Material Handler - 2nd Shift

Location: Traverse City, MI, US, 49686

Country/Region: United States

Job Function: Manufacturing

Requisition ID: 49528

Employment Type: Hourly

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We're Lear For You.

Lear For You

We work hard for the people who work for us. We champion our teams and foster collaboration, inclusion, respect and excellence. Because we want to be more for you.

A path to a better career. A better future.

Our teams have invented groundbreaking technologies, manufactured millions of products and earned a long list of awards. Year after year, we’re named one of the World’s Most Admired Companies.

They’re the secret to our success—empowered, inventive and inclusive. Passionate about their craft. Driven to succeed. Because we win together.

Are you ready for a better career? A better future?

Job Description

Material Handler Essential Functions:

• Support and maintain production requirements by keeping presses adequately supplied with raw materials.
• Pull, weigh, and record scrap.
• Load and unload trucks.
• Operate hi-lo truck.
• Construct boxes.
• Retrieve stock.
• Stock incoming parts/material.
• Perform weight counts, as necessary, and adjust inventory.
• Maintain safety and cleanliness of work area.
• Perform other duties related to material handling as required by supervisor

Responsibilities

• Basic store keeping knowledge, ability to use independent judgment in packing, stacking, and arranging shipments & prioritizing jobs.

• Basic understanding of personal computers and scanners.

• Pulling/moving raw material to the production floor equal to and including replacing filters for injection molding and document move tags as necessary for stamping

• Clean/maintain auxiliary equipment up to and including scrap hoppers, grinders, and loaders

• Knowledge and understanding of material transactions and storage process in QAD

• Loading and unloading trucks.

• Ability to pass OSHA Hi-Lo test required

• Operate Hi-Lo truck:

• Deliver raw material to production floor.

• Remove finished parts from press and replace reels.

• Weigh and record data from full scrap containers

• Weigh and record rejected stock.

• Construct boxes for production reels, fill with empty reels, and keep production area stocked.

• Keep production area stocked with containers and pallets.

• Pull scrap according to scrap tickets and reports per order requirements. Involves matching scrap tickets, weighing scrap, and balancing scrap sheet. Scrap is staged for loading.

• Put incoming plating parts/audit away.

• Perform weight counts.

• Stock cardboard as needed.

• Conduct inventory of boxes, reels, pallets and any other materials on the order form (s) needed to run production.

• Maintain cleanliness and organization of work area.

• Scrap Segregation Machines, Tools, Equipment, and Work Aids which may be representative but not all inclusive, of those commonly associated with this type of work.

• Personal Computer, Hi-Lo truck, Scale, Bander, Wrapping Machine, Staple Guns, Box Maker and Compactor.

• Perform other duties as required by supervisor.

• High school diploma or GED required.

• Knowledge of arithmetic is required

• Basic skills in oral and written communication

• Comply with all Environment, Health, and Safety {EH&S}rules and procedures.

• Compact discarded packing/shipping material (boxes, etc). Move finished goods to warehouse as required and transport material from the warehouse to the production floor as needed using FIFO

• Ensure that all material barrels and containers on floor are full to prevent down time and allow proper dry time.

• Clean and maintain the grinders, hoppers, and loaders on the production floor, including but not limited to cleaning and replacing filters as needed

• Move received material from receiving area and place in designated storage locations in the warehouse or on the production floor

• Ensure that proper procedures are followed, and the working environment is healthy and safe

• Assist Die Setters in minor tasks and raw material spill cleanup.

• Assist with unloading trucks as needed.

• Follow the proper documentation procedures to maintain material lot traceability and FIFO

• Organize raw materials on the warehouse racks in an orderly fashion and maintain overall work areas in accordance with 5s standards

• Ensure floor packaging racks are stocked for operators

• Restock workstations on floor as needed with necessary components.

• Maintain & Stock FIFO component rack on production floor

Working Conditions

Degree of Physical Demands (Strength) usually associated with this classification:

• Heavy Work: Exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally or in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently, or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly.
• Involves walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, and climbing on a frequent basis, with occasional crouching.

Environmental conditions (Physical Surroundings) usually associated with this classification:

• The associate is subject to environmental conditions common to a plant environment, including cramped conditions between presses and enclosures.
• Some exposure to loud noise and oil.
• The Associate is subject to internal plant and office environmental conditions.
• Exposure to external conditions due to loading and unloading trucks.
• Exposure to loud noise in the Press Room.

Environmental conditions (Hazards) usually associated with this classified:

• Exposure to Hi-Lo truck traffic, battery charger, possible cuts from material tail and banding, occasional exposure to wet or slippery dock plates.
• The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lear Corporation is committed to fair, merit‑based employment practices and equal opportunity.

We provide reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law. For assistance during the application process, contact your recruiter directly.

Applicants must submit their resume for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Due to the high volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the country where the position is located. Unsolicited resumes from search firms, employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and will become the property of Lear Corporation.

Lear Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse workplace.

Applicants must submit their resume for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Due to the high volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship. Unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and will become the property of Lear Corporation.