Material Handler

Triple-S Steel•Fontana, CA

17d

About The Position

Triple-S Steel is seeking a motivated Material Handler to move steel and other materials safely and efficiently while meeting productivity and quality requirements. The role includes following safety standards, performing routine maintenance, and assisting with non-routine maintenance. Material handling may take place indoors or outdoors in varied weather conditions and around moving equipment and people. The role requires maintaining awareness of the work environment and using assigned tools and equipment safely.

Requirements

Ability to read work orders or follow oral instructions to determine work assignments and material or equipment needs.
Ability to safely meet or exceed the Company’s minimum productivity levels.
Ability to plan and organize work independently, work without direct supervision, and contribute in a team environment.
Ability to develop a working knowledge of products and inventory control techniques and procedures.
Ability to maintain ongoing interdepartmental communications related to routing, safety, and customer relations.
Basic math skills, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
May be required to demonstrate strong customer relations skills.
Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds for up to 25 feet and to work with specified exertion, reaching, squatting, standing, walking, and climbing demands.
Ability to use hands and fingers to handle or feel, and to talk or hear; specific vision abilities include close, distance, and color vision and the ability to adjust focus.
Ability to work indoors and outdoors in varied weather, including precipitation, cold, heat, high wind, and turbulent conditions.
Ability to work around moving mechanical parts and, in operations or laboratory areas, occasional fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock.

Responsibilities

Follow Triple-S safe work methods and promptly advise a supervisor of unsafe conditions.
Move steel safely between storage or production areas, loading docks, and delivery vehicles by hand or using forklifts, overhead cranes, or other equipment.
Attach slings, hooks, and other lifting devices; guide loads; and climb onto vehicles to secure or release material being loaded.
Apply proper bundling techniques and configure loads for planned routes, including multiple stops, maximizing trailer capacity without compromising safety.
Maintain and safely operate assigned tools and equipment, including tape measures, calipers, hammers, pallet trucks, banding machines, micrometers, beam hooks, plate lifting clamps, forklifts, overhead cranes, and personal protective equipment; identify and promptly report equipment safety issues.
Meet or exceed established productivity levels while maintaining quality and safety requirements.
Maintain spatial awareness and judge distances to move safely around people and equipment.
Attend required company meetings and perform other assigned duties.
Perform routine maintenance and assist with non-routine maintenance.
Maintain communications with other departments concerning routing, safety, and customer relations.