Material Handler

Valeo; Winchester (VA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Valeo is seeking a Production Operator in the United States to carry out manufacturing tasks on dedicated lines, monitor equipment, manage materials, and ensure quality and on-time production. The role requires strict adherence to standards and safety while interfacing with a global automotive supplier pursuing sustainable mobility.

You will participate in line changes, maintain 5S practices, support training, and contribute to continuous improvement through problem solving and KAIZEN-style

Responsibilities

• Carry out one or more production operations, in compliance with defined standards, detect and report anomalies.
• Clean and maintain machines as well as their workstation.
• Complete production monitoring documents.
• Supply the workstation with raw materials, packaging items and small equipment, checking their conformity.
• Check and control quality at the entrance and exit of the machine and condition the parts. Isolate defective products and alert them by opening a QRAP.
• Monitor the program and the smooth running of manufacturing while respecting safety, quality and productivity standards.
• Participate/Perform series changes.
• Carry out quality control operations requiring additional technical skills.
• Ensure the proper functioning of your production tool
• Check the operating and safety status of production installations and equipment. Ensure level 1 maintenance.
• Be guarantor of the 5S of the position.
• Inform the team leader, or his supervisor, of the problems he detects and open a QRAP if necessary. Pass the instructions regarding your position to the next team.
• Participate in daily and monthly meetings and training.
• Participate in improvement projects.
• Carry out adjustment/parameterization operations on production equipment.
• Respect and enforce all standards in terms of environmental management, energy and health and safety risk prevention and alert in the event of deviation.
• Comply with current policies and procedures.
• Participate in the continuous improvement process within the team, in particular through the emergence and realization of PAs (proposals for improvement).
• Respect the rules for respecting the product.
• Be versatile within its scope (according to the versatility criteria defined on the site). Support and train (according to the criteria defined on the site).
• Be multi-competent in several areas (according to the versatility criteria defined on the site).
• May be required to partially replace a higher qualification job.
• Be multi-competent in several areas

Job description

Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.

Ensure production while respecting quality and deadlines

Level 1

• Carry out one or more production operations, in compliance with defined standards, detect and report anomalies.
• Clean and maintain machines as well as their workstation.
• Complete production monitoring documents.
• Supply the workstation with raw materials, packaging items and small equipment, checking their conformity.
• Check and control quality at the entrance and exit of the machine and condition the parts. Isolate defective products and alert them by opening a QRAP.
• Monitor the program and the smooth running of manufacturing while respecting safety, quality and productivity standards.

Level 2

• Participate/Perform series changes.
• Carry out quality control operations requiring additional technical skills.
• Ensure the proper functioning of your production tool

Level 1

• Check the operating and safety status of production installations and equipment. Ensure level 1 maintenance.
• Be guarantor of the 5S of the position.
• Inform the team leader, or his supervisor, of the problems he detects and open a QRAP if necessary. Pass the instructions regarding your position to the next team.
• Participate in daily and monthly meetings and training.

Level 2

• Participate in improvement projects.
• Carry out adjustment/parameterization operations on production equipment.

Responsibilities and latitude of action

Level 1

• Respect and enforce all standards in terms of environmental management, energy and health and safety risk prevention and alert in the event of deviation.
• Comply with current policies and procedures.
• Participate in the continuous improvement process within the team, in particular through the emergence and realization of PAs (proposals for improvement).
• Respect the rules for respecting the product.

Level 2

• Be versatile within its scope (according to the versatility criteria defined on the site). Support and train (according to the criteria defined on the site).

Level 3

• May be required to partially replace a higher qualification job.
• Be multi-competent in several areas (according to the versatility criteria defined on the site).

Job:

Production Operator

Organization:

Physical Flows - J

Schedule:

Full time

Employee Status:

Regular

Job Type:

Permanent contract

Job Posting Date:

2026-09-01

_Join Us !
Being part of our team, you will join:

• one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
• a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
• more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries… which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
• a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development

More information on Valeo: https://www.valeo.com_