Material Handler 1st Shift

Triple-S Steel•Odessa, TX

10d

About The Position

Triple-S Steel is seeking a motivated Material Handler. The role is responsible for executing 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 delivery vehicles using manual methods and equipment. The work involves regular physical activity, use of personal protective equipment, and working indoors and outdoors in local weather conditions. The position also requires coordination with other employees and departments, safe operation of tools and equipment, and attention to routing, safety, and customer relations.

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 as part of a team.
Ability to develop a good working knowledge of product 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 heights of 5 feet; frequently exert 25 to 50 pounds of force and/or constantly exert 10 to 20 pounds of force; walk up to 5 miles per day; and climb stairs, ladders, and equipment while wearing required personal protective equipment.
Ability to work indoors and outdoors in local weather conditions, including precipitation, cold, heat, high wind, and turbulent conditions.

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, or other devices to lift and guide loads, and 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 load 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 orientation and awareness to move safely around other people and moving equipment.
Attend required company meetings.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Perform routine maintenance and assist with non-routine maintenance.