Material Handler - 2nd Shift with 7% Shift Premium

Position Summary:

Responsible for operating power fork lift truck and hand jack within a department or departments transporting work-in-process materials throughout the production process of fabrication or lithography through completion as well as final preparation for Warehouse transport.


PRIMARY DUTIES :

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for operating power fork lift truck or hand truck in a safe manner. Provides adequate supplies of work-in-process materials from storage areas to production departments and transports other materials as follows:

Delivers material to the line as it is designated by the job packet.

• • Ensure the line is loaded with enough material to continually run.
  • Delivers unassembled cases or bags to work area and assembles cases when required.
  • Delivers product-filled cases on strapped pallets to designated staging areas.
  • Generate and apply barcodes to finished products for transportation to warehouse.
  • Transports scrap to designated areas as required.
• Material handlers will manage and ensure end of line conveyance (palletizer, robots, stretch wrapper, carton erector, and transport conveyors) are in good working order and troubleshoot/resolve appropriate issues related to performance.
• Material handlers will be responsible for strapping any work in process materials prior to its transport.
• Position requires pushing, pulling or lifting heavy objects ranging up to approximately 50 lbs.
• Keeps departmental work areas, aisles and storage areas safe, orderly and free of obstructions such as; empty skids, full garbage cans, pallets or trays, spoiled products, scrap boxes and pallet load of finished product, etc.

Education, Training & Experience:

• Position requires high school diploma or GED Certificate.

qualifications

**Required**
• Prior experience in a manufacturing environment with a general understanding of machine, fork truck, and hand jack operations.

**Preferred**
• Previous fork truck certification and experience in a material support environment. Understanding of bill of material and required inputs for jobs.

Relationships: Production staff (Die setters, Operators in lithography or fabrication), Warehouse, Tool Room, Maintenance.

Supervisory RESPONSIBILITIES: None

Supervised By: Department Manager and Leads