Material Handler (1st Shift)

Cleaver Brooks is looking for a Material Handler to join our team in Lincoln, NE. The Material Handler receives and unpacks materials and supplies and moves them to proper storage area(s). Kits material, issues material, and delivers material to work in process work centers.  Compiles warehouse records and ensures the accuracy and integrity of all warehouse material and locations. Performs cycle counting of inventory and routine duties requiring a thorough knowledge of IFS System, Purchasing, Receiving, Processing, Bills of Material and Shop Scheduling policies and procedures. Pulls and prepares parts for packaging as called upon.

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Job Location: Lincoln, NE

Essential functions:

• Unloads and inspects incoming materials for damage or discrepancies; reports any damage or discrepancies found to purchasing and/or supervisor responsible for receiving.
• Compares identifying information and counts, weighs, or measures items of incoming and outgoing shipments to verify information against bills of lading, invoices, orders, or other records.
• Labels all materials with the proper part number to identify accurately and efficiently.
• Receives and unpacks materials and supplies and verifies counts.
• Assigns locations for material being received.
• Pulls materials for pick lists generated by IFS system for customer orders and shop orders.
• Maintains log of any damaged/discrepant material awaiting disposition.
• Examines stock to verify visual conformance to specifications.
• Puts away received parts; stores articles in bins, on floor or on shelves according to identifying information such as style, size, or type of material.
• Kits work orders. Ships small package parts.
• Prepares periodic, special, or perpetual inventory of stock.
• Assist to follow up and trace lost, misplaced, or misdirected material.
• Will distribute stock to work centers, keeping records of material transferred/used.
• May determine methods of storage, identification, and stock location, considering temperature, humidity, height and weight limits, turnover, flood loading capacities and required space.
• Responsible to keep warehouse, tool storage and outside storage areas in an organized and orderly condition.
• Performs cycle count on assigned parts, records accuracy information, investigates reasons for discrepancies, interprets data, and prepares reports using several sources of data as needed.
• Makes recommendations for corrective action based on the results of discrepant part investigation.
• Maintains cycle count records as required and assigned.
• Generates requisitions for all expense items related to the facilities operation when applicable.
• Receives all expense items for the manufacturing floor and issues to proper staging area per department as needed.
• Able to complete certified training and to operate material handling equipment, forklifts, two-wheeler, overhead cranes etc.
• Must know, understand, and abide by all safety rules.
• Effective in ERP, Excel, Word Document, and Outlook knowledge.
• Will be required to learn and rotate across all functions within material handling team.
• May be requested to complete other activities as assigned.

Other Duties: Performs other work related duties as assigned by management.

Basic Requirements:

Education: High School Diploma or GED; must have good reading, writing and math skills.

Experience:  Knowledge of inventory control position, e.g. storeroom operator, receiving, material handler or demonstrates a working knowledge of inventory movement and transactions; general knowledge of computer ERP systems, inventory transactions and information screens; some knowledge of Excel and/or Access helpful but not required.  Operation of material handling equipment required. Must have good communication skills.

Environmental Factors and Physical Requirements: 

Work requires a few simple, but rapid, hand operations; work requires some lifting and pushing/pulling of material as required to count, sort, reconcile, prepare, put away or ship parts; average weight 10 pounds, parts/boxes of materials range from >1 pound up to 65 pounds. Must be able to lift up to 65 lbs. 40” high and up to 50 lbs. overhead on a regular basis. Must be able to work up to 12 hours standing and walking on hard cement surface and will be required to regularly bend, stretch, stoop, and squat. Must be able to read tape measure; read and interpret