Job Summary

We are seeking a dependable Packaging/Material Handler for a direct hire opportunity in Buffalo, NY. This onsite role supports packaging, warehouse, shipping, receiving, inventory, and material movement operations in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

This is a strong opportunity for candidates with forklift experience, manufacturing experience, and a safety-first mindset who want stable full-time work with room to grow. The environment is team-oriented, organized, and focused on safety, quality, and continuous improvement. You will work closely with production, shipping, quality, and maintenance teams while gaining exposure to multiple areas of operations, logistics, and production.

Key Responsibilities

- Load and unload trucks, prepare outbound shipments, verify shipping documentation, and follow FIFO inventory practices.
- Receive inbound materials, verify quantities and documentation, update inventory systems, and store materials in designated locations.
- Supply production equipment with packaging materials, monitor packaging equipment, respond to machine alarms, and support scheduled production output.
- Package, label, tag, stamp, and stretch-wrap finished goods according to customer and quality specifications.
- Complete quality checks, production documentation, inventory transactions, scrap records, and system updates accurately.
- Operate forklifts, pallet jacks, scanners, and material handling equipment while maintaining a clean, safe, and organized work area.

Compensation and Benefits

- Pay Rate: $22.00 per hour.
- Job Type: Direct hire.
- Location: Buffalo, NY 14225, onsite.
- Schedule: Rotating 12-hour shifts every two weeks.
- Weeks 1-2: 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM.
- Weeks 3-4: 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM.
- Continued bi-weekly rotation between days and nights.
- Full-time, stable employment.
- Rotating schedule provides built-in extended time off between shifts.
- Cross-training and growth opportunities within operations, logistics, and production.
- Safety-focused and team-oriented workplace.

Required Qualifications and Skills

- Support packaging, material handling, shipping, receiving, and warehouse operations.
- Operate forklifts and material handling equipment to move raw materials, packaging supplies, and finished goods.
- Maintain accurate inventory records, production documentation, shipping paperwork, and system transactions.
- Monitor packaging supplies and equipment to help keep production running efficiently.

- Minimum 1-2 years of manufacturing, warehouse, production, or material handling experience.
- At least 6 months of forklift operating experience.
- High School Diploma or GED preferred.
- Experience using pallet jacks, barcode scanners, and material handling equipment.
- Basic math skills and ability to perform accurate inventory counts.
- Familiarity with warehouse management systems, inventory systems, or manufacturing software.
- Strong attention to detail, accuracy, organization, and time management.
- Ability to communicate effectively and work well with production, quality, shipping, and maintenance teams.
- Ability to identify and report safety, quality, equipment, and operational concerns.
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds unassisted on a regular basis.
- Ability to stand, walk, bend, and move throughout a 12-hour shift.
- Ability to work rotating day and night shifts in a manufacturing and warehouse environment.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with shipping, receiving, logistics, inventory control, or cycle counting.
- Experience preparing outbound shipments and verifying shipping documentation.
- Experience with Certificates of Compliance for incoming materials.
- Experience performing basic preventative maintenance checks or submitting maintenance requests.
- Experience in a food safety, quality-focused, or regulated manufacturing environment.

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For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, AppleOne is pleased to offer major medical, dental, vision, 401k and any statutory sick pay where required.

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We also consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements, including, if applicable, the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, including, if applicable, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For Los Angeles, CA applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.