2nd shift Material Handler Lead - Production

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Benefits Include:

• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Company Paid Life Insurance and Short Term Disability
• HSA Match
• 401k Contribution
• PPE Reimbursements
• FSA
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Accrued Vacation
• Holiday Pay
• Bereavement Pay
• Bonuses
  
  
  

Job Title: Lead Material Handler - Production

Job Specifications:

EDUCATION High School Diploma or equivalent

Preferred

JOB RELATED EXPERIENCE 1-3 Years Manufacturing experience preferred

SUPERVISION GIVEN None

SUPERVISION RECEIVED Advanced Manufacturing Supervisor

Schedule: 2nd Shift, Mon-Thurs 4pm-2:30am

Job Summary: The Lead Material Handler in production is responsible for picking parts from laser-cut sheets using their hands, packaging parts on pallets, moving parts using a forklift, and provide communication, supervision and leadership to the department.

Job Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

• Answer basic product quality questions, i.e., bad cuts, mild surface quality questions and contact supervisor with any question that cannot be answered
• Oversee part packaging requirements in skeleton area
• Report employee accidents/injuries/near misses/hazards to supervisor
• Report excessive employee tardiness to supervisor
• Work with scheduler if changes to picking order need to be made
• Train new or cross training employees on picking process and procedures
• Help supervisor identify employee strengths and areas of needed improvement
• Help identify process needed to be followed for customers that don’t follow normal process and procedures.
• Handle assorted steel raw material and steel scrap
• Separate/ “pick” parts from skeletons that are cut on the laser and stack onto pallet/containers
• Package parts using banding or shrink wrap, as needed
• Safely operate forklift to load and unload material and to move completed parts
• Occasionally kit parts that go to welding
• Operate small hand & power tools
• Maintain work area and production equipment in clean and orderly condition
• Follow all standard safety regulations
• Perform work in a manner that all products conform to prescribed quality standards
• Use and understand Global Shop system for data collection, work instructions, routers and prints
• Participate in and support continuous process improvement
  
  
  

Other duties may be assigned that pertain to the classification.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to carry out 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.

Knowledge & Experience:

• Ability to safely and effectively operate equipment
• Proficient with counting and mathematical equations
• Ability to read and interpret documents
• Ability to communicate orally or in written form effectively with personnel
• Certified forklift operator (preferred)
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes (preferred)
  
  
  

Physical Demands:

Frequent lifting of up to 50 lbs. Frequent bending, stooping, squatting, pushing, pulling, walking, sitting and standing for 9 hours per day. Must have communicable range of hearing and sight with or without the use of aids. Requires exposure to a typical manufacturing area where environment is affected by outside temperatures and machining.