Material Handler

Triple-S Steel•Surprise, AZ

About The Position

Triple-S Steel is seeking a motivated Material Handler for its second shift. The role is responsible for following safety standards, meeting daily productivity goals and quality requirements, performing routine maintenance, and assisting with non-routine maintenance. The Material Handler moves steel between storage and production areas, loading docks, and vehicles using manual handling and equipment such as forklifts and overhead cranes. The position involves securing and configuring loads, operating and maintaining assigned tools and equipment, and working indoors and outdoors in changing weather conditions. The employee must maintain awareness of nearby people and moving equipment and attend required company meetings. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Ability to correctly read work orders or follow oral instructions to determine work assignments and material or equipment needs.
Ability to safely meet or exceed company-established minimum productivity levels.
Ability to plan and organize work independently, work without direct supervision, and work alone or as part of a team.
Ability to develop a good working knowledge of products and inventory control techniques and procedures.
Ability to maintain 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 meet the physical demands of the position, including handling or feeling objects and communicating by talking or hearing; occasional standing, walking, and reaching; and lifting or moving items.
Vision abilities including close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Responsibilities

Follow safe work methods and immediately inform a supervisor of unsafe conditions.
Move steel safely between storage or production areas, loading docks, and delivery vehicles by hand or using equipment.
Attach lifting devices, guide loads, and climb onto vehicles to tie down or release materials being loaded.
Apply proper bundling techniques and configure loads for planned routes, including multiple stops.
Maximize trailer load capacity without compromising safety.
Maintain and safely operate assigned tools and equipment, and promptly report equipment safety issues.
Meet daily productivity goals and quality requirements.
Perform routine maintenance and assist with non-routine maintenance.
Maintain spatial awareness and judge distances to safely navigate a work environment with moving people and equipment.
Attend required company meetings and perform other assigned duties.