PLATING MATERIAL HANDLER - 2nd Shift
About The Position
The Plating Material Handler is responsible for safe, damage-free, and accurate handling of materials within the plant’s Plating Department. The role supplies and moves materials throughout the plant, supports the company’s quality goals and objectives, and performs assigned responsibilities within the Environmental Management System. The position includes maintaining safe and organized work areas, keeping production lines supplied, moving and tracking materials, and supporting shipping and manufacturing operations. The employee must promptly report quality and safety concerns and stop a process if quality does not meet specifications. Fork truck and specialized training must be completed within two weeks of starting.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedures.
- Ability to present information effectively in one-on-one and small-group situations.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; compute rates, ratios, and percentages; and draw and interpret bar graphs and Statistical Process Control charts.
- Ability to apply common-sense understanding to written, oral, or diagrammed instructions and solve problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Ability to regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.
- Ability to complete fork truck and specialized training within two weeks of starting.
Responsibilities
- Perform daily safety checks on the fork truck or tugger and complete the required check sheets.
- Lift one tote or box at a time during material movement.
- Report damage to racks, machines, fork trucks, or materials.
- Maintain a safe working environment and perform daily 5S in assigned areas.
- Ensure PLEX/container movement tags are placed on each product.
- Keep production lines supplied with the required material before the next shift, including raw forgings and plated housings.
- Supply lines with proper components and empty containers, and move finished goods and PH product.
- Assign PLEX numbers to incoming material and place material in the proper location and lot.
- Rotate materials according to first in, first out (FIFO).
- Read manifests, pull and ship orders, and check paperwork and order quantities and products for accuracy.
- Break down forging boxes, empty cardboard bins, and dispose of trash.
- Move finished goods and inspected material to their proper locations.
- Move machined housings to the shipping area for shipment to outside plating suppliers.
- Supply empty shipping containers to their proper location.
- Support manufacturing by making cardboard bales when the baler is full.
- Clean and organize assigned areas, and return empty pallets, lids, and totes to designated locations, removing old Kanban.
- Load and unload trucks, ensuring incoming material is placed in the proper location.
- Submit suggestions for improvements.
- Notify a team leader or above immediately about quality or safety concerns and stop the process if quality does not meet specifications.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
