1st Shift Shipping Material Handler

Overview

Manufacturing Company with Career Development Opportunities!

Full Time | 1st Shift | Monday - Friday | 6:00 am - 2:30 pm

Comprehensive Benefits Package!

About Us

Daifuku is the nation's leading independent, U.S.

-based provider of intelligent material handling systems. With hundreds of engineers in-house, the company designs, manufactures, integrates, and installs the full spectrum of intra-logistics solutions. We provide leading-edge conveyor and sortation systems, voice and light-directed order fulfillment equipment, controls and software, robotics, mezzanines, and structures.

If you want to join a team of industry leading experts and who want to create an impact on the future of material handling solutions, we want to hear from you!

Job Location:

US-IN-Hobart

Number of Openings: 1

Shift: 1st Shift

Company Division: ILUS

Position Summary

The Material Handler will perform receiving tasks, including receiving and unloading items, verifying shipment condition, and keeping computer records.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

The primary goal is to handle, move, load and unload materials by hand or using a variety of materials handling equipment including tow motors and/or forklifts

• Performing other material handling activities such as counting, weighing, sorting, packing and unpacking.
• Loading and unloading materials onto and off trucks and loading docks.
• Operating industrial trucks, tractors, loaders, forklifts and other equipment to transport materials to and from transportation vehicles and loading docks and to store and retrieve materials.
• Connecting hoses or pipes and operate equipment to load and unload chemicals used on premises.
• Operating equipment to dump materials such as scrap metal or to remove materials from forklifts.
• Operating the floor sweeper and washer.
• May perform other activities, such as opening containers and crates, filling orders, assisting in taking inventory and weighing and checking materials.
• Employees are responsible to comply with all requirements of Daifuku's QMS policies and procedures.
• Employees are to ensure sustainable process outputs that drive continuous improvement to provide leading industry performance and exceptional customer satisfaction.

Work Environment:

• Work areas are often noisy and lack climate control.
• Requires working around moving machinery and in some areas with minimum light.
• Routinely exposed to safety hazards such as moving machinery parts,electricity, and falls and trips.
• Physical Demands include Lifting, pulling, walking, carrying, pushing, kneeling, standing, sitting, reaching, squatting, climbing, twisting, speaking, hearing, sight, finger dexterity.
• Must observe policy and regulations regarding safety and security.
• Must practice Lock-Out/Tag-Out procedures for repair and maintenance of equipment.
• Must wear Personal Protective Equipment required to complete tasks safely.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred
• Minimum1 yearof related experience preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Requirements:

• Good communications skills; attention to detail and organized
• Ability to work with people regardless of race, gender, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or job type
• Ability to effectively build relationships with co-workers
• Ability to work under pressure with time constraints
• Ability to complete assigned training in a timely manner
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand the English language

ADA Requirements:

• Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion.
• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires…