Material Handler

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Job description

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work: Full Time

1st Shift Schedule: Monday - Friday 6:30am - 3:00 pm (Longer during peak seasonal demand times.)

2nd Shift Schedule: Monday - Friday 3:00pm -1:30a (Longer during peak seasonal demand times.)

Who We Are:

Mid-States Distributing ("Mid-States") is the leading Farm, Ranch, and Home Retail Cooperative. Our company is owned by 31 independent Farm, Ranch & Home retailers ("Members") who operate over 800 stores in 36 states and 9 Canadian provinces with combined annual sales in excess of 7.5 billion dollars. Our member/owners retail items such as agriculture parts & supplies, petroleum products, hardware & tools, pet food, lawn & garden, animal health supplies, apparel & footwear, sporting goods, and various other products for the Farm, Ranch, and Home.

We are looking for competitive people who like to win big and have fun doing it. We place a tremendous amount of emphasis on creating a unique and positive company culture. Most of our employees will tell you this is the best place they've ever worked. We value high-energy people who like to work hard and play hard. Our consumers are primarily rural people raising "kids, pets, cows, and crops" so traditional values like God, family, and patriotism are important virtues around here. So, if you are enthusiastic and competitive, have a great attitude, have good communication skills, build relationships, love to win, and like ice cream - Mid-States is the place for you! If you are not, please apply with our competitors!

Performs the necessary tasks to ensure inventory is received, stored, picked, packed, and shipped accurately. Must be detail-oriented, accurate and able to follow directions. The position requires the ability to work well within a team and exercise good judgment in all aspects of the work. This is a physical, hands on role that drives warehouse equipment about 25% or the time.

What You Will Do:

• Work safely in an industrial warehouse environment
• Operate equipment as trained in a safe manner (ex: sit-down forklift, order picker, pallet riders)
• Interact professionally with leadership and co-workers in accordance with company core values
• Perform various functions in other departments around the building as business dictates
• Perform tasks with exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
• Perform daily housekeeping tasks
• Perform tasks as trained and as efficiently as possible to meet production expectations
• Be present for all scheduled work shifts without a track record of calling out from work
• Perform other duties as assigned including duties outside normal responsibilities as needed
• Other duties as assigned by management

OTHER DUTIES:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee for this position. Duties, obligations, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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

COMPENSATION:

1ST/2ND Shift: Make $40,000 or more the first year.

Shift differential for 2nd shift.

ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION:

• Productivity Incentive
• Attendance Incentive
• Safety Incentive
• Spot Bonus Awards

BENEFITS:

• 10 Paid Holidays (Dist. Center is closed)
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) starts accruing from day 1 and is available for use after 90 days
• MEDICAL, DENTAL, and VISION coverage
• 401(k) with company match and profit sharing
• Employer paid Term Life and AD&D Coverage and Long-Term Disability

A few words from our COO:

Mid-States is truly the best company I have ever worked for. We strive to provide a unique, exciting, fulfilling work environment for our staff. We are cautious when we hire because we want to protect that environment. Drama, laziness, and entitlement have no place in Mid-States. Our company is very financially sound and growing like crazy. If you are an enthusiastic, high-energy person with a positive attitude and the skills described above, you may have just found the last job you will ever apply for. I look forward to meeting you. - Jeff

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, COMPETENCIES, AND EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma/GED
• Highly motivated individuals with positive and professional attitudes that can work independently
• Experience with Material Handling Equipment (Forklifts, Order Pickers, Pallet Runners)
• High level of work ethic and attendance record
• Ability to apply common sense to daily situations

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to stand, walk, bend, reach, and lift for extended periods of time throughout the whole shift
• Ability to speak and hear in order to communicate with others and work safely in the warehouse
• Ability to perform repetitive motion
• Ability to perform heavy work to include lifting up to 50 lbs and other heavy items repetitively all shift
• Visual acuity to perform tasks such as reading paperwork and operating equipment safely
• Ability to work in conditions such as high heat and/or humidity and colder winter temperatures

Compensation details: 17-19 Hourly Wage

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