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Material Handler I Plastic

Sabert Corporation


Job Location:

Shepherdsville, KY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 7 October 2026 (Yesterday)
Application Deadline: 4 January 2027
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

What makes Sabert a great place to work:

Pay benefits and more.

Sabert is eager to attract the best so we offer competitive compensation and a generous benefits package including full health insurance (medical dental and vision) 401(k) life insurance disability and more. To learn more about our benefitsclick here.


Learn More About Sabert:

We are a leading global manufacturer of innovative food packaging products and solutions. The company wasfounded in 1983 grounded in the purpose of reinventing food packaging to nourish and protect our we design manufacture and distribute a wide spectrum of packaging solutions for food distributors restaurants & caterers grocery stores national food chains and consumer entertaining.

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Sabert Corporation is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion creed national origin gender gender identity sexual orientation age ancestry marital status being a qualified individual with a disability protected veteran status political belief or activity or any other basis prohibited by law or regulation.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work legally in the United States for Sabert. Sabert will not commence an employment-based immigration case to fill this open position


Description

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Job Summary

The material handler is responsible for the handling and monitoring of quality finished product and packaging materials. Responsibilities also include proper handling of scrap that results from converting and other associated processes.

The material handler manually packs product from the forming machines. The material handler lifts and pulls product from the machine visually inspects the product places the product in a bag secures a tie to the bag and places the bagged product in a box. The material handler also sorts and lifts boxes of product pushes boxes though the taper carries boxes of product and stacks boxes of product onto pallets. The material handler uses a manual pallet jack to move and position empty/full pallets of product. The material handler uses RF scanner creates and attaches load tags and may hand wrap loads/stretch wrap. Material handlers may use the lift assist device to stack boxes onto pallets and operate a forklift.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

    • Handle and move (e.g. pack feed palletize) process specific material/product consistent with the assigned position the machine speed and customer and quality specifications.
    • Ensure that all materials associated with the converting process and consistent with the assigned position are available in the correct quantities and in the correct location for order being run. (e.g. RSCs dividers bags film blanks etc.)
    • Perform process and product specific quality inspections complete Quality Control documentation and communicate any quality issues to the Operator and Supervisor.
    • Record data on specified forms and complete required documentation.
    • Use RF scanner for process specific requirements to scan transactions to the WarehouseManagement and to generate load tags.
    • Prepare unwrap wrap loads using hand wrapper/ stretch wrapper/banding equipmentfollowing the wrapping/banding requirements for the process specific product/material and forassigned position.
    • Use sit down forklift clamp truck (process specific) and manual/ electric pallet jack consistent with assigned position to stage pallets/product/materials in designated area.
    • Dispose of process specific waste material following all safety requirements andwaste disposal procedures for assigned position.
    • Assist the machine operator and perform equipment and process specific tasks.
    • Remove jams at machine position and restart machine as required by position.
    • Communicate any machine or product issues to the Operator or Supervisor.
    • Perform general housekeeping in the work area and assist others as required duringmachine down time.
    • Comply with all company policies and procedures including GMP PPE HACCP LOTO and JSA regulations.
    • Responsible for ensuring where applicable the product safety quality regulatory compliance and legality of all products produced and sold

Required Skills and Qualifications:

    • High school diploma or previous work-related skill knowledge or experience is usually needed.
    • Equivalent experience or experience multi-tasking in a fast-paced work environment
    • Ability to use RF scanner for WMS transactions as required for position.
    • Ability to operate a forklift clamp truck (process specific) manual pallet jack and/or an electric pallet jack as required for position.
    • Ability to use material handling devices such as a hoist and a pneumatic lift assist handling device as required for position.
    • Must be able to read understand and comprehend documents such as safety rules internal quality procedures and machine operating procedures.
    • Excellent communication skills must have the ability to communicate production issues to supervisors and others in work area.
    • Basic mathematics (i.e. counting).