Material Handler - 1st Shift
About The Position
Wenger Corporation is a privately-held, leading manufacturer of high-quality music education, performing arts and athletic products. To better balance the needs of your personal life, Wenger Corporation provides best-in-class, family-friendly scheduling for our manufacturing team. Our flexible options four 10-hour shifts (Mon-Thurs) with OT Fridays. And when the unexpected does arise, we'll work with you to help you be where, and when, you are needed most. Wenger Corporation is seeking a Material Handler to distribute product in a safe, timely manner within and among all assigned areas in a manner that expedites production and contributes to the consistent achievement of established quality and quantity standards.
Requirements
- English proficiency is required for this manufacturing position to ensure safety compliance and fulfillment of operational needs.
- The candidate must be able to speak, read and understand English in order to follow equipment instructions, understand safety protocols and respond to emergency situations.
- Strong English skills are also necessary for communicating with team members, supervisors and other departments to ensure smooth production processes and to maintain quality standards.
- While performing the functions of this job, the team member is continuously required to sit, stand, walk, talk and hear.
- The team member is occasionally required to kneel, crouch, squat, bend, twist/turn and climb ladder/stairs.
- The team member is continuously required to use hands and fingers to feel, handle or operate machines, equipment, tools or controls.
- Team member is continuously required to reach with hands and arms.
- The functions of the job include occasionally viewing a computer monitor and repetitive motion activities on the keyboard.
- The team member may continuously be required to lift, move, push/pull up to and over 50 pounds.
- Vision requirements include close vision, depth perception, color vision and the ability to adjust focus.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of parts, materials, and material handling processes established for areas assigned typically learned from at least six to nine (6-9) months experience
- Skill and ability to work in assigned area(s) under only general supervision
- Familiarity with scanning devices
- Previous forklift experience with the ability to obtain a valid license through Wenger Corporation
Responsibilities
- Reviews the week’s production schedules for areas assigned in order to plan the best use of available time for production support and anticipate possible bottlenecks before they occur
- Confers with production team, Cell Leads on a regular basis to help ensure the highest level of production support possible, making changes in the material handling schedules as directed
- Maintains records, lists and notations that are required to complete assigned duties and responsibilities in an accurate and timely manner
- Develops and maintains a thorough working knowledge of materials locations, and continually reviews location information or maps as required
- Provides direction to others as required or requested on safe, proper methods of loading, unloading and transporting materials
- Informs a Cell Lead of questions and/or problems with completing assigned duties, making suggestions to minimize future problems
- Complete inventory transactions in business management systems
- Maintains accurate inventory locations and qualities and will be involved with the weekly cycle counts
- Contributes to a cooperative work effort through performance of assigned duties in an accurate and timely manner
- Performs other duties and responsibilities as requested
Benefits
- best-in-class, family-friendly scheduling
- flexible options four 10-hour shifts (Mon-Thurs) with OT Fridays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
