Material Handler

Material Handler

Location: Grand Rapids, MI, US

Job Function: Manufacturing

Employment Type: Hourly

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Job Description Loads, unloads, labels, packs, unpacks and moves materials within plant by performing Material Handling duties. Must be comfortable with computers and proficient with Microsoft products.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands: 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 use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Responsibilities Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Reads work order or follows oral instructions to ascertain materials or containers to be moved. Typing, calculating and data entry experience is required.

Loads and unloads materials onto or from pallets, trays, racks, and shelves by hand. Loads materials into vehicles and installs strapping, bracing, or padding to prevent shifting or damage in transit.

Conveys materials from storage or work sites to designated area. Secures lifting attachments to materials and conveys load to destination or signals crane or hoisting operators to move load to destination.

Counts, weighs, and records number of units of materials moved or handled on daily production sheet. Attaches identifying tags or labels to materials or marks information on cases, bales, or other containers.

Loads truck for Industrial Truck Operator. Stacks or assembles materials into bundles and bands bundles together. Clamps sections of portable conveyor together or places conveyor sections on blocks or boxes to facilitate movement of materials or products.

Removes samples of materials, labels with identifying information, and takes samples to laboratory for analysis. Lifts heavy objects by hand or with power hoist, and cleans work area, machines, and equipment to assist machine operators.

Makes simple adjustments or repairs such as realigning belts or replacing rollers. Assembles crates to contain products such as machines or vehicles. Shovels loose materials such as sand, gravel, metals, plastics, or chemicals, into machine hoppers or into vehicles and containers such as wheelbarrows, scrap truck, or barrels.

Operates industrial truck or electric hoist to assist in loading or moving materials and products.

Education Requirements High school diploma or general education degree (GED)

Experience Requirements One to three months related experience and/or training; Certifications / Licenses Current driver's license, Fork lift license, Crane Operators license, Manlift Operators License

Equal Opportunity Employer Lear Corporation is committed to fair, merit?based employment practices and equal opportunity. We provide reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law.