1st Shift Structural Material Handler

Daifuku; Hobart (IN); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company is seeking a 1st Shift Structural Material Handler in Hobart, IN. This full-time role involves shipping finished goods, operating forklifts, and maintaining a safe work environment. Join a team focused on career development and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Qualifications

• Licensed forklift operator required.
• Experience with inventory/shipping a plus.

Responsibilities

• Banding and strapping product to skids.
• Loading and unloading materials onto and off trucks.
• Operating industrial trucks and forklifts.

Skills

Good computer skills

Good verbal communication skills

Good organization skills

Good time management skills

Self-motivated

Detail-oriented

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Licensed forklift truck operator

Job description

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Manufacturing Company with Career Development Opportunities!

Full Time|1st Shift|Monday - Friday|500am - 130pm

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 intralogistics 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!

Position Summary

The Structural Material Handler ships finished goods in good condition according to SOP.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to

• Banding and strapping product to skids making sure it secure.
• Loading and unloading materials onto and off trucks
• Operating industrial trucks, sit down forklift, stand up forklift, and cranes.
• Building skids/ crates (Some Carpentry Required)
• Banding I beam and columns in bundles and loading them on flatbed trailers.
• Some computer skills are required when staging products for shipping and loading.
• Some outside work unloading pallet trucks and organizing pallet area.
• Maintaining a clean and safe work environment.
• Employees are responsible for complying 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
  
  
  

Education and Experience Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalentpreferred
• Licensed forklift truck operator
• Experience with inventory/shipping a plus
  
  
  

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Requirements

• Good computer skills
• Good verbal communication skills
• Good organization skills
• Good time management skills
• Self-motivated and detail-oriented
• Ability to read and write English and use basic math
• 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.
  
  
  

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.
• Reaching Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Walking Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Lifting Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.
• Fingering Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling.
• Grasping Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Talking Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motions Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
  
  
  

Visual Acuity

• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes.
• The worker is required to have visual acuity to operate motor vehicles.
• The worker is required to have visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures.
  
  
  

Job Conditions

• The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.
• The worker is subject to both environmental conditions Activities occur inside and outside.
• The worker is subject to hazards Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.
  
  
  

USD $16.00

USD $20.00

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Automation Machinery Manufacturing

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