Search jobs > Tacoma, WA > Material handler

Materials Handler, Assoc

The Greenbrier Companies
Tacoma, WA, US
Full-time

At Greenbrier, we do the hard work that matters. The Greenbrier Companies (NYSE : GBX) is powering the movement of products around the world as a leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of freight rail transportation equipment and services.

Greenbrier’s heritage of hard work and industrial innovation is celebrated at every level of our organization. We structure our business to support teams that deliver innovative solutions for our customers while positively impacting the world around us.

Greenbrier’s success begins with people. We believe in supporting our global workforce through our unwavering attention to Safety, Quality, Respect for People and Customer Satisfaction.

Our IDEAL commitment is rooted in these values, which promotes Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access, and Leadership, creating a culture where employees are fulfilled and feel good about coming to work every day.

A diverse, qualified, and engaged talent base is the key to our success.

Summary

The Material Handler is responsible for loading, unloading and moving materials within or near the plant, yard or work site.

Duties and Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform the following essential duties satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned to address business needs and changing business practices.

  • Receives, processes and tags incoming material
  • Moves inventory materials to their respective area
  • Delivers parts to areas in the plant where work is in process
  • Performs cycle counting and physical inventories as directed
  • Maintains forklift trucks in clean, good working order

Qualifications

The following generally describes requirements to successfully perform the assigned duties.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Ability to work within a TEAM environment, communicate professionally with team members and vendors, clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing
  • Ability to organize and prioritize projects and information with accurate turnaround under tight timeframes
  • Ability to identify, plan, start, and complete projects or other work that needs to be accomplished

Preferred Qualifications

  • Materials or warehouse experience
  • One + years’ work experience as a material handler in an industrial setting

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

With the exception of clerical, administrative, and some management positions, the physical environment requires the employee to work in hot and cold environments, in and out of the weather, work safely around heavy equipment and on top of and under railcars, as well as around railroad tracks.

Employees are required to use personal protective equipment such as steel toe boots, hard hat, hearing protection, safety glasses, welding and grinding shields, etc.

or as environmental conditions dictate.

Physical Activities and Requirements

Frequency Key

Not Applicable : Activity is not applicable to this occupation

Occasionally : Occupation requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0- 2.5+ hours / day)

Frequently : Occupation requires this activity from 33% - 66% of the time (2.5 : 5.5+ hours / day)

Constantly : Occupation requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5+ hours / day)

Working Postures

  • Sit : Occasionally
  • Walk : Frequently
  • Bend : Frequently
  • Kneel / Squat : Frequently
  • Crawl : Frequently
  • Climb : Frequently
  • Reach Forward : Frequently
  • Reach Upward : Frequently
  • Handling / Fingering : Frequently

Lift / Carry Requirements

  • 5-10 lbs : Frequently
  • 10-25 lbs : Frequently
  • 25-50 lbs : Frequently
  • 50-75 lbs : Not Applicable
  • 75+ lbs : Not Applicable

Push / Pull Requirements

  • Less than 10 lbs : Frequently
  • 10-25 lbs : Frequently
  • 25-50 lbs : Frequently
  • 50-75 lbs : Not Applicable
  • 75+ lbs : Not Applicable

EOE including Vet / Disability

Click here for more information :

Greenbrier makes reasonable accommodations in the application and hiring process for individuals with known disabilities, unless providing accommodation would result in an undue hardship.

Any applicant believing that he or she may need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact Greenbrier Human Resources at or call us at 503-684-7000.

Email communication from The Greenbrier Companies (Greenbrier) will always come from a corporate email address that ends in @gbrx.

com or from our applicant tracking system, iCIMS, after you have created a secure account and submitted your application.

During the application process, you will create a secure account in our secure applicant tracking site that ends with -gbrx.

icims.com . In this portal, we will ask you to provide your contact information, past employment history, education history and other job-related information.

Options

Sorry

30+ days ago
Related jobs
The Greenbrier Companies
Tacoma, Washington

The Material Handler is responsible for loading, unloading and moving materials within or near the plant, yard or work site. Moves inventory materials to their respective area. Materials or warehouse experience. One + years’ work experience as a material handler in an industrial setting. ...

Promoted
U.S. Venture
Tacoma, Washington

Schedule for this position is Monday - Friday from 8:30am - 5:00pm + rotating Saturday's.Schedules are subject to change based on business needs.Load, unload and stock tires and auto parts in a fast-paced warehouse environment using industrial vehicles such as a forklift or picker equipment.You can ...

Promoted
Parker Hannifin Corporation Parker Aerospace Group
Kent, Washington

The assembler performs physical activities that require considerable use of arms and legs and frequent movement of the whole body, such as climbing, lifting up to 50 pounds, balancing and handling of material. ...

Promoted
AEP Span
Tacoma, Washington

Loads and unloads material into and from a variety of containers including but not limited to trucks, conveyors, racks, and/or pallets; utilizes appropriate tools to accomplish tasks. Monitor the quality of the material that is picked from the lines and staged in the yard. Document and track movemen...

Promoted
Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Co., Inc.
Kent, Washington

Material HandlerSeattle Warehouse. The Material Handler stores, ships, receives, and replenishes finished goods to fire sprinkler contractors by parcel, LTL, truckload, and/or private carrier. Scans barcodes, using a handheld scanner, to deliver materials to the target location within the warehouse....

Promoted
Uline
Lakewood, Washington

Material Handler - $2,000 Sign-on Bonus**. Material Handler - $2,000 Sign-on Bonus**. Uline is North America's leading distributor of shipping, industrial and packaging materials. ...

Promoted
Weyerhaeuser Company
Lakewood, Washington

Delivery Driver CDL B - KENT, WA**. Contribute to the operational effectiveness of the Kent, WA location in delivery of customer orders. Plan your daily delivery route. ...

Promoted
Recreational Equipment
Sumner, Washington

Recreational Equipment - 1700 45th Street E [Material Handler / Freight Handler] As a DC Warehouse Associate at Recreational Equipment, you'll: Be responsible for the operation of merchandise handling (picking and putting items away), receiving inventory, price marking, splitting, shipping, etc; Pac...

Promoted
Jasper Engines & Transmissions
Kent, Washington

Safe and timely delivery to our customers with a high level of customer service. ...

Promoted
Legends Limited
Lakewood, Washington

CDL B Beer Delivery Driver - Washington, DC**. Job Category****:** Delivery **Requisition Number****:** CDLBB001164 Showing 1 location **Job Details**. Valid and clean CDL Class B drivers license. At least 1 year of local driving & service delivery experience preferred. ...