2nd Shift Materials Handler/ Forklift Driver

LEAR CORPORATION; Alabama; On-site; USD 19,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal Opportunity Employer

Job summary

Lear Corporation in Vance, Alabama (Tuscaloosa Plant) is seeking a Materials Handler/Forklift Driver for the 2nd shift. You will stock stations, prepare pallets and packaging, and coordinate with production to meet needs under minimal supervision.

Qualifications include a HS Diploma or equivalent and forklift certification. Automotive experience is a bonus, with equal opportunity in a diverse workplace valued by the company.

Qualifications

• HS Diploma or equivalent.
• Successful completion of forklift certification class.
• Experience in the automotive industry is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Move materials using an industrial truck (forklift, tugger, pallet jack, etc.).
• Manually push material bins up to production stations.
• Identify information by categorizing, estimating, or recognizing differences or similarities.
• Inspect equipment, structures, or materials to meet production needs.
• Observe, receive, and obtain information from relevant sources.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Skills

Pattern recognition

Time management

Forklift operation

Self-management

Quality awareness

Education

HS Diploma or equivalent

Job description

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Location: Vance, AL, US, 35490

Country/Region: United States

Job Function: Logistics

Requisition ID: 48810

Employment Type: Hourly

Lear For You

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

We are your path to a better career, a better future, and a better you.

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

Our teams are the secret to our success. They are empowered, inventive and inclusive. Passionate about their craft. Driven to succeed. Because we all understand that we must work together to win.

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

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

MATERIALS HANDLER/FORKLIFT DRIVER – 2nd SHIFT

VANCE, ALABAMA –TUSCALOOSA PLANT

As a member of the Materials Team, you will be responsible for stocking the various stations on the assembly line with the materials and parts necessary to assemble automobile seats, preparing empty pallets and returnable packaging for shipping, and understanding and meeting production needs through frequent communication and time management under minimal supervision.

The Role:

Your work will include, but not be limited to:

• Moving materials using an industrial truck (forklift, tugger, pallet jack, etc.).
• Manually pushing material bins up to production stations
• Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, and/or recognizing differences
  or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
• Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify and meet production needs.
• Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• Performing all other duties as assigned by management.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, colors and mathematical operations).
• Ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.
• Ability to adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle quickly and repeatedly to exact positions.
• Ability to self-manage time and workplace under minimal supervision while maintaining varying production requirements.

Physical Abilities:

• Physical Ability to lift, carry, and/or move objects weighing up to 30 pounds.
• Physical Ability to walk frequently to all plant locations.
• Physical Ability to read and see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Physical Ability to detect color of material components.
• Physical Ability to frequently sit, walk, lift, carry, push, pull, twist, reach and grasp.

Your Qualifications:

• HS Diploma or equivalent
• Successfully complete the forklift certification class.

Bonus If You Have:

• Experience in the automotive industry

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.

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