Material Handler 1st Shift

Jessup Manufacturing Company; Lake Bluff (IL); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Jessup Manufacturing Company in Lake Bluff, IL, is seeking a warehouse material handler to move raw materials and finished goods, support production, and maintain inventory accuracy. The role requires certified forklift operation and the ability to read work orders and pick lists, with emphasis on safety and efficiency.

The position involves using JENISYS and barcode scanners, supporting physical inventories, and coordinating with production to ensure timely material flow.

Qualifications

• Experience maintaining paperwork and records.
• Certified forklift operator required.
• Ability to read and comprehend work orders and pick lists.
• Ability to move heavy material and lift at least 50 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Delivers material promptly and in accordance with production schedule to the production areas.
• Identifies materials returned to inventory.
• Removes finished goods from production areas to shipping or finished goods warehouse.
• Moves finished goods from warehouse for packaging or shipping.
• Performs inventory transactions using JENISYS and bar code scanners.
• Participates in physical inventory functions.
• Issues material to work orders and records inventory transactions using bar code scanners.
• Suggests changes to improve quality, efficiency, safety, or communication.
• Follows safety practices and maintains a clean, orderly work area.
• Performs other duties as assigned by department supervisor.

Skills

Certified forklift operator

Read and understand orders

Material handling

Lift 50 lbs

Tools

JENISYS

Job description

Moves raw materials from inventory into and throughout the production areas for processing. Removes finished goods from the production areas to the shipping areas or to the finished goods warehouse.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Delivers material promptly and in accordance with production schedule to the production areas
• Properly identifies all materials returned to inventory
• Removes all finished goods promptly from the production areas to shipping or the finished goods warehouse
• Moves finished goods from warehouse for packaging or shipping
• Performs inventory transactions using JENISYS and bar code scanners
• Participates in physical inventory functions
• Issues material to work orders and performs inventory transactions to work orders using bar code scanners
• Suggests changes to improve quality, efficiency, safety, or communication
• Follows all safety practices and immediately corrects or reports unsafe conditions. Maintains a clean and orderly work area
• P erforms other duties as assigned by department supervisor

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Experience maintaining paperwork and records

SKILLS

• Ability to read and comprehend work orders and pick lists.
• Certified forklift operator
• Ability to propel and control heavy chemical vats on wheeled pallet across warehouse and production floor and up and down slight ramps
• Must be able to push, pull, and make other movements as necessary to move multi-ton rolls of material from warehouse shelves to forklift, and to proper positioning on machine. Must be able to lift at least 50 lbs of weight or ask for assistance as needed.