Material Handler

About Bridge Brothers

Bridge Brothers designs, engineers, fabricates, and constructs custom steel bridges across the country. Our fabrication shop supports projects from raw material to finished steel components.

Location: Pickens, SC

Company: Bridge Brothers

Bridge Brothers designs, engineers, fabricates, and constructs custom steel bridges across the country. Our fabrication shop supports projects from raw material to finished steel components.

We are looking for a dependable, safety-focused Material Handler with strong heavy forklift experience.

Bridge Brothers is seeking an experienced Material Handler responsible for safely moving, loading, unloading, and staging large steel components and raw materials throughout our fabrication facility.

This is a forklift-heavy position, and candidates must have prior experience operating forklifts to handle large, heavy, and oversized materials. Experience moving structural steel or working in a fabrication, manufacturing, construction, or industrial environment is strongly preferred.

• Operate heavy-capacity forklifts to safely move large steel components and raw materials
• Load and unload trucks, trailers, and material deliveries
• Move long, heavy, and oversized steel throughout the shop and yard
• Stage materials for welders, fabricators, painters, and other production teams
• Safely position and transport materials in active fabrication areas
• Inspect loads and determine safe lifting and material-handling methods
• Perform daily forklift inspections and report equipment issues
• Maintain organized material flow throughout the facility
• Follow all safety procedures and PPE requirements
• Maintain a clean and organized work environment

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred
• 1+ year of heavy forklift experience required
• Experience moving large, heavy, or oversized materials required
• Experience handling structural steel strongly preferred
• Manufacturing, fabrication, construction, steel, or other heavy industrial experience preferred
• Strong understanding of forklift safety, load capacity, and material handling
• Comfortable working indoors and outdoors in an industrial environment
• Strong attention to safety and reliability
• Team-oriented attitude and solid work ethic

Forklift certification is a plus but not required (certification available in-house if needed).

• Industrial fabrication and outdoor yard environment
• Frequent standing, walking, bending, and lifting
• Regular operation of heavy material-handling equipment
• Exposure to dust, noise, weather, and moving equipment
• PPE required and provided

• Schedule:
  
  Monday–Friday, 7:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. EST (some weekends as needed)
• Employment Type:
  
  Full-time, Non-exempt
• Benefits:
  Eligible after 90 days (medical, dental, vision, life insurance, PTO, and paid holidays)