Material Handler

CDI is the nation’s fastest curb manufacturer in the HVAC industry. As a nation-wide company with manufacturing facilities located in the suburbs of Minneapolis, Dallas, Seattle, Charlotte, and Phoenix, CDI is rapidly growing and offering many opportunities for advancement. CDI encourages personal growth and offers career advancement to individuals who demonstrate

initiative. Training is available for many positions.

Position Summary: The Material Handler focuses on maximizing the use of material drops in the production process to maintain a consistently low scrap rate by keeping their plants scrap rate below the company wide goal of 20%. Focused on material utilization of our metal both running through our Turret/Laser, and being cut by our shears.
Responsibilities:

• Oversee utilization of drops from the production process. Pre-cut braces and full sheets are being used properly
  
• Checking the scrap bin to make sure employees aren’t throwing away usable material, and talking to employees who aren’t following guidelines properly
  
• Create more storage for usable scrap material that will minimize welder movement to increase throughput.
  
• Create daily process to re-fill all bins with usable drops from previous shift
  
• Communication-Stay past shift (5-10 min) to communicate with 2nd/3rd shift on what task to finish next and casting a vision for material usage for the next couple of months
  
• Work with the Batcher’s to increase batch utilization, exclude parts, minimize sheets being pushed through Laser/Turret machines, and decrease the physical scrap being made by our machines
  
• Provide direction to all plant employees on the importance of material utilization and help identify areas to improve their current metal handling process in their respective department
  
• Hand-shearing straight curbs and fan curbs with scrap instead of being batched

• High school diploma or equivalent qualification
  
• Minimum of 1-3 years of experience manufacturing with sheet metal
  
• Outstanding attention to detail, ability to multitask, strong time management skills
  
• Must be willing to undergo a pre-employment drug test
  
• Must be able to effectively read, write and speak the English language
  
• Ability to stand or walk for extended amounts of time
  
• Ability to frequently bend, twist, grip, squat and lift
  
• Outstanding communication ability
  
• Excellent organizational and leaderships skills
  
• General understanding on how to build a curb, understand engineering files, operate folding machines, use forklift, understand batching process
  
• Effective communication between departments, autonomous, remaining on-task, and productive on current projects.
  
• Maintain cleanliness within the plant, have creative ideas and spatial problem-solving skills, fabricate more storage for usable drops.
  
• Ability to help others on how to improve how they use their metal.