Material Handler

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific provides stability and opportunity, and we help bring out the best in all our people by offering long-term, competitive jobs supported by training and great benefits. Our entry-level Material Handlers at our Georgia-Pacific Mill in Muskogee, OK, work in a clean, safe, and team-oriented environment.  The hours of the Material Handler position are a 12-hour rotating shift to include weekends, holidays, and OT as need.  The pay for the position starts at $19.00 per hour.

Our Team

Located on the Kerr-McClellan Navigational Channel (Arkansas River) on about 640 acres of land, the Muskogee consumer products operation spans across approximately 70 acres (or 2,900,000 square feet) of manufacturing and warehouse space are "under roof" employing approximately 830 employees. We are the second largest employer in the Muskogee, OK area and 45th in the state! Our non-union facility operates on 12-hour shifts, 7 days per week, 365 days per year; housing 2 of the 13 largest tissue machines in the world and paper machines that produce an average of 900 tons of paper per day. Our finished product consists of a mix of 40% Retail and 60% Commercial.

What You Will Do

• Operate a forklift in a manufacturing environment
• Transport raw materials to production lines and warehouse locations
• Handle orders through a computer-based warehouse inventory tracking system
• Maintain customer focus with in-house departments as well as outside consumers
• Understand and complying with all safety procedures and policies
• Operate equipment to defined standards and product specification targets
• Troubleshoot, adjust, and make minor repairs to equipment to maintain production
• Perform equipment changeovers
• Work a twelve (12) hour rotating shift, weekends, holidays, and overtime
• Work in a sometimes hot, cold, dusty, and noisy industrial environment
• Perform tasks such as lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing, and/or pulling for up to twelve (12) hours a day
• Work in high and/or confined spaces

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• High school diploma or GED

What Will Put You Ahead

• One (1) year or more of experience working in a manufacturing, industrial, wareh