Material Handler (1st Shift)

Mativ; Middletown (RI); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Material Handler to join its dynamic Filtration team. In this role, you will be responsible for various manual and mechanical duties, ensuring a steady flow of materials on the production floor. You will operate forklifts, unload raw stock, and maintain organization in storage areas. This position offers a fast-paced environment with rotating shifts, where teamwork and attention to detail are essential. Join a company that values safety and provides comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, and a 401(k) plan. If you're ready to make an impact in a manufacturing setting, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match

Paid Vacation

Employee Assistance Programs

Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience in material handling or forklift operation.
• Ability to follow verbal and written directions.

Responsibilities

• Safely supply production floor with required materials.
• Operate forklift for loading and unloading trucks.

Skills

Material Handling

Forklift Operation

Attention to Detail

Basic Math Skills

Teamwork

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Tools

Forklift

Scanning Equipment

Job description

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The Middletown, DE location is seeking a Material Handler to join its Filtration team.

The Material Handler performs various manual and mechanical duties to move materials and products throughout storage and production areas. Duties include: supplying all production floor with required materials and supply to keep constant flow, unloading raw stock, maintaining storage area organization, operation of forklift, and other similar duties primarily those pertaining to material handling operations. Material Handlers work as a team in a fast-paced environment and are on a rotation schedule.

SHIFT: The schedule has rotating shifts: 1st 7a-7p, Includes weekends.

responsibilities:

• Safely conduct self and job tasks following proper work procedures.
• Supplying all production floor with required materials.
• Supply to keep constant flow, unloading raw stock, maintaining storage area organization
• Operation of forklift, loading and unloading trucks
• General housekeeping.
• Keep work area clean, neat, organized, and free of any safety hazards.
  
  

qualifications:

Required

• 1 + Years consistent in material handling/forklift position
• Ability to understand and follow verbal and written directions
• Ability to take ownership of work and also work as part of a team
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to work in a high-volume warehouse with limited space
• Ability to use scanning equipment to accurately disposition material
• Basic Math, Reading, Writing and Computer skills
• Ability to maintain regular, predictable, and punctual attendance
  
  

Position Demands

Conditions are that of a manufacturing environment:

• Air Temperatures can range from cold to hot.
• Atmosphere may contain dust, fumes, and odors.
• May include mechanical, electrical, chemical, explosive and radiation hazards.
  
  

Employees are required to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) including:

• Safety shoes (steel toe or composite toe)
• Safety Glasses
• Protective Gloves, when performing certain tasks
• Hearing Protection, when required
• Other personal protective equipment as required for certain tasks.
  
  

While performing the duties of this job the employee must meet the physical demands:

• Be able to lift a minimum of 50 pounds.
• Be able to push or pull heavy objects up to 250 pounds.
• Be able to work 12-hour shifts.
• Perform repetitive tasks.
• Routinely stand, sit, hear, walk, and talk.
• Reach, climb, bend, kneel, crouch, twist, and balance, sometimes in awkward or tight spaces.
• Have good close vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.
  
  

What We Offer

As a Mativ employee, you’ll have access to a variety of benefit programs designed to help you no matter your stage of life.

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Consumer-Driven Health Plan (CDHP)
• Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)
• Exclusive Provider Organization (EPO)
• Company-paid basic life insurance and Additional voluntary life coverage
• Paid vacation
• 401(k) savings plan with company match
• Employee assistance programs – available 24/7 to you and your family
  
  

The hourly rate for this position is $17.00 per hour.

About Mativ

Mativ Holdings, Inc. is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The company makes material impacts on the world every day through a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions that solve our customers’ most complex challenges. We manufacture on three continents and generate sales in nearly 100 countries through our family of business-to-business and consumer product brands. The company’s two segments, Filtration & Advanced Materials and Sustainable & Adhesive Solutions, target premium applications across diversified and growing end-markets, from filtration to healthcare to sustainable packaging and more. Our broad portfolio of technologies combines polymers, fibers, and resins to optimize the performance of our customers’ products across multiple stages of the value chain. Our leading positions are a testament to our best-in-class global manufacturing, supply chain, and materials science capabilities. We drive innovation and enhance performance, finding potential in the impossible.

Mativ and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Manufacturing, Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing, and Plastics Manufacturing

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