Material Handler

Triple-S Steel•Houston, TX

16d

About The Position

Triple-S Steel is seeking a motivated Material Handler to execute safety standards and achieve daily productivity goals while meeting quality requirements. The role includes routine maintenance and assisting with non-routine maintenance. Material Handlers safely move steel between storage, production areas, loading docks, and vehicles; prepare and guide loads; and maintain assigned tools and equipment. The work takes place indoors and outdoors in varied weather conditions and requires awareness of people and moving equipment in the surrounding work area.

Requirements

Ability to correctly read work orders or receive 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 of direct supervision and to work alone or in a team environment.
Ability to develop a good working knowledge of products and inventory control techniques and procedures.
Ability to maintain ongoing inter-department communications related to routing, safety, and customer relations.
Basic math skills, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Responsibilities

Follow Triple-S safe methods of work and immediately advise a supervisor of unsafe conditions.
Safely move steel to and from storage or production areas, loading docks, and delivery vehicles by hand or using forklifts, overhead cranes, or other equipment.
Attach slings, hooks, and other devices to lift material and guide loads; climb onto vehicles to tie down and release material being loaded.
Apply proper bundling techniques.
Configure loads based on planned routes, including multiple stops, and maximize trailer capacity without sacrificing safety.
Maintain and safely operate assigned tools and equipment, including measuring tools, hammers, pallet trucks, banding machines, beam hooks, plate lifting clamps, forklifts, overhead cranes, and personal protective equipment.
Identify equipment safety issues and promptly report them.
Maintain spatial orientation and awareness while moving around a work environment with people and equipment in motion.
Attend all required company meetings.
Perform other duties as assigned.