EXTRUSION MATERIAL HANDLER

UACJ Automotive Whitehall Industries, Inc.Michigan, United StatesOn-siteFull-timeMid level, 2–5 yearsListed 3 days ago

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About this role

Job Purpose: Monitor daily schedule and provide material handling in support of production operations

Qualifications:

- Education and Experience : High school diploma or equivalent education & experience

- Knowledge : Knowledge of practices and procedures in a manufacturing environment related to the handling of material for production support and receiving of materials.

- Skills & Abilities : Ability to operate a forklift. Good verbal communication and basic math skills.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities of the Job:

- Monitor the daily schedule and provide material handling support to extrusion area.

- Unload and store aluminum logs / receive material and support moving logs to the log oven.

- Loads and unloads heat age ovens, records heat age data, tickets loads and moves to stores.

- Oversee level of scrap in scrap trailers, dump scrap into trailers, record scrap pounds, coordinate the pick-up of scrap trailers.

- Confirm all materials and buy-outs are on hand or will be available prior to the scheduled set-up/production.

- Inform the Production Control Department when materials and schedules don't agree.

- Assist in organizing/improving the identification and flow of materials with inventory levels that appear too high or too low.

- Inform Purchasing when materials or inventory levels appear too high or low.

- Communicate with other material handlers and supervisors to successfully sustain operations from shift to shift.

- Additional duties as assigned by supervisor.

Training Requirements: New Hire Orientation, Hi-Lo Operator Licensing, PPE

Level of Authority: None

Physical Demands: Requires standing, walking for long periods of time, lifting up to 50 lbs, frequent bending and twisting, loading and unloading of heat age ovens, unloading log trucks outside in weather