Material Handler - Columbus, OH

About M.C. Dean
M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence®. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber‑physical solutions for the nation’s most mission‑critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises. With over 9,000 employees, our capabilities span electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audiovisual, and IT systems. Headquarters in Tysons, Virginia, M.C. Dean delivers resilient, secure, and innovative power and technology solutions through engineering expertise and smart systems integration.

Material Handler 1 joins our Security and Electronic Systems (SES) business unit, working with teams that design, engineer, integrate, operate and maintain electronic security services for federal, local and commercial customers. The role involves receiving, organizing, and distributing materials delivered to our Columbus office to the appropriate sites.

• Receives, handles and organizes material in warehouse, storage and lab areas.
• Enters and records information for received materials including description, quantities, projects and purchase codes in a material receiving system.
• Maintains inventory by identifying, labeling, and keeping materials and supplies in stock, recording location of inventory, and reporting shortages.
• Follows and maintains inventory process to open, inspect, sort, catalog and relocate materials and supplies.
• Locates materials and supplies by using the material inventory system.
• Locates and packs materials for shipping.
• Prepares finished stock for shipment by identifying, pulling, packing, crating, loading, and securing product.
• Documents product shipment by recording units shipped.
• Operates forklifts, pallet jacks, and other machinery to move items, or signals machine operators to move materials onto and off trucks, ships, and loading docks.
• Keeps inventory, loading areas, and machinery clean.
• Supports and works alongside warehouse, logistics, procurement, project management and engineering teams.
• Assists project teams with material unboxing/boxing, setup, labeling and inspection for defects.
• Learns and adheres to workplace safety regulations.

• High school diploma and 2+ years of demonstrated experience.
• Associate’s degree and 1+ year of experience.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Knowledge of inventory control.
• Ability to lift heavy material.
• Ability to read and analyze information.
• Data entry skills.
• Ability to work independently and in a team and resolve practical problems.
• Process improvement mindset.
• Ability to deal effectively and tactfully with a wide variety of individuals in person, via telephone and in writing.

• A competitive salary.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• Paid time off.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• 401k retirement plan.
• Military reserve pay offset.
• Paid maternity leave.

• Ability to lift, carry, and move objects weighing up to 50 pounds on a regular basis.
• Relocate a 12 foot stepladder without assistance.
• Work at various heights up to 60 feet and can climb and maintain balance on scaffolds, aerial lifts, catwalks and all types of ladders.
• Walk, climb, lift, squat, crawl, kneel, push, pull and reach overhead on a routine and repetitive basis.
• Possess good vision (may be corrected), ability to see in color, and ability to hear and communicate in English.
• May use a standard ladder without exceeding the weight limit while carrying tools.
• Tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (including finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• See details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

USD $18.00 - USD $25.00 /Hr.