Freight Handler
Company: Road Runner
Location: Livermore
Posted on: April 25, 2024
Job Description:
Job Description Summary
The Freight Handler loads, unloads and transports freight within or
near terminal, yard or work site.
Critical Job Functions:
- Reads work order or follows oral instructions to determine
materials or containers to be moved.
- Loads and unloads freight and counts onto or from pallets,
trays, racks and shelves.
- Loads freight into vehicles and installs blocking, bracing or
padding to prevent shifting or damage in transit.
- Transports freight from storage dock area or trailers to
designated area.
- Secures lifting attachments to freight and conveys load to move
load to destination.
- Attaches identifying tags or labels to freight or marks
information on cases, bales, pallets and other shipping
packages.
- Stacks or assembles freight into bundles and bands bundles
together on pallets.
- Cleans work area, machines and equipment to assist machine
operators.
- Operates industrial truck or electric hoist to assist in
loading or moving material and products.
- Participates in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental
and company goals. Job Requirements:
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one
to three months related experience and or training; or equivalent
combination of educational experience.
- Relies on written and verbal and verbal communication.
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules,
operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
Ability to write routine correspondence.
- Communicates internally with operations and dock supervisor.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units or
measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
- Forklift driver qualification.
- Hazardous Material Training.
- Must be able to display good judgment in solving problems and
dealing with a variety of personalities where only limited
structure exists.
- Prioritize tasks.
- Handle multiple tasks simultaneously. Physical Demands and Work
Environment: The physical demands and work environment described
here are representative of those an employee encounters while
performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Physical Demands:
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is
frequently required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or
feel, reach with hands and talk and hear.
- The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb, balance,
stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and smell.
- The employee must regularly lift and or move up to 25 pounds,
frequently lift and/or move up to 80 pounds and occasionally lift
and/or move up to 100 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities include color vision, distance
vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust
focus.
- Work Environment:
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is
frequently exposed to moving vehicles, outside weather conditions
and vibrations. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or
humid conditions, high precarious places, and extreme
temperatures.
- The noise level in the work area is usually moderate to
high.
- The above statements reflect the general details necessary to
describe the principal functions of the position and are not
intended to be all inclusive.
- The position and any of the requirements listed above are
subject to change at any time according to the changing needs of
the company. Compensation: $20.00 per hour
Benefits:
- PTO
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- 401k
- Roadrunner Champion Program
Roadrunner Freight is building something special with great people,
a winning culture and a differentiated service offering in the
marketplace. Join us today to grow your career!
Additional Requirements:
Summary:
Roadrunner offers more direct long-haul metro-to-metro shipping
than any other nationwide Less-than-Truckload (LTL) carrier in the
United States. With a nationwide presence, terminals across 37
markets, and approximately $400 million in revenue in 2022, the
company's Smart Long Haul Network is the preferred choice for
shippers looking to move freight quickly and reliably. Roadrunner
is expanding and looking for a highly motivated Freight Handler to
join our winning team. If you are results driven and looking for a
rapidly growing company with high growth and earnings potential, we
want to hear from you!
Keywords: Road Runner, Livermore , Freight Handler, Professions , Livermore, California
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