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Job Title: Materials Handler    Pay Range: $19.00 - $20.00 per hour.   Summary:    The First Electronics Corporation (FEC) is an engineering and custom cable manufacturing company. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, FEC is ISO 9001:2015 certified and provides custom cable design and assembly to defense and aerospace customers. Our major customers include leading defense contractors such as Raytheon, BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, and The United States Government.     Minimum Qualifications Experience:  UPS and FedEx or other shipping software     Skills:  Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and/or inventory software to maintain records, input data, and create reports. Good organizational skills and attention to detail. Ability to accurately sort, count, and verify items received.     Job Duties and Responsibilities   Assembles and packs orders and items securely and effectively to minimize breakage   Carefully builds and wraps pallets for secure shipment with freight carriers   Verifies and records shipment data to ensure accuracy of the shipments and orders   Processes and maintains shipment data through ERP system to ensure that customer orders are updated and that appropriate billing documents are provided as needed   Transports packages, raw materials, and goods to employees in various departments as needed to meet production requirements   Prepares area for daily shipment by replenishing shipping supplies, and assembling cardboard boxes and pallets   This position provides support and interacts with all FEC employees including business owners, the greater management team, and team members in Production, Administration, Quality, and other departments   Assemble kits with necessary materials for production jobs as required   Receive and verify all incoming materials, including mate cables to issue to the production floor as needed   Conduct weekly cycle counts to ensure accurate inventory records   File and scan all accompanying documents (packing slips, certificates)   Participate as a team player, assisting other departments or cross-training in other departments during periods of reduced activity      Physical Requirements   The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, and talk or hear. The employee must lift and/or move up to fifty ( 50 ) pounds. The employee must crouch, stoop or reach. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.