Material Handler - 1st Shift

Westlake Royal Building Products; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 24,796 - 33,062; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

No weekends

Vacation from day one

Paid holidays

Caregiver leave

Plant performance bonuses

401(k) with company match

Safety shoes

Safety glasses

Tuition reimbursement

Medical, dental and vision coverage on

Fitness reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program

Life insurance

Job summary

Westlake Royal Building Products is seeking a warehouse associate to operate forklifts, scan inventory, and prepare pallets for shipping. The role runs Monday through Friday from 6:00am to 2:30pm. Starting pay is $20.59 per hour with a $1,000 sign-on bonus for new employees and day-one benefits including health, vacation, holidays, and more.

The position emphasizes teamwork, accuracy in inventory handling, and adherence to safety standards in a fast-paced manufacturing setting.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience in a warehouse setting.
• Proven experience driving various powered equipment.
• Ability to count and do basic math.
• Ability to work as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Operates a forklift or hub tech to store, move, pull, and load inventory.
• Accurately scans all inventory to locations, picks, and/or trucks.
• Properly assembles various wood pallets to be shipped to customers.
• Pull inventory based on the order in hand and place on appropriate skid.
• Unload truck and store the inventory in the appropriate location and spot.
• Identify material that must be scanned and properly unitize on each individual skid.
• Inspect and approve the quality of products before shipping or receiving the product.
• Perform cycle counts and rechecks.
• Inspects, identifies, and segregates good and bad inventory racks.
• Maintain good housekeeping.
• Maintain safety standards as posted in work areas.

Skills

Warehouse experience

Powered equipment operation

Counting & basic math

Team player

Job description

Pay Rate

Starting at $20.59 per hour.

• $1,000 Sign On Bonus for new employees*

Schedule

Monday-Friday 6:00am-2:30pm.

Benefits

• Work Life Balance: No weekends!
• Paid vacation beginning DAY ONE of employment
• Ten (10) paid holidays beginning DAY ONE of employment
• Five (5) paid caregiver leave days to care for a spouse, parent of child after one year of service
• Five (5) bonuses per year based on plant performance
• 401(k) with company match up to 4%, plus an annual 3% contribution
• Free Safety Shoes
• Free Prescription Safety Glasses
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Medical, Dental and Vision insurance beginning DAY ONE of employment
• Fitness Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• Free Basic Life Insurance (2x your salary)

Duties & Responsibilities

• Operates a forklift or hub tech to store, move, pull, and load inventory.
• Accurately scans all inventory to locations, picks, and/or trucks.
• Properly assembles various wood pallets to be shipped to customers.
• Pull inventory based on the order in hand and place on appropriate skid.
• Unload truck and store the inventory in the appropriate location and spot.
• Identify material that must be scanned and properly unitize on each individual skid.
• Inspect and approve the quality of products before shipping or receiving the product.
• Perform cycle counts and rechecks.
• Inspects, identifies, and segregates good and bad inventory racks.
• Maintain good housekeeping.
• Maintain safety standards as posted in work areas.

Qualifications & Skills

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in a warehouse setting.
• Proven experience driving various powered equipment.
• Ability to count and do basic math.
• Ability to work as part of a team.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to hold, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk or hear. The employee must be able to maneuver up to 100 lbs. frequently. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

This position works in a fast-paced manufacturing facility. Noise level commensurate with large machinery. Eye protection must be worn at all times and steel‑toed shoes are required. Temperatures in the building, although maintained, can be affected by outside weather conditions.

Westlake is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristics protected by applicable legislation.