Material Handler

Responsibilities:

• Trucker: Deliver bins of completed work to each packing station. Remove bin lids. Remove bins after they are emptied at each station. Transport bins of plated material. Help stack box and carton bales in proper place.
• Conveyor: Remove completed cartons from end of conveyor line and stack on kids per pre-arranged counts. Remove skids from line with hand truck and move to shipping doorway. Replace on line with empty skid Get carton bundles from mezzanine. Stack bales of boxes and cartons - cut ties.
• Must concentrate on safety constantly, especially if driving the Tow Motor. Must always be watchful for pedestrians. Must remember to lift properly and not to lift beyond capacity.
• Must maintain verbal communication with persons in the Department. Must have the ability to understand written communications issued by the Foreperson and/or Supervisor.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience with operating some kind of industrial truck equipment and/or working as a Material Handler, preferably in a Packing Department.
• To be a Material Handler for the conveyor will take 2-3 days to learn the routine and 1-2 weeks to master it.
• It takes approximately 1-2 weeks to learn the safety and operating fundamentals of the Tow Motor with someone acting as an instructor and backup. Tow Motor driving begins the second day. It takes 2-3 additional months to master it.
• Average intelligence and common sense. Must be safety conscious.

ENVIRONMENT:
100% performed in plant facilities with extensive noise and machinery running

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; stand; walk; use hands and fingers to feel and handle; reach with arms and hands; talk and hear. While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently is required to stoop, kneel, and crouch; lift weight or exert a force up to a maximum of 50 pounds.
ADDITIONAL:
We are a dynamic organization in a rapidly changing industry. Accordingly, the responsibilities associated with this job will change from time to time in accordance with the Company's business needs. More specifically, the incumbent may be required to perform additional and/or different responsibilities from those set forth above.

The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job.

NSI Industries maintains a drug-free workplace and requires all employees to complete and pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check.

NSI Industries is proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V.

NSI Industries is an equal opportunity employer and, as such, affirms in policy and practice its commitment to recruit, hire, train, and promote, in all job classifications, without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, citizenship, eligible veteran status, disability, or any other status protected by law.

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