Material Handler

Lippert; Middlebury (IN); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the RV and automotive industries seeks a Material Handler for its Middlebury location. The candidate will be integral in managing warehouse operations, ensuring smooth production flow by handling materials. This physical role requires teamwork, communication, and safety awareness in an outdoor setting.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits

401k with employer match

Career development and mentoring

Paid holiday and vacation days

Qualifications

• Must be able to work as a part of a team.
• Demonstrate clear verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Ability to operate a forklift.

Responsibilities

• Picks and scans all material to fulfill a day's production.
• Delivers completed part box or hot parts to a staging area.
• Participates in returning extra parts to proper location in warehouse.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Problem Solving

Education

High school degree or GED

LCI Forklift License

Job description

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Lippert is a leading, global manufacturer and supplier of highly engineered products and customized solutions, dedicated to shaping, growing and bettering the RV, marine, automotive, commercial vehicle and building products industries.We combine our strategic manufacturing capabilities with the power of our winning team culture to deliver unrivaled customer service, award-winning innovation and premium products to all of our customers.

Why We are Different:

At Lippert, Everyone Matters. This is not just a tagline or empty promise; it is who we are.We have intentionally created a culture that values and celebrates our team members’ unique and varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.We strive to give our team members a deeper sense of purpose at work, and we continue to build a better work environment by aligning our cultural and business strategies with the needs of our team members.

What You will Get:

1.A unique, inclusive and supportive company culture.

2.Comprehensive benefit offerings including medical, dental, vision, 401k with employer match, vacation, and more!

3.Fair and competitive compensation.

4.Career development and mentoring and opportunities to grow.

5.Holiday, personal and vacation days.

Summary/Objective:

Duties include providing production with all OP material needed to run a full day’s production based off the production schedule set by the manufacturing leaders. Material handler assigned to WH pulls specific OP material and quantities to specific production pools and production orders. Presents completed materials box to the staging area for audit, fulfills any work fills, BOM changes, or Shortages for any their work. Material Handler assigned to a specific plant will work with material coordinators to run hot parts for material needed to fulfill production material shortages, including BOM changes, work fills for Op boxes staged at the plant or in process, and shortages. Performs other warehouse duties to support success of perpetual inventory, 5S and all safety policies by following established operating procedures. This is an outdoor position, there will be exposure to all elements.

Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.

1.Picks and scans all material to fulfill a day’s production or runs hot parts for material shortages on the production line.

2.Delivers completed part box or hot parts to a staging area or to the plant.

3.Participates in returning extra parts to proper location in warehouse

4.Properly identify and locate all parts according to established procedures.

5.Complete equipment maintenance checklist.

Working Conditions:

• Primarily on the floor/in the work, could be exposed to elements (heat, snow, etc.)
• May sit or stand for several hours at a time.
• Repetitive use of hands to operate machinery.

Qualifications:

1.High school degree or GED (not necessary).

2.Basic computer knowledge.

3.LCI Forklift License Required (Offered once hired).

Essential Functions:

1.Reports inventory issues to your Leader.

2.Meet Division metric requirements

3.Participates in morning meeting/Safety Huddle

1.Must be able to work as a part of a team to achieve the company’s overall goals.

2.Must demonstrate clear verbal and written communication skills (English).

3.Must be able to read and process written communication including, but not limited to, work orders, delivery receipts, prints, and measurements.

4.Must be able to meet production goals and time deadlines.

5.Must be able to work with minimum supervision.

6.Must have the ability to operate a forklift.

7.Must be highly organized.

8.Must possess successful problem solving skills.

9.Must be able to exhibit tact and diplomacy and maintain professional relationships with supervisors, fellow team members, customers, etc.

10. Must be able to work under physically and mentally stressful situations.

11. Must be able to deal with climate extremes (temperature, precipitation, etc.)

12. Must be able to prioritize and easily adapt to changes through the day.

13. Must be able to read and understand daily schedules.

14. Responsible for the forklift housekeeping and daily forklift inspection.

15. Must be able to work indoors and outdoors.

Supervisory Responsibility:

This role does not have any supervisory responsibility upon hiring.

Physical Demands:

While performing duties of the job, the team member is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active – while performing this job the team member is regularly standing walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, balancing, reaching, handling, and climbing all day. The team member may have to lift and/or move items over 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.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations considered for individuals with disabilities to enable them to perform the essential functions.While performing the duties of this Job, the team member works around moving mechanical parts, heavy equipment, and conveyer roller lines. The team member will work in outside weather conditions in all seasons. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

In addition, the team member may be exposed to dust, fumes, gases, noise, heat, cold, and wet work while performing job duties.

This position requires Personal Protective Equipment such as work gloves, safety glasses, ear plugs, cut resistant sleeves, and seasonal gear which will be provided.

Additional items required but not included are steel toed shoes or boots with metatarsal guards.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

This is a full-time hourly position, and hours of work and days are based upon the need to support operations and production. Some Saturdays will be mandatory.

Travel:

There is no travel required for this position upon hiring.

Preferred Education and Experience:

1.1-3 months related work experience and/or training.

2.Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos preferred.

Work Authorization/Security Clearance:

Must be able to pass E Verify.

AAP/EEO Statement:

Lippert provides equal employment opportunity to all team members and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, disability, citizen status, veteran status, military service, marital status or any other legally protected category as established by federal, state, or local law.This policy governs all employment decisions, including recruitment, hiring, job assignment, compensation, training, promotion, discipline, transfer, leave-of-absence, access to benefits, layoff, recall, termination and other personnel matters.All employment and personnel-related decisions are based solely upon legitimate, job-related factors, such as skill, ability, past performance, and length of service with Lippert.

Lippert’s strong commitment to equal employment opportunity requires a commitment by each individual team member.Compliance with the letter and spirit of this policy is required of all team members.Violations of this policy should be immediately reported to your leader or to any member of leadership.Team members who violate this policy will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the Team Member for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Automotive

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