What are the responsibilities and job description for the Material Handler position at WireCo WorldGroup?
Company Description
WireCo® is the strength behind the world’s evolution, through deep legacy and forward thinking, we create premium ropes that inspire innovation without limits. WireCo® is headquartered in Prairie Village, Kansas with manufacturing plants, distribution facilities and research and development centers worldwide.
WireCo® offers competitive wages, incentive programs, growth opportunities, and excellent benefits offerings for employees and their families. Benefits include paid time off, paid holidays, medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan with generous company match, 100% company-paid life insurance, and 100% company-paid disability insurance.
For more information, check out our website at www.wireco.com.
Job Description
The Material Handler is responsible for safely carrying out the work assignments received from the leadman or the Distribution Center Manager or Assistant Distribution Center Manager. Primary responsibilities include fabrication, wire rope handling, cutting, packaging, and shipment preparation.
- Quarterly incentives - (opportunity to earn every 12 weeks, after probationary training period)
- Checks for incoming and outgoing materials, locates reels.
- Responsible for cutting and handling of rope for shipment or fabrication.
- Operates rewinding machine, spooling and coiling various sizes of rope and strand in accordance with customer’s orders.
- Inspects rope for quality and works with others to load and unload trucks and assembling reels.
- Prepares reels and coils for shipment with tags and shipping papers.
- Strand and Wire rope of various diameters and lengths, on reels or in coils, empty or unassembled reels, paper lagging strips, tags, seizing wire, blocking, thimbles.
- Rewinding machines, stanchions, shafts, collars, bushings, rope cutters, measuring devise, fork trucks, banding equipment, welders, various hand tools.
Qualifications
- High school diploma, GED certificate, or CMS certificate.
Additional Information
Materials and Equipment Directly Used
- Strand and Wire rope of various diameters and lengths, on reels or in coils, empty or unassembled reels, paper lagging strips, tags, seizing wire, blocking, thimbles.
- Rewinding machines, stanchions, shafts, collars, bushings, rope cutters, measuring devise, fork trucks, banding equipment, welders, various hand tools.
Eligibility
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
- An applicant must complete a satisfactory background check post-offer of employment. A criminal conviction will not be an automatic bar to employment.
- Must be willing and able to pass a post-offer drug screen and physical (if required)
- Must be 18 years of age or older.
- Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disability