Job Details

Material Handlers April 25, 2025

MHLGD

Located in Farmingdale, NY

Pay: 19.00

Job Full Description

Express Employment Professionals is one of the top staffing companies in the U.S. and Canada. Every day, we help people find jobs and provide workforce solutions to businesses. Express has more than 800 franchise locations that provide a full range of employment solutions that include full-time, temporary, and part-time employment in a wide range of positions, including Professional, Light Industrial, and Office Services.

We are seeking to fill the Material Handler position M-F 7am to 3:30pm.

Job Duties:

  • Material Handlers to maintain production and distribution of product by pulling orders from inventory; delivering production materials and supplies; staging finished product; loading and unloading and managing inventory.

  • Supplies production area with necessary raw materials.
  • Loads, unloads, and moves materials within or near plant, yard, or work site.
  • Reads work order or follows oral instructions to ascertain materials or containers to be moved.
  • Opens containers, using steel cutters, crowbar, claw-hammer, or other hand-tools. Loads and unloads materials onto or from pallets, trays, racks, and shelves using a pallet jack, hand-jack, dolly for forklift.
  • Loads materials into vehicles and installs strapping, bracing, or padding to prevent shifting or damage in transit, using hand-tools.
  • Conveys materials to or from storage or work sites to designated area, using hand-truck, electric dolly, wheelbarrow, or other device.
  • Secures lifting attachments to materials and conveys load to destination, using hand-operated crane or hoist, 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
  • Stacks or assembles materials into bundles and bands bundles together, using banding machine and clincher.
  • Makes simple adjustments or repairs, such as realigning belts or replacing rollers, using hand-tools.
  • Assembles crates to contain products, such as machines or vehicles, using hand-tools and precut lumber.
  • 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.
  • May occasionally operate industrial truck or electric hoist to assist in loading or moving materials and products.

Qualifications

  • High School Diploma or GED from an accredited institution
  • 6 months – 3 years working in a warehouse or manufacturing environment
  • Forklift certification experience preferred
  • Previous experience cycle counting

Farmingdale, NY
2127
565 Broadhollow Road
Suite 9E
Farmingdale, NY 11735

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