Material Handler I - Evergreen Recycling : Job Details

At Evergreen, we're in business to change the world. Evergreen was originally founded in 1998 to provide a sustainable, reliable supply of quality polyester resin. Each year, Evergreen recycles billions of PET bottles, keeping them out of landfills, oceans, rivers, forests, and roadways. We also produce hundreds of millions of pounds of recycled PET plastic that goes into new bottles and other products. There's another important side to Evergreen. We partner with municipal and commercial recycling facilities as well as business and industrial customers, accepting recyclable material and offering rebates for PET bottles and other PET material. This material is then sorted and made ready for other uses. The end goal is to make landfills a thing of the past, help customers achieve sustainability goals and make the circular economy possible for all of us. MAJOR FUNCTIONS

• Obtain and process product orders, including receiving deliveries, registering them, and distributing packages and letters within the company.
• Maintain the company stockroom through organizing, cleaning, and cataloging items on a regular basis.
• Schedule large shipments and plan logistics to ensure that there is sufficient storage space for incoming items and staff on hand to manage the shipments.
• Verifies correctness of shipments against bills of lading and invoices.
• Keep files of goods shipped and received by preparing regular shipping and receiving reports for managers.
• Handle issues arising in shipping or inventory handling.
• Ensure adherence to environmental management and systems.
• Trouble shoots shipping issues and customer complaints that arise and work to solve them.
• Place merchandise in a warehouse or storage facility by packaging, lifting items as necessary, operating forklifts and pallet jacks for large goods.

• High school diploma or GED equivalent
• Certifications/Licenses: Tow motor license / Forklift certification preferred but not required.
• Excellent organization and administrative skills
• Integrity and leadership skills
• Exemplary customer care and communication skills
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong computer skills
• Ability to operate warehouse machinery such as forklifts and/or clamp trucks.
• Detail-oriented and multitasking skills

• Exposure to weather elements.
• Exposure to dust, noise, heat, cold, and fumes found in a shop environment.
• This position requires approximately 8-10 hours per day standing and/or walking.
• Monday-Friday 5:00am-1:30pm, some weekend work will be required.