Job Details

Material Handling Laborer

The Logistics Company, Inc. is seeking applicants for the following position. Material Handling Laborer performs essential physical and logistical support tasks within NUWCDIVNPT warehouses and satellite locations. This role is primarily responsible for the movement, loading, unloading, staging, and transport of materials; assisting with basic receiving, storage, and issuing functions; and supporting warehouse operations that include handling hazardous, classified, sensitive, shelf-life, and SUBSAFE/Level I/DSS-SOC materials as required. Tasks involve working with Material Handling Equipment (MHE), supporting re-warehousing, and enabling the warehouse team to maintain accurate material accountability in Navy ERP. This position is a labor-intensive role requiring physical stamina, attention to safety, and strict compliance with Navy and DoD handling and security standards.

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Load, unload, lift, and move materials within warehouses and staging areas, including heavy or bulky items up to 70 lbs.
• Transfer materials between receiving, storage, kitting, issuing, and delivery staging areas following established procedures.
• Support handling of frustrated, hazardous, classified, shelf-life, or sensitive materials under the direction of senior warehouse personnel.
• Utilize pallet jacks, forklifts, and related MHE as assigned and certified.
• Conduct basic safety checks and report issues before and after use; cease operation until cleared by Government Lead if issues are identified.
• Maintain clean, safe, organized warehouse spaces by sweeping, removing stray packaging, and supporting floor-cleaning equipment operations.
• Assist with re-warehousing, stock rotation, shelf-life checks, replenishment, and replacing fallen stock.
• Help secure materials against loss, deterioration, or pilferage following the Government loss-prevention program.
• Assist receiving personnel with offloading, visual inspections, verification of counts/conditions, and preparing materials for staging and induction.
• Support the proper stow of materials according to the Location Schema and segregation by condition code.
• Pull, stage, and prepare materials for delivery based on Warehouse Movement Forms (WMFs).
• Assist in loading delivery vehicles, preparing pallets/containers, and ensuring material is ready for transport while following chain-of-custody rules.
• Assist in packaging and marking materials IAW MIL-STD-2073-1E and MIL-STD-129, especially for classified, pilferable, or sensitive items.
• Identify damaged or unsuitable packaging and notify Government Lead for further instructions.
• Use required PPE (e.g., safety glasses, steel-toe boots, gloves, hearing protection) and adhere to all safety protocols.
• Follow CUI handling standards, warehouse access controls, and all site-specific security requirements.
• Support SUBSAFE/Level I/DSS-SOC handling when assigned.

This position supports the DOD on a federal installation, and the candidate must be available to work at the assigned physical location during business hours. 8:00am 5:00pm, MondayFriday.

Non-essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Other duties as assigned/approved by management.

Supervisory responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements:

Education and/or experience:

• Essential: High School Diploma
• Prior experience performing physical labor in warehouses, material handling, logistics, distribution, or industrial environments.
• Familiarity with basic material handling processes such as loading, unloading, staging, storage, and movement of goods.
• Experience operating MHE (pallet jacks, forklifts) and conducting equipment inspections.
• Ability to obtain/maintain required OSHA-compliant MHE/forklift certifications
• Preferred: N/A

Language skills:

• Ability to read, comprehend and explain instructions, letters, memos, emails, and correspondence from inside the organization as well as from external sources.
• Ability to effectively respond, communicate and present information to customers, internal and external, clients and other employees in the organization.
• Ability to interpret instructions and information and explain to others in the performance of this job in English.

Physical demands:

• Work is generally performed in an office environment which requires sitting or standing and working on a computer for long periods of time.
• Required to walk, stand, sit and move about the property for long periods of time.
• Essential and marginal functions require maintaining physical condition necessary for: bending, stooping, sitting, walking, or standing for prolonged periods of time, operating through extended periods of high stress.
• If applicable the employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 70 pounds.
• Must possess visual acuity to review written documentation; ability to hear and understand speech at normal room levels and on the telephone; and the manual dexterity to operate a cell phone, handheld radio, telephone, and keyboard.
• Wearing safety items of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) e.g. gloves, safety shoes, protective eyewear or other safety gear as appropriate.

Work environment/hours:

• This position is not eligible for remote work, as the essential functions of the role require the employee to perform duties on-site.
• Job is performed in an office and warehouse environment with exposure to computer screens and requires extensive use of a computer, keyboard, mouse, and multi-line telephone system.
• If applicable work 10(+) hours per day.
• Must be able to work in fast paced, multi-task environment.
• Will require having flexed hours to accommodate for mission requirements to include weekends and Holidays.
• Overtime may be required.

Expectations:

• Transportation & Access: You must have reliable transportation to and from work and be able to access military installations.
• Background & Drug Screening: Employment requires passing a background check and pre-employment drug screening. Random drug and alcohol testing may also occur without prior notice.
• Timesheets: Record your actual work hours daily and ensure your entries are accurate and timely to support smooth operations.
• Dress & Punctuality: Arrive on time and dress appropriately for your shift.
• Background Investigations: All employees are required to undergo an initial background investigation as a condition of employment. Additionally, employees may be subject to subsequent background investigations if circumstances warrant, such as the emergence of a need, an issue, or probable cause. Employees assigned to work on federal installations or projects must also comply with government-mandated background investigations, which are conducted independently of the company's investigations. Employment and continued assignment to federal installations are contingent upon successfully meeting and maintaining these requirements.