Material Handler: Growth & Safety in Millwork Warehouse

Carter Lumber; Millersburg (OH); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision

Disability

Life insurance + AD&D

Supplemental life insurance

401(k)

Vacation & holidays

Vendor incentives

Growth opportunities

Military encouraged

Job summary

Carter Lumber is seeking a Material Handler to perform receiving, inventory control, staging, and loading of architectural millwork materials. You will verify shipments, stock materials, and ensure accurate documentation for transfers and cycle counts.

You will operate forklifts after training, maintain clean, organized storage areas, and support production flow by staging materials for work centers. Join a safety‑minded team committed to quality and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience in material-handling, warehouse, shipping/receiving, or manufacturing is preferred.
• Ability to read work orders, shipping documents, and production paperwork.
• Basic math, counting, measuring, and inventory-recording with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to obtain and maintain authorization to operate forklifts and related equipment.
• Ability to prioritize work, communicate discrepancies clearly, and work safely in a team.

Responsibilities

• Unload deliveries, verify materials against PO and packing slips.
• Inspect materials for quantity, specification, damage, and discrepancies.
• Document shortages or damages and communicate with Purchasing and Production.
• Label and store materials preserving lot/color/finish when required.
• Perform receiving, transfer, issue, and cycle-count entries in inventory systems.
• Keep storage areas organized and protect materials from damage.
• Review work orders and prep materials for production sequencing.
• Pick, count, and stage materials by job and sequence for release.
• Replenish production areas and move WIP between processes without damage.

Skills

Material-handling experience

Reading work orders

Basic math & inventory

PIT forklift operation

Attention to detail

Team-oriented & safety minded

Tools

CAM inventory system

Powered industrial trucks (PIT)

Job description

Carter Lumber is seeking a Material Handler to perform receiving, inventory control, staging, and loading of architectural millwork materials. You will verify shipments, stock materials, and ensure accurate documentation for transfers and cycle counts.

You will operate forklifts after training, maintain clean, organized storage areas, and support production flow by staging materials for work centers. Join a safety‑minded team committed to quality and continuous improvement.