Material Handler 1st Shift

Triple-S Steel•Odessa, TX

About The Position

Triple-S Steel is seeking a motivated Material Handler. The position is responsible for following safety standards, meeting daily productivity goals while maintaining quality requirements, performing routine maintenance, and assisting with non-routine maintenance. The role involves safely handling steel in storage, production, and loading areas, and working indoors and outdoors in varied weather conditions.

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 product 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.
Ability to demonstrate customer relations skills if required.
Ability to perform the physical activities described, including lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds, walking up to 5 miles per day, and climbing stairs, ladders, and equipment while wearing required personal protective equipment.
Ability to work indoors and outdoors in varied weather, including precipitation, cold, heat, high wind, and turbulent conditions.

Responsibilities

Follow Triple-S safe work methods 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 equipment such as forklifts and overhead cranes.
Attach slings, hooks, or other lifting devices, guide loads, and climb onto vehicles to tie down or release loaded material.
Lift and carry materials weighing up to 50 pounds for distances up to 25 feet and heights up to 5 feet; exert force, walk, stand, reach, squat, and climb as required.
Apply proper bundling techniques and configure loads for planned routes, including multiple stops, while maximizing trailer capacity without sacrificing 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 equipment safety issues and promptly report them.
Maintain spatial awareness and judge near and far distances to move safely around people and equipment.
Attend all required company meetings.
Perform other duties as assigned.