Coil Driver

Coil Driver

At DS Containers, these are our core values: Integrity with all our investors, employees, suppliers, and customers. Customer orientation on the part of every employee. Quality designed into our process and practiced in everything we do. The use of technology to enhance productivity and customer satisfaction and control costs. Continuous innovation in our process and products. Teamwork across all functions to achieve a winning attitude and culture.

The Coil Driver operates a powered industrial truck to receive, unload, store, retrieve, move and place materials. The Coil Driver ensures that all equipment is in working order for maximum operating efficiency. Ensures quality product is received by performing quality checks.

Essential Functions (Duties):

• Performs daily inspection on coil truck, up enders and other tools and machinery.
• Documents any issues with equipment and seeks resolution to those issues.
• Ensures production lines have steel coils of the appropriate size and manufacturer available for use.
• Unloads, receives and documents raw material shipments.
• Uses forklift to restock, move, store, retrieve and deliver raw materials.
• Unwraps, breaks down and separates raw materials from shipping wrapping and containers.
• Maintains work area in a neat and orderly fashion.
• Follows through and completes all work in a timely manner.
• Communicates need for and helps maintain appropriate levels of maintenance supplies.
• Ensures compliance with OSHA and other federal, state, local and customer guidelines.
• Works efficiently and safely within company guidelines.
• Maintains peer relationships to share issues and ideas.
• Fills in for Forklift Driver / Palletizer Operators when needed.
• Loads raw material, returns, and finished goods onto trucks and trailers.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

• Education: High School Diploma, General Educational Development (GED) or equivalent.
• Experience: Previous fork lift driving experience, education, or training preferred.

Essential Physical and Mental Requirements:

This position requires excellent attention to detail and strong motivation toward company, team and individual results. Must work effectively with others and demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness. Must be able to read, analyze and interpret written communications. Must possess ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and fellow employees. Must be able to add, subtract, multiply and divide with the ability to solve practical problems. Must be able to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, verbal, diagram, hand signaled or schedule formats.

Employees in all production positions must be able to immediately perceive auditory warning signals such as bells, alarms and horns that are used to warn employees of the start-up, movement or approach of equipment (including forklifts, overhead cranes, conveyors, trucks and other equipment operated inside or outside the facility), mechanical abnormalities, and similar risk situation during production operations.

Skills / Attributes Required:

• Ability to be licensed to drive a Powered Industrial Truck.
• Must be able to work quickly and adjust priorities.

Competencies:

• Safety oriented (Adheres to PPE requirements, works and expects others to work safely.)
• Results oriented (Delivers results on time and as expected.)
• Service oriented (Inspires others to a strong customer service orientation.)
• Communication (Delivers appropriate verbal, written and hand signaled communication.)
• Self management and development (Takes personal responsibility for actions and for own growth and development.)
• Teamwork (Encourages collaboration with others to achieve a common goal.)
• Change (Embraces and creates change.)

Work Conditions:

While performing the responsibilities of this job, the employee is frequently required:

• To sit, stand, walk, talk and hear.
• Use hands to grasp, finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms.
• To be mobile.
• To lift, bend, climb, stoop and crawl.
• To lift and transport moderately heavy objects.

Vision requirements include:

• Close vision
• Distance vision
• Peripheral vision
• Depth perception
• Ability to adjust focus

The employee is frequently exposed to hot and humid conditions and high, precarious places. The employee is frequently exposed to hazardous chemicals, airborne particles and loud noise levels.

Job Type: Full-time