Material Handler - Steel Production

Vanguard Acquisitions LLC; Toledo (OH); On-site; USD 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Life insurance

Job summary

Precision Steel Services in Toledo, OH is seeking a Material Handler to move, stage, organize, package, and prepare material throughout production and shipping. This hands-on role supports the entire operation by keeping material flowing and orders on schedule.

You will operate forklifts, load/unload trucks, stage material, package orders, and ensure accurate documentation while maintaining safe, clean work areas. Strong attention to detail and reliability are essential.

Qualifications

• Forklift operation experience required.
• Material handling, warehouse, shipping, receiving, or industrial experience required.
• Ability to safely move, stage, stack, and organize material.
• Able to stand, walk, bend, lift, and carry material as needed.
• Strong attention to safety, detail, and organization.
• Reliable attendance and strong work ethic.
• Ability to follow instructions and communicate clearly.
• Ability to work overtime, including weekends when required.

Responsibilities

• Operate forklifts and material handling equipment to move steel, parts, pallets, skids, and supplies.
• Load and unload trucks while verifying material and order requirements.
• Stage material for production, storage, shipping, or the next operation.
• Package customer orders for shipment, including wrapping, banding, securing, labeling, and organizing material.
• Prepare outgoing orders so they are clean, labeled, protected, and customer-ready.
• Count pieces, verify tags, complete basic paperwork, and support accurate documentation.
• Store materials and supplies in proper locations to support organization and production flow.
• Keep staging and work areas clear so production and shipping do not stall.
• Use safe lifting, stacking, and material handling practices.
• Communicate material shortages, delays, order issues, damage, or safety concerns early.
• Maintain clean, safe work areas and clear travel paths.

Skills

Forklift operation

Material handling

Attention to detail

Organization

Safety awareness

Attendance reliability

Job description

Precision Steel Services — Toledo, OH

Precision Steel Services has supplied steel across the Midwest since 1974. We are looking for a Material Handler to help move, stage, organize, package, and prepare material throughout our production and shipping process.

This role is the engine behind material flow.

As a Material Handler, you keep steel, parts, and customer orders moving through the operation. When material is staged, organized, packaged, and ready, production and shipping stay on schedule. When it is not, equipment waits, orders slow down, and the entire operation backs up.

This is hands-on manufacturing work for someone with forklift experience, strong attention to detail, and the ability to stay organized while keeping pace.

What You’ll Do

• Operate forklifts and material handling equipment to move steel, parts, pallets, skids, and supplies
• Load and unload trucks while verifying material and order requirements
• Stage material for production, storage, shipping, or the next operation
• Package customer orders for shipment, including wrapping, banding, securing, labeling, and organizing material
• Prepare outgoing orders so they are clean, labeled, protected, and customer-ready
• Count pieces, verify tags, complete basic paperwork, and support accurate documentation
• Store materials and supplies in proper locations to support organization and production flow
• Keep staging and work areas clear so production and shipping do not stall
• Use safe lifting, stacking, and material handling practices
• Communicate material shortages, delays, order issues, damage, or safety concerns early
• Maintain clean, safe work areas and clear travel paths

What We Expect

• You keep material moving — this role supports the entire operation
• You operate equipment safely, carefully, and with control
• You stay organized — staging, labeling, placement, and order accuracy matter
• You package and prepare material like the customer is going to see it, because they are
• You work with urgency while avoiding shortcuts
• You pay attention to details like counts, tags, labels, paperwork, and load condition
• You take ownership of your area, equipment, and output
• You communicate early when something is missing, damaged, unclear, or unsafe
• You show up reliably and understand that attendance matters

What Winning Looks Like

• Material is staged and ready for the next operation
• Production and shipping do not wait on missing, misplaced, or unprepared material
• Orders are packaged correctly, labeled clearly, and ready for the customer
• Trucks are loaded correctly and on time
• Material is organized, protected, and easy to find
• Counts, tags, paperwork, and documentation are accurate
• Work areas stay clean, safe, and controlled
• Problems are caught and communicated early
• The operation keeps flowing because material handling stays ahead of demand

Why Precision Steel

Material Handlers do not just move steel. They control flow.

A strong Material Handler helps production run, helps shipping stay on schedule, and helps make sure customers receive clean, organized, properly prepared orders.

This is a role for someone who has forklift experience, likes staying busy, takes pride in doing the job right, and wants to become more valuable in a steel manufacturing environment.

Fast hiring process: interview, shop tour, and quick decision for the right person.

Required Qualifications

• Previous forklift operation experience required
• Previous material handling, warehouse, shipping, receiving, manufacturing, or industrial experience required
• Ability to safely move, stage, stack, and organize material
• Ability to perform hands-on work, including getting on and off equipment throughout the shift
• Ability to stand, walk, bend, lift, carry, wrap, band, and secure material as needed
• Strong attention to safety, detail, and organization
• Reliable attendance and strong work ethic
• Ability to follow instructions and communicate clearly
• Ability to work in varying shop conditions, including heat, cold, noise, and active equipment movement
• Ability to work overtime, including weekends when required

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience packaging customer orders for shipment
• Experience wrapping, banding, skidding, palletizing, or securing material
• Experience loading and unloading trucks
• Experience handling steel, metal, heavy parts, pallets, skids, or industrial material
• Crane, pallet jack, or other material handling equipment experience
• Shipping, receiving, inventory, staging, or order-picking experience
• Basic tape measure, counting, shop math, or paperwork experience

Pay, Shift & Growth Opportunity

Base Pay: $18.00/hour, based on experience

Shift Premiums:

• 2nd Shift: +$0.50/hour
• 3rd Shift: +$1.00/hour

Overtime available

How You Grow Here

We do not believe in flat roles. Your pay and responsibility can grow with performance.

Material Handlers can advance by building skill in safe forklift operation, material staging, packaging, inventory accuracy, shipping preparation, production flow, and overall reliability.

Progression is earned through performance, not just time on the job.

Benefits

• Direct hire position
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off
• Life insurance
• Short-term disability and supplemental coverage options
• Performance and attendance-based incentives
• Ongoing training and skill development
• Cross-training and advancement opportunities
• Stable, full-time work with overtime opportunities