Material Handler - 1st Shift

Reasors Food Stores; Weaverton (KY); On-site; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

RTP Company, headquartered in Winona, Minnesota, operates a global network of manufacturing plants. This role is in Henderson, KY, supporting warehouse processes for production materials and packaging.

The material handler works to unload deliveries, organize stock, and move materials while ensuring quality, safety, and housekeeping are maintained. The position requires lifting up to 60 lbs, standing for 8 hours, and willingness to overtime.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Forklift experience preferred.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced warehouse environment.

Responsibilities

• Identify differences between final packaging and requirements.
• Assemble and label boxes accurately.
• Sample boxes and mark samples.
• Monitor conveyors and ensure proper box movement.
• Maintain levels in additive tanks and holding tanks.
• Update inventory records and logs.
• Maintain clean and safe work area and perform machine cleaning.
• Record completed work and reports.
• Participate in training and continuous improvement programs.
• Follow safety rules and keep workplace neat.

Skills

Fast-paced environment

Forklift operation

Read and follow manuals

Stand for 8 hours

LIFT up to 60 lbs

Safety procedures

English literacy

Overtime willingness

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Forklift experience

Job description

• Location 1450 COMMONWEALTH DRIVE,Henderson, KY, 42420,United States
• Base Pay $21.50 / Hour
• Job Category Production, Material Handler, Warehouse
• Employee Type FT Hourly-Non Exempt

Description

The material handler is responsible for keeping the warehouse areas organized, unloading product deliveries, maintaining stock in the warehouse, and moving raw and rework materials for production. Responsible for quality, safety, and housekeeping.

Work Schedule : 1st Shift 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM Monday - Friday

Responsibilities

• Identify difference between final packaging
• Properly make up boxes
• Sample boxes and mark samples properly
• Monitor in-feed and out-feed conveyors and insure proper movement of boxes
• Maintain level in additive tanks
• Update records on holding tanks on control room board
• Keep up with levels of product in all holding tanks used
• Maintains production materials storage area, including recording material transactions in inventory records and properly storing items
• Perform all required machine cleaning
• Document work completed as required including logs, data reports, procedures, etc.
• Participate in training, retraining, and continual improvement processes and methods
• Follows and complies with all safety and work rules and regulations. Maintains departmental housekeeping standards.
• Other duties/responsibilities as assigned, or apparent.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-speed environment, follow standardized work process, and adhere to safe work practices in a continuous improvement environment
• Must be able to operate/monitor equipment during operation to ensure quality production
• Must be able to lift up to 60 lbs. regularly and stand for an 8-hour shift
• Ability to safely drive forklift
• Read and follow manuals and procedures
• M aintain a clean and safe workspace
• Must be dependable and have excellent attendance
• Possess a positive attitude
• Must be w illing and able to work overtime as needed, up to every other weekend
• W illing and able to work in temperature extremes – hot and cold
• Must be able to pass a forklift test and a respirator fit test
• Must be able to read, write, and speak English

Education and Experience

• Preferred high school diploma or equivalent
• Preferred forklift experience
• Preferred previous manufacturing experience

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

Regularly

• Stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl,
• Use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls, including overhead working
• Talk and hear to coordinate and operate equipment
• Use of safety equipment as dictated by the work (safety glasses, safety shoes, respirators, face shields, hearing protection, gloves, etc.)
• Exposure to moving mechanical parts

Frequently

• Lift and/or move up to 60 pounds
• Climb ladders and stairs
• Work in temperature extremes, wet and/or humid conditions, with dust, fumes, airborne particles

Occasionally

• Sit
• Handle (with mechanical equipment) up to 250 pounds.
• Exposure to noise levels above the OSHA action level requiring use of hearing protection

Other

• Specific vision abilities may require close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Summary

RTP Company, headquartered in Winona, Minnesota, is a global compounder of custom engineered thermoplastics. The company has over 20 manufacturing plants located in the United States, Mexico, Europe, Singapore and China. RTP Company’s engineers develop customized thermoplastic compounds in over 60 different engineering resin systems for applications requiring color, conductive, elastomeric, flame retardant, high temperature, structural, and wear-resistant properties.

EOE, including disability/vets; All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.