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Job Title: Material Handler

Job Description

As a Material Handler, you will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy and efficiency of materials handling within our inventory and manufacturing lines. You will use checklists to pull items, accumulate orders, report shortages, and transport completed orders to designated areas. You will also process returned items, compile and maintain inventory, prepare procurement requests, and operate heavy lifting equipment such as forklifts. Additionally, you will take inventory through cycle counting and may audit kits for accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Use a checklist to ensure kit accuracy when pulling items from the order or stock list.

• Accumulate orders, report shortages, and transport completed orders to distribution points or staging areas.

• Process returned items and unscheduled issues.

• Compile and maintain inventory of material received, stocked, and issued.

• Prepare requests for procurement of materials.

• Lift heavy items and operate forklifts as needed.

• Examine, stock, and distribute materials in inventory and on manufacturing lines.

• Take inventory of stored items through cycle counting.

• Audit kits for accuracy as required.

Essential Skills

• Proficient in basic math, verbal, and written communication.

• General computer skills.

• Attention to detail and ability to follow verbal and documented instructions.

• Ability to perform various physical tasks including lifting, carrying, and moving packages.

• Physically able to frequently lift objects weighing 40-50 lbs.

• Ability to work as a team and collaborate with co-workers.

• Familiarity with warehouse activities such as stocking, picking, kitting, and counting.

• Ability to operate warehouse equipment including pallet jack, scale, wrapping, and strapping.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience in material handling, inventory management, and general labor.

• Experience with pallet jacks and forklifts.

• Flexibility to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as required.

Why Work Here?

This is a long-term opportunity that offers stability and growth within a dynamic work environment. Employees are valued for their contributions and collaboration is encouraged to achieve common goals.

Work Environment

You will be working in an electronic manufacturing environment with shifts available for day (6:00am-2:30pm), mid (10:00am-6:00pm), and swing (2:30pm-11:00pm). The role requires the use of ESD straps and adherence to safety protocols.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Milpitas, California.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.