Material Handler

Location: Calgary Reports to: Manager Job Posting#: 79 Application Deadline: Until Filled

As a Material Handler, you will be responsible for efficiently receiving, organizing, storing, and shipping materials required for various utility construction projects. This role is key in ensuring that our construction teams have the materials they need, when they need them to keep projects on schedule and running smoothly.

Responsibilities:

• Receiving
  • Receive, inspect, and verify incoming shipments against purchase orders and packing lists.
  • Unload trucks, pack/unpack deliveries, count, sort, organize and store inventory in the proper location.
  • Inspect materials for damage and report/resolve any discrepancies with suppliers.
  • Receive excess material, count, re-stock, and process returns.
• Picking & Shipping:
  • Pick, pack and clearly label materials in accordance with material lists.
  • Organize, stage and safely load trucks via forklift for shipment to jobsites.
  • Work closely with supervisors and foremen to understand immediate material needs for construction projects.
  • Coordinate logistics with transportation providers to ensure timely delivery of materials to project locations.
  • Maintain accurate records of outgoing shipments, including shipping details and tracking information.
  • Driving and occasional pick-up of material from local suppliers.
• Inventory Management:
  • Organize and store material in an orderly and accessible manner, maximizing space efficiency and minimizing material loss.
  • Provide regular updates to the Inventory Controller about inventory levels, material needs, and shipping status.
  • Conduct regular inventory counts at the Inventory Controllers direction to ensure accuracy of stock levels, while minimizing stockouts and overstock situations.
  • Update and maintain inventory management systems, recording material movements in and out of the warehouse.
  • Ability to lift heavy materials and operate warehouse equipment safely (forklift certification is a plus).
• Warehouse Maintenance:
  • Daily housekeeping and other duties as directed.
  • Ensure the warehouse and yard is organized, clean, and safe at all times.
  • Safely operate warehouse equipment (e.g., forklifts, pallet jacks) to move materials as needed

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Experience in warehouse operations/material handling
• Proficiency in inventory management software
• Ability to lift heavy materials and operate warehouse equipment safely
• Must possess valid forklift certification and have experience handling heavy loads up to 7000 lbs.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills with a keen sense for organization
• Valid class 5 drivers license with a clean driving record

A few qualifications that would help you succeed:

• Strong Microsoft Office skills (Excel and Outlook)

• Certifications in logistics, warehousing, supply chain and/or purchasing
• Background in the electric utility industry would be a significant asset

Primary Engineering and Construction Corporation (Primary) is a growth-oriented industry leader providing professional electrical engineering and construction services and specializing in emerging marketplaces in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan.

We offer design and design/build services for all types of electric utility distribution infrastructure to a wide variety of clients including electric utility companies, developers, builders, commercial and industrial businesses, oil companies, government, and private contractors. Our devotion to excellence has attracted some of the best young professional minds to our company.

Primary is the proud recipient of EHRCs Workplace Culture Innovator Award, recognizing our commitment to fostering a health, inclusive, and positive work environment.

Primary is recognized by The Career Directory for excellence in graduate recruitment.

Primary is committed to growing the careers of our people. We believe everyone should have the opportunity to determine their career path and fulfill their ambitions. Our people are genuine, honest, accountable and full of entrepreneurial spirit.

We work hard, see the big picture, are always ready and willing to adapt, and always strive to be better than we were yesterday. We take pride and ownership in everything we do, and most of all, we do it as a team.

The safety and well-being of our people, our clients, and our communities is our top priority in any work we do and is never comprised. Safety is one of the core values that every member of our team understands and lives by, and we ensure this through communication, education and participation. Our safety goal has always been zero incidents, and we work together through every project to achieve that goal.

Safety is ingrained in every project and each task our employees and contractors complete, whether in the office or onsite. Primary has developed effective workplace health and safety management programs designed to reduce and eliminate the number of work-related injuries, leading to a safety track record well above industry average. We are also diligent in selecting the companies we work with, choosing only those with a safety standard as high as our own.

Information :

• Company : Primary Engineering and Construction
• Position : Material Handler
• Location : Rocky View, AB
• Country : CA