Job Title: Material Handler

Job Description

We are seeking a dedicated Material Handler who will start by training for at least the first few weeks. During this training period, you will shadow your trainer, perform general clean-up tasks, learn the color codes for steel, understand warehouse placement, and receive crane training based on your previous experience.

Responsibilities

• Walk for 8-10 hour shifts (approximately 8 miles a day) in an inside/outside role.

• Operate indoor and outdoor cranes and perform housekeeping tasks associated with the role.

• Pull beams, load flatbed trailers and railcars, and handle rigging.

• Receive inventory, move materials via overhead crane, fill out shipping reports, and document outgoing loads.

• Work around flatbed trucks and railcar systems, adhering to all safety rules.

• Train to be a saw or brake operator, and potentially advance to a forklift operator.

• Learn and retain information based on color codes used in the inventory system.

Essential Skills

• Warehouse inventory management

• Heavy industry experience

• Banding, loading, material handling, and equipment operation

• Crane operation and truck loading

• Logistics

• 1-2 years of construction or manufacturing experience

• Machine operating

• Forklift and bobcat operation

• Overhead crane and industrial rigging

• Sheet metal handling

• Ability to read a tape measure

• Ability to lift up to 50lbs

• Experience with heavy equipment in construction or similar work

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Overhead crane experience in a heavy industry or military

• Experience in construction or related fields

• Ability to learn and retain color-coded information

• Physical capability to jump onto and off trailers safely

• Flexibility for day shift training and eventual transition to off shift

Why Work Here?

We offer a competitive starting wage with an incentive program that includes shares, ensuring stable and rewarding compensation. Our new program guarantees a more consistent paycheck with additional shares based on performance. Our workplace environment promotes growth opportunities, such as promotions to forklift or machine operator roles, and our current staff is very satisfied with the recent improvements.

Work Environment

You will work both inside and outside, handling steel stored in a building and two separate yards. The environment can be very hot in the summer and extremely cold in the winter. The facility has a construction-like feel with hard hats, steel-toed boots, and safety vests required. The flooring is predominantly gravel, with some concrete areas, and employees walk on uneven surfaces. Shifts available include 2nd and 3rd shift roles. Please visit our website for more information on the environment.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Petersburg, Virginia.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $20.00 - $20.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision

• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital

• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available

• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)

• Short and long-term disability

• Health Spending Account (HSA)

• Transportation benefits

• Employee Assistance Program

• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Petersburg,VA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Mar 29, 2025.

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.