Material Handler

Our Mission: Providing people the skills and resources to become self-sufficient through the power of work.

Our Diversity Statement: LLGI recognizes our employees differences in age, disability, veteran status, ethnicity, national origin, language, race, religion, family and marital status, social-economic status, gender identity, sexual orientation, political affiliation and other unique attributes. The individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, innovation, unique capabilities and talent our employees bring to the workplace represents an essential part of our culture.

Job Title: Material Handler 

Department: Donated Goods Retail/Warehouse

Reports To: Warehouse Supervisor

Classification: Non-Exempt

EEO-1 Category: Laborers and Helpers

Safety Sensitive: Yes

Supervises: N/A

Job Summary

Moves, processes, ships, receives, and controls raw donations, salvage and/or recycling inventory and stored inventory.  

Essential Job Duties

1. Coordinate and expedite the flow of donated goods between the processing, storage, dock areas and salvage.
2. Assist team in providing required materials for production.
3. Process and control inventory following established procedures.
4. Load and unload tractor trailers with donated goods.
5. Operate a baler, and lift tables in accordance with OSHA and LLGI standards.
6. Perform janitorial duties.
7. Maintains clean and organized work area including assisting with trash and salvage removal.
8. Participates in required training.
9. Effectively manage time to ensure that work is completed.
10. Contributes to team success by involving others in work processes, decisions and actions.
11. Monitors and recognizes security risks and thefts and assists in their prevention.
12. Ensure that the customer’s perspective is a driving force behind customer satisfaction 
13. Seek to understand the customer’s circumstances, problems, expectations and needs 
14. Identify customer service issues and create solutions 
15. Build customer awareness around our mission
16. Identify and correct conditions that affect employee and customer safety. 
17. Comply with safety standards 
18. Identify opportunities, generate ideas to improve warehouse and salvage objectives 
19. Initiates action to maintain daily warehouse and salvage goals
20. Partner with all Retail players to identify, assess, create and implement process improvement 
21. Embrace the values, vision and mission of LLGI 
22. Initiate action to accomplish objectives and being proactive 
23. Seek to understand individual differences and values to build workplace relationship 
24. Learn and apply new job-related information in a timely manner
25. Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Competencies

Adaptability Managing Conflict Stress Tolerance

Communication Tenacity Urgency

Education, Experience, and Credentials

Requires certification as a forklift driver

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Requires basic math skills.

Requires ability to analyze a situation, recognize potential issues before they arise and recommend appropriate solutions.

Demonstrates the ability to be consistently at work and on time on scheduled work days.

Conveys information clearly through verbal communication.

Works independently while fostering a strong team atmosphere.

Interacts with people in a manner which enhances their dignity, privacy and confidentiality.

Requires knowledge of and ability to follow all LLGI policies and procedures.

Maintains confidentiality of information related to LLGI operations.

Demonstrates professionalism.

Conveys information clearly through verbal communication.

Requires ability to maintain confidentiality of information related to LLGI operations, financial matters and personnel matters

Requires ability to interact with individuals in a manner which enhances their dignity, privacy and confidentiality

Promotes diversity and inclusion throughout the organization

Demonstrates sensitivity and the ability to communicate with a diverse population.

Embraces the mission, vision and values of LLGI

Works independently while fostering a strong team atmosphere

Requires ability to demonstrate professionalism

Physical Requirements

Lifts or moves up to fifty (50) pounds of clothing and housewares safely on and off retail shelving fixtures up to ten (10) feet high, clothing racks four (4) feet high, and z-racks six (6) feet high.

Requires ability to stand for extended periods.

Requires ability to reach by extending hand(s) or arm(s) in any direction.

Pushes and pulls z-racks holding up to one-hundred (100) pieces of clothing and weighing a minimum of 150 pounds.

Bends and reaches into gaylords five (5) feet high to remove clothing and housewares.

Requires ability to use pallet jack with loads ranging from 100 to 700 pounds safely.

Requires ability to perform a combination of tasks such as stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching, crawling, lifting, reaching, carrying, pushing or pulling objects.

Requires visual and hearing ability sufficient to power equipment in a safe manner.

Environmental Conditions

Works in a light industrial/warehouse environment with exposure to heat and cold

Subject to exposure to allergens including dirt, dust, mold, metals, rubber, plastics, latex, and pet hair

Requires visual acuity to work in an environment with changing and/or low light levels.

Tools and Equipment

Forklift, trailers, baler, bale carts, lift table, pallet jack, stacker, scales, compactor, wheeled spring carts, wheeled deep carts, wheeled z-racks, 2 wheel dollies (hand truck), 4 wheel flat carts, material lifts, furniture dollies, trash bin/can, trash dumpster, personal protective equipment, basic tools of the assigned work area, phone / two way radio, computer, fax, photocopier, mops, mop buckets, brooms, dust pans, vacuums, cleaning solvents

Regular Contacts

LLGI Staff Volunteers/ Community Service Workers Transport Company

Vendors/ Suppliers Donors/Customers

At Land of Lincoln Goodwill, we offer a variety of benefits to our employees. For more information on what LLGI offers, please click on this link: http://llgi.org/careers/ . Land of Lincoln Goodwill is also a drug free workplace and equal opportunity employer. Safety-sensitive positions offered are subject to a pre-employment drug screen, and all positions are required to have a criminal background check.

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