Material Handler

Job Description

Job Description

About JMS

Our passion is our people and the positive impact they make.

Since being established in 1962, Jim Myers & Sons, Inc (JMS) has become one of the nation's leading designers and manufacturers of water and water treatment equipment and systems. This success is the result of our employees' diverse technical and business expertise, which fuels collaboration and ongoing innovation. We use equal parts innovation, quality, and reliability to create comprehensive, solution driven product offerings for our customers. Learn more about us at

Why join the JMS team?

• Family owned and oriented workplace
• Work and collaborate with a small team who has become one of the best in the industry
• Use industry-leading technology and the best tools available to ensure success
• Working in a stable industry with strong growth potential
  

We are proud to offer:

• Competitive base salary
• Bonus opportunities
• Company paid  medical
• Dental and life insurance
• 401K
• Excellent training
• Great family work environment
• Paid vacation and holiday

Job Summary

The Material Handler II position at Jim Myers & Sons, Inc. (JMS) will be a vital member of the Material Handling Department. The position supports production activities by pulling orders from inventory, delivering production materials and supplies and assisting with organizing and maintaining existing inventory. The ideal candidate for the material handler position is a diligent worker who can complete tasks successfully with little to no guidance.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Prepping, organizing, and staging various manufacturing departments with materials necessary to maintain production
• Respond to calls from various departments to assist in material transportation
• Performing inventory counts
• Investigating and analyzing ERP to stage incoming material where needed
• Running reports in ERP to prepare for and stay ahead of material needs
• Investigate and determine root cause of inventory discrepancies and make suggestions for correction to leadership
• Meticulously organize parts and pallets of parts with part numbers, heat numbers, and job numbers, as appropriate
• Fill in as back up for all Material Handlers and proficient in their various advanced tasks; moving plate packs, issuing plate pack material, issue saw material and transacting drops, kitting for Assembly, complying with traceability requirements (heat numbers, PO Tracking, etc.) in an organized manner, kitting in Yard 6 in an organized manner, allocating, labeling, and staging Sales Order lines, etc.
• Self-motivated and aware of department's workloads and needs and willing to move between roles in times of workload spikes to assist, as needed.
• Thorough reviewing dashboard and discussions with Supervisor, prioritize work with little guidance.
• Fill in for other Material Handlers
• Proactively communicate with Supervisor and different departments, as needed, to facilitate work moving through the department(s)
• Maintain an organized work environment with jobs kitted in an efficient manner and readily available/understandable
• Proven initiative in keeping work area, back pad, and yard 6 clean (no trash, wood, or lose job travelers) and organized
• Proven compliance in heat number tracking
• Proactive communication of slow moving/obsolescent inventory

Required Qualifications

• Must possess a minimum of 5 years of material handling
• Must possess a minimum of 5 years of forklift driving experience
• Strong background in inventory transactions with high attention to detail
• Desire to learn and to continue developing knowledge and skills
• Forklift certification

Education

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent

Jim Myers & Sons is an Equal Opportunity Employer