Material Specialist

Socket.dev; Joliet (IL); On-site; USD 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Health benefits

Dental and Vision benefits

401(k) with company match

Job summary

TTX Company is seeking a Material Specialist to manage the selection, packaging, loading, and shipping of materials for fleet repairs in a general warehouse setting. The role requires organizing, tracking inventory, and ensuring system accuracy while reviewing documents and identifying discrepancies.

The specialist will operate a forklift (certification required) and uphold safety standards. Travel may be involved as part of the role, and the position demands basic math, reading and writing

Qualifications

• Able to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Able to write simple correspondence and present information clearly in one-on-one or small group settings.
• Able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure and interpret bar graphs.
• Apply common sense to carry out written or verbal instructions in standardized situations.
• Maintain safety and accuracy while handling materials and operating equipment.

Responsibilities

• Properly packs and ships customer orders.
• Safely organizes, handles, and stores material.
• Review material documents and communicate discrepancies to ensure inventory integrity.
• Operate forklift and complete certification for its use, plus provide equipment maintenance.
• Maintain safety requirements for self and facility.

Skills

Forklift certification

Reading comprehension

Written and verbal communication

Basic math

Problem-solving

Job description

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Role summary

TTX Company is seeking a Material Specialist to manage the selection, packaging, loading, and shipping of materials for fleet repairs. This role involves organizing, handling, and storing materials, ensuring inventory and system accuracy by reviewing documents and identifying discrepancies. The specialist will operate a forklift (certification required) and maintain safety standards. The position requires basic math, reading comprehension, written and verbal communication skills, and problem-solving abilities within standardized situations. This role is based in a general warehouse environment and may involve travel.

Properly selects, packages, loads and ships material to those facilities performing repairs on the Company's fleet and to ensure that all material is correctly identified, held in safe keeping, and accurate quantities reflected in the system.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Properly packs and ships customer orders.
• Incumbent safely and efficiently organizes, handles, and stores material.
• Responsibilities for inventory and system accuracy are met by properly reviewing all material documents and identifying and communicating all discrepancies.
• Operates forklift and completes certification for its use as well as providing equipment maintenance.
• Safety requirements for individual and facility must be maintained.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Forklift operation certification required.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

(The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

General warehouse environment; may be required to travel. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit (remain stationary within work area) and use hands to finger, handle, feel and reach. The employee is occasionally required to move about (stand, walk). The employee must occasionally lift and/or transport up to 40 pounds. Correctable vision required for close, distance, and color vision capabilities.

The above job description is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements.

TTX Company is a leading provider of railcars and related freight car management services to the North American rail industry. TTX’s pool of railcars is ideal for supporting shippers in the intermodal, automotive, paper & forest, metals, machinery, wind energy and other markets where flatcars, boxcars and gondolas are required.

TTX’s generous Total Rewards package includesPaid Time Off, Health, Dental and Vision benefits, and401(k) with company match. This position participates in Railroad Retirement.

TTX Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

What we do:

• Create a Business Plan that drives the Company’s plan for new car builds and modifications. The business plan reflects the economy, freight markets, and any changes in freight strategies.
• Day-to-day management of the TTX Company’s Intermodal, General Equipment and Automotive fleets.
• Manage procurement of new rail cars, components and other materials used to support TTX fleet maintenance.
• Manage the North American Boxcar Pool and the Automotive Reload pool, which includes rail cars supplied by owners other than TTX.
• Provide in-depth analysis of the economy, the rail industry and its competitors.

TTX Company is a privately held railcar pooling company that owns, maintains, and provides pooled railcars for use by freight railroads and shippers in North America. Its fleet consists primarily of flatcars and intermodal cars, enabling efficient movement of freight across the rail network. TTX plays a critical role in supporting the North American rail industry's logistics and infrastructure.