ME Warehouse Material Handler

Job Title: Material Handler

Department: Manufacturing

Reports To: Production Supervisor/Production Manager

FLSA Status: Hourly

Summary.

This position is responsible for executing movement of materials, sub-assemblies, and assemblies in accordance with instructions and control documents.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities.

• Understands and demonstrates safety as a priority in all work-related activities
• Receives, puts-away, stores and issues parts and other materials.
• Adequately labels and maintains an organized inventory with accurate records.
• Ability to count, retag, and return terminals to stock/shelves.
• Transport materials, wires, and sub-assemblies within and throughout various production departments and workstations, safeguarding such from damage.
• Actively participates in stock counting activities such as cycle counting, location audit counts and fiscal year-end inventory counts.
• Maintains standards of a clean and organized work environment and inventory areas including disposal of empty terminal reels and removal of empty barrels from production areas.
• Operates equipment, including but not limited to forklift, pallet picker, utility truck, banding tools, corrugated compactor, pick-up truck, and other various warehouse tools and equipment as required to complete assigned tasks.
• Picks and stores parts/material at ground level and heights up to 16 feet using mobile stairs, forklift, and/or pallet picker as required.
• Delivers parts to internal customer departments in the form of parts kits, stocking, or bulk delivery, as instructed.
• Use computer and other office technology tools to prepare and/or transact pick lists, packing lists, inventory transactions, shipping documents and other daily requirements.
• Monitor and document status of completed work moving to assembly cells.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Other duties may be assigned as required.

Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be able to work accurately, quickly, efficiently, and safely.
• Must be able to follow instructions, processes and procedures and work well with others.

• Must be able to operate forklift, pallet picker and other equipment in a safe manner.
• Must be able to communicate (speak, read, write) in the English language in a clear and legible manner.

• Must be able to use mathematical techniques to calculate data or solve practical problems.
• Must be able to use/read a tape measure and weight measurement tools.
• Must be team orientated and interacts well with others.
• Must be customer driven in approach and execution.

Education and/or Experience: High school diploma and/or general education degree (GED); or three to six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Skills: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos such as cut tickets in English.  Ability to write simple correspondence.  Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages, and interpret bar graphs.  Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance, with and without the use of a calculator or computer.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one- or two-step instructions. Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.

Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Use the drop-down boxes to select the appropriate response to each area.

Continuous/C = 67-100%, Frequent/F = 33-66%, Occasional/O = 33%, None/N

1. Sits             1 hours
2. Stands        4 hours
3. Walks        4 hours
4. Drives        1 hours

Employee Lifts and/or Carries:  Weight in Pounds (lbs.)

Maximum: 50 (lbs)                   Frequently: 40 (lbs)                  Occasionally: 50 (lbs)

Continuous/C = 67-100%, Frequent/F = 33-66%, Occasional/O = 33%, None/N

Employee uses Hands for repetitive activities: 

1. Simple Grasping:    Right,   Frequent                      Left, Frequent
2. Pushing/Pulling:     Right,   Frequent                       Left, Frequent
3. Fine Manipulation: Right,   Occasional                   Left, Occasional

Employee uses Feet for repetitive activities: 

1. Right: Constant                   Left: Constant

Employee is required to perform these activities: 

1. Bending At Waist:              Constant
2. Squatting:                           Constant
3. Climbing Ladders, Stairs:    Occasional
4. Kneeling On Ground:         Occasional
5. Reaching Above Shoulder:  Frequent

Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job (ie; heat/cold, dust/dampness, height; chemical; noise) PPE requirements are included. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Closed toed and heeled shoes required.
• Safety glasses required in some areas.
• Typical 10-hour workdays with occasional/frequent overtime required depending upon operational needs.
• May be required to access stored product at a variety of heights up to 16 feet.
• May work alone for extended periods.
• May be required to work during production shutdowns or other “off-schedule” periods to conduct special activities such as, but not limited to, fiscal year-end inventory counts.

Competencies

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

Responsibility:

• Takes personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work.
• Completes tasks and achieves results, routine and special, with little oversight.
• Makes necessary decisions even when information is limited.

Teamwork: 

• Balances team and individual responsibilities.

• Exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views.
• Encourages team unity through sharing information or expertise, working together to solve problems.

• Gives and welcomes feedback.
• Contributes to building a positive team spirit; Puts success of team above own interests.
• Supports everyone's efforts to succeed.

Motivation: 

• Measures self against standard of excellence.
• Manages own time, priorities, and resources to achieve objectives (execution time and quality).

• Driven individual who identifies opportunities for improvement.

Quality: 

• Diligently demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness at a high level of detail.
• Applies feedback to improve performance.
• Monitors own work to ensure quality.

Attendance/Punctuality: 

• Is consistently at work and on time.
• Adheres to company Attendance policy.

Dependability: 

• Focuses on tasks at hand.
• Can be relied upon to execute consistently with accurate 
• Takes responsibility for own actions.