Warehouse Technician

Chemelex; Union City (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Chemelex is seeking dynamic individuals to join their team in Union City. The role involves inventory management, packing, and shipping, requiring flexibility in performing various tasks and operating equipment. Ideal candidates will have a strong commitment to teamwork, attention to detail, and the ability to communicate effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision plans

401(k) retirement plan with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off including volunteer time

Qualifications

• Clear verbal and written communication required.
• Must have valid California Driver's license.
• Experience driving material handling equipment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Operate forklift and order picking equipment for inventory tasks.
• Manage packaging and shipping processes efficiently.
• Perform data entry and use ERP systems for shipment processing.

Skills

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Communication

Basic arithmetic skills

Education

High school graduate

Tools

SAP

Material handling equipment

Job description

Chemelex is a global leader in electric thermal and sensing solutions, protecting the world's critical processes, places and people. With over 50 years of innovation and a commitment to excellence, we develop solutions that ensure safety, reliability, and efficiency in diverse environments - from industrial plants and data centers to people's homes. We deliver future-ready technologies, advanced engineering capabilities and local expertise backed by global standards. Our offering includes a leading portfolio from our trusted brands: Raychem, Tracer, Nuheat and Pyrotenax.

Chemelex is a global leader in electric thermal and sensing solutions, protecting the world's critical processes, places and people. With over 50 years of innovation and a commitment to excellence, we develop solutions that ensure safety, reliability, and efficiency in diverse environments - from industrial plants and data centers to people's homes. We deliver future-ready technologies, advanced engineering capabilities and local expertise backed by global standards. Our offering includes a leading portfolio from our trusted brands: Raychem, Tracer, Nuheat and Pyrotenax.

We're looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success - and their own.

POSITION SUMMARY

Ability to work and communicate in a team environment, sharing all team activities. Activities include putting inventory away in specific locations, pulling inventory according to picking instructions, boxing, packaging orders and shipping orders, preparing truck manifests, and the transportation of material from manufacturing to distribution. Supporting these activities you will be required to operate a variety of equipment including forklift, bobtail, and order picking equipment to heights of 20 feet, spooling, and boxing equipment. Team members will also be expected to work in a variety of areas and take initiative to flow to the area of need. All team members shall be detail oriented with the ability to continuously refer to alpha-numeric part numbers.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Data Entry -Required - Typically 2.5 hours mixed throughout day.
• Put away - Returning product to shelf (rack). Requires estimated combination of 80% forklift use and 20% hand stacking boxes weighing 10 - 110 pounds. Heavy boxes are not manually lifted, rather repositioned without lifting onto a pallet or shelf. Use of RF equipment.
• Picking - Removing lightweight (<40 lb.) components from storage shelves at higher frequency using an order picker at heights up to 20 feet above grade. E-Reels (boxed) pulled with forklift on pallet and transferred to packing transition point. Pneumatic hoist is available as needed. E-reel boxes are labeled with weight.
• Packing - Includes stacking e-reels (10 - 110 lb.) with pneumatic hoist and using lift tables at transition points. Also includes manually placing small items into boxes and over-packing into larger cartons.
• Shipping - Primarily labeling and processing shipment in ERP system. Light computer is required work to process a shipment using a combination of mouse clicks (59%), scans (5%), and keystrokes (36%). On average 20 - 50 shipments are processed per day, per shipping operator. An average shipment takes 1 minute to process.
• Spooling - Transferring e-reels (10-110 lb.) from pallets to pay-off equipment using pneumatic
• hoist. Manually traversing up to 20 cuts (~3 minutes per cut) a day. This requires standing and light cable guidance onto smaller reel. Transfer finished e-reels into boxes with pneumatic hoist.
• Staging - Finished shipment staged by forklift, hand-stack, and/or use of pneumatic hoist onto pallets.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• High school graduate
• Must have and maintain a valid California Driver's license
• Work in SAP or equivalent work in a complex ERP system desirable
• Clear verbal and written communication required
• Basic arithmetic skills and recording of department metrics
• Must be a self-started and possess fair computer skills (Word, Excel and SAP a plus)
• Experience driving material handling equipment: order picker, joey, standup and sit-down forklift.

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Frequent use of material handling equipment throughout the day.
• Must be able to stand for entire shift of 8 hours, work overtime and weekends to meet business demands

AT CHEMELEX
We protect places of progress through electric excellence.

Pioneering plants, sprawling data centers, busy transport hubs, and your own home. These are the places that bring progress to the world, and the places that we protect with time-tested technologies, advanced engineering, and a suite of services. Because here, excellence is everything.

Our Dimensions of Excellence reflect the core values of Chemelex. Together, they inspire our decisions and guide our actions - defining excellence in our work for colleagues, customers and communities.

• Experts with empathy
• Explorer mindset
• Example for others
• Exceptional impact

At Chemelex:

We protect places of progress through electric excellence.

Pioneering plants, sprawling data centers, busy transport hubs, and your own home. These are the places that bring progress to the world, and the places that we protect with time-tested technologies, advanced engineering, and a suite of services. Because here, excellence is everything.

Our Dimensions of Excellence reflect the core values of Chemelex. Together, they inspire our decisions and guide our actions - defining excellence in our work for colleagues, customers and communities.

• Experts with empathy

• Explorer mindset

• Example for others

• Exceptional impact

Pay Transparency

The pay scale is based on the expected range of base pay for this job and the employee's work location. Employee pay within this range will be based on a combination of factors including knowledge, skills, abilities, experience, education, and performance. Where federal, state, or local minimum wage requirements exist, employee pay will comply.

Compensation Range:

$17.80 - $33.00 Per Hour

Depending on the position offered, employee may be eligible for other forms of compensation, such as annual incentives.

Benefit Overview

At Chemelex, we value our people and their health and well-being. We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for full-time employees that includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.

• A 401(k) retirement plan with a company match.

• Other supplemental benefits such as tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and legal & identity theft protection.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by national, federal, state or local law.

Ability to work and communicate in a team environment, sharing all team activities. Activities include putting inventory away in specific locations, pulling inventory according to picking instructions, boxing, packaging orders and shipping orders, preparing truck manifests, and the transportation of material from manufacturing to distribution. Supporting these activities you will be required to operate a variety of equipment including forklift, bobtail, and order picking equipment to heights of 20 feet, spooling, and boxing equipment. Team members will also be expected to work in a variety of areas and take initiative to flow to the area of need. All team members shall be detail oriented with the ability to continuously refer to alpha-numeric part numbers.