Warehouse/yard Helper

Custom Builder Supply; Virginia; On-site; USD 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Custom Builder Supply is seeking a materials handler to move and manage materials at the plant, yard, or job site. You will read work orders, load and unload materials, and help prepare shipments while maintaining safety and efficiency.

Responsibilities include operating a forklift, securing loads, and recording material counts. Strong teamwork and punctuality are required to sustain daily production and support crane operators when needed.

Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or GED; or 1–3 months related experience.
• Ability to read a limited number of words and numbers; print and speak simple sentences.
• Mathematical ability: add, subtract, multiply, and divide; compute rate, ratio, percent.

Responsibilities

• Loads, unloads, and moves materials within plant, yard, or work site.
• Opens containers and loads/unloads materials onto pallets, trays, racks, and shelves by hand.
• Loads materials into vehicles and secures with strapping or padding.
• Conveys materials from storage or work sites to designated areas.
• Operates industrial truck or hoist to move materials and products.
• Attaches labels and records material counts on production sheets.
• Stacks or assembles materials into bundles and prepares shipments.

Skills

Reading work orders

Material handling

Teamwork

Safety awareness

Attention to detail

Attendance/Punctuality

Forklift operation

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Industrial forklift

Job description

Job Description

Job Description

Summary

Loads, unloads, and moves materials within or near plant, yard, or work site by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Reads work order or follows oral instructions to ascertain materials or containers to be moved.

Opens containers and loads/unloads materials onto or from pallets, trays, racks, and shelves by hand.

Loads materials into vehicles and installs strapping, bracing, or padding to prevent shifting or damage in transit.

Conveys materials from storage or work sites to designated area.

Secures lifting attachments to materials and conveys load to destination or signals crane or hoisting operators to move load to destination.

Counts, weighs, and records number of units of materials moved or handled on daily production sheet.

Attaches identifying tags or labels to materials or marks information on cases, bales, or other containers.

Loads truck for Industrial Truck Operator.

Stacks or assembles materials into bundles and bands bundles together.

Clamps sections of portable conveyor together or places conveyor sections on blocks or boxes to facilitate movement of materials or products.

Removes samples of materials, labels with identifying information, and takes samples to laboratory for analysis.

Lifts heavy objects by hand or with power hoist, and cleans work area, machines, and equipment to assist machine operators.

Makes simple adjustments or repairs such as realigning belts or replacing rollers.

Assembles crates to contain products such as machines or vehicles.

Shovels loose materials such as sand, gravel, metals, plastics, or chemicals, into machine hoppers or into vehicles and containers such as wheelbarrows, scrap truck, or barrels.

Operates industrial truck or electric hoist to assist in loading or moving materials and products.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Competencies

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

Job Knowledge - Competent in required job skills and knowledge; requires minimal supervision.

Customer Service - Responds to requests for service and assistance.

Cooperation - Offers assistance and support to co-workers.

Managing Customer Focus - Promotes customer focus.

Teamwork - Contributes to building a positive team spirit; supports everyone's efforts to succeed.

Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment.

Attendance/Punctuality - Is consistently at work and on time.

Dependability - Follows instructions, responds to management direction; takes responsibility for own actions; commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals..

Initiative - Asks for and offers help when needed.

Planning/Organizing - Uses time efficiently.

Quality - Monitors own work to ensure quality.

Quantity - Meets productivity standards; completes work in timely manner.

Safety and Security - Observes safety and security procedures; uses equipment and materials properly.

Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Skills

Ability to read a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers. Ability to print and speak simple sentences.

Mathematical Skills

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.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

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