Material Handler

SUMMARY: Responsible for setting up, operating, or tending machines to mix or blend materials, such as chemicals, or color pigments; producing and supplying quality compound materials for the Injection Molding department.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Observes production or monitors equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation.
• Maintains communication between shifts and coworkers.
• Performs daily departmental housekeeping.
• Cleans and maintains equipment, using hand tools.
• Assists the Compound Machine Operator in the start-up and shutdown of operations as needed.
• Fills in for the Compound Machine Operator during their absence, including performing machine start-up / shutdown, quality checks, and become familiar with material changeovers.
• Monitors gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Collects samples of materials or products for laboratory testing.
• Conducts tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
• Handles heavy bags and drums.
• Examines materials, ingredients, or products visually or with hands to ensure conformance to established standards.
• Weighs, measures, and loads ingredients and checks mixture for specified consistency.
• Adds or mixes chemicals or ingredients for processing.
• Dumps or pours specified amounts of materials into machinery or equipment.
• Records operational or production data on specified forms.
• Monitors compounding equipment and perform troubleshooting, while following policies and procedures regarding equipment, components, and finished goods.
• Accurately documents downtime, batch records and reconciliation forms.
• Maintains specification requirements, adjusts equipment to meet specifications, and performs frequent quality inspections and documents the inspections.

QUALIFICATIONS:

High school diploma or general education degree (GED), or one to three months related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Certificates, licenses and registrations required:  

Valid driver license and acceptable motor vehicle record.

Forklift certification required

Other skills required:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to gain the trust of customers.
• Excellent judgment and discretion; ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously, meet deadlines, and handle work-related stress is required.
• Remain calm and professional in stressful situations.
• Team player with a "can do" attitude that can work in a fast-paced environment.
• Able to work a flexible schedule to include weekends and holidays.
• Minimum of 2 years solid recent work history that includes working on a forklift.
• Previous warehouse experience a plus.
• Must pass equipment operator's testing, according to position and department requirements.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Continually required to stand
• Occasionally required to climb, balance
• Occasionally required to bend, stoop, kneel or crawl
• Occasionally exposure to wet and/or humid conditions (non-weather)
• Continually work near moving mechanical parts
• While performing the duties of this job, the noise level in the work environment is usually loud

• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds / continually lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include: Close vision; Distance vision; Color vision; Peripheral vision; Depth perception and ability to adjust focus

Specialized equipment, machines, or vehicles used:  

• May use (but not limited to) power equipment such as a forklift, hand tools, and other devices operated in a warehouse environment.
• Fork lift and electric pallet jack for material movement.
• Bra-bender.
• Material handling system.
• Weight scales for the weighing of pre-mix components and pallets.
• Adjustable wrenches.
• Bench/Gram scales.
• Depth indicators/measuring sticks.