier makes reasonable accommodations in the application and hiring process for individuals with known disabilities, unless providing accommodation would result in an undue hardship. Any applicant believing that he or she may need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact Greenbrier Human Resources at [e-mail] or call us at 503-684-7000.

Email communication from The Greenbrier Companies (Greenbrier) will always come from a corporate email address that ends in @gbrx.com or from our applicant tracking system, iCIMS, after you have created a secure account and submitted your application. During the application process, you will create a secure account in our secure applicant tracking site that ends with "-gbrx.icims.com". In this portal, we will ask you to provide your contact information, past employment history, education history and other job-related information.

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Job Locations

US-PA-Lewistown

ID

2026-4710

Company

Gunderson Rail Services, LLC

Position Type

Regular Full-Time

Category

Production

Workplace Type

Onsite