We have an immediate need to fill a Warehouse / Material Handler position in Port Fourchon, LA.

Our Client is an American Company focused on stainable packaging solutions that creates supply chain circularity and optimizes the overall environmental footprint. 

- Verifying by visual and technical inspection all incoming purchases in accordance to purchase order specifications and conformance with refining practices which requires color coding, positive material identification, testing, and measuring as specified.

- Tagging of all incoming materials with bar-coded labels is required for inspection and locating all incoming stock and non-stock materials to appropriate bin locations or specified storage areas after receipt verification via bar-coded tags.

- Determining methods of storage, identification, and stock location, considering commodity, temperature, humidity, height and weight limits, turnover, floor loading capacities, and required space.

- Delivering stock and non-stock materials to designated areas via forklift, truck, or walking.

- Pick requested stock materials via electronic pick lists or verbal, emergency requests.

- Delivering to specified areas may be required picking is done manually, in accordance to weight/body limitations, order picker, hand truck, or forklift.

- Issue material to end user with correct documentation shipping out repairable materials or nonconformance receipts via vendor trucks, hot shots, UPS, air-freight, or motor freight in accordance with specified procedures i.e., MSDS, bill of ladings, return authorizations, approved purchase orders, and approved vendor/manufacturer's listings.

- Counting in accordance with specified area procedures to assure accurate inventories.

- Compiling and reconciling exception reports based on discrepancies due to shortages, overages, damages, or system inaccuracies.

- Requisitioning stores stock materials on an emergency basis.

- Requisitioning non-stock related inventory items periodically.

- Working knowledge of computerized inventory tracking systems such as SAP Skill in oral/written communications

- Experience in warehousing or store keeping

- Legally authorized to work in the country

- High School Diploma or GED equivalent

- Must maintain a valid driver's license

- Ability to operate a forklift and be certified or certifiable

- Must currently hold or be able to qualify to receive a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) card.     

- Wear personal protective equipment (PPE)

- Work outside in harsh weather conditions

- Lift up to 50 pounds.

- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.

- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and able to adjust focus, in particular when operating forklift and order picker