Position: Material Handler (Days)
Number of openings: 1
Location: Cobourg, ON (onsite)
Shift: Days: 7:00AM - 5:30PM
Employment Type: Fulltime Permanent
Compensation: Starting at $25.53 per hour
Please note: Fridays may include overtime based on production needs. We're looking for flexible, reliable team members ready to grow with us.
About Cam Tran: For more than 35 years, Cam Tran has been Canada’s largest full-line, Canadian-owned manufacturer of oil-filled distribution transformers. From coast to coast, our products help utilities deliver safe and reliable power to homes, businesses, and industries. As a company, we combine strong values with innovation, investing in our people and our technology so we can continue shaping the future of electrical distribution together.
About the Role: We're looking for a Material Handler to join our warehouse team in Cobourg. This is a hands-on role that keeps production moving. You'll pull orders, deliver materials to the floor, stage finished product, and load trucks headed to Cam Tran locations across Canada.
Our warehouse crew is calm, focused, and takes real pride in a clean, organized space. We're not about rushing the process. We're about doing it right, consistently, on time, every time. If you're the kind of person who notices when something's out of place and can't help but fix it, you'll fit right in.
What we're looking for:
- 3+ years of warehouse/forklift experience
- Warehouse experience strongly preferred
- Highly detail-oriented and organized, and you take pride in accuracy
- Steady, reliable, and a strong team player
- Comfortable using a computer for inventory and data entry (MRP or RFID experience is a plus)
- Able to lift up to 50 lbs repetitively and stay on your feet through a full shift
Position Tasks:
- Ability and flexibility to operate a forklift, enter data into MRP system and work within our production areas independently.
- Maintains inventory by identifying, labeling, and placing materials and supplies in stock; and recording location of inventory.
- Locates materials and supplies by pulling and verifying materials and supplies listed on production orders.
- Maintains in-process inventory at work centers by delivering and opening materials and supplies.
- Documents materials and supplies disposition by recording units delivered and location of units.
- Prepares finished stock for shipment by identifying, pulling, packing, crating, loading, and securing product.
- Documents product shipment by recording units shipped.
- Maintains material-handling equipment by completing pre-use inspections; making operator repairs.
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
- Will require heavy lifting repetitively
Skills Needed:
- Detail oriented with the ability to maintain accuracy for the task at hand (analyzing information).
- Willingness to ask questions, bring suggestions forward and communicate with others in a positive manner.
- Ability to read and follow the direction of standardized work instructions.
- Strong multitasking skills with the ability to prioritize tasks (deadline-oriented).
- Highly punctual and a reliable, team player.
- Enthusiastic in learning new things, solving problems and moving forward.
- Able to navigate on a computer, for the purposes of inventory control and data entry.
Qualifications:
- Experience working within a Management Resource Planning System
- Experience with RFID scanning tools an asset
- Previous Forklift license and or experience
- Has previously collaborated in a team environment, by exchanging ideas and having conversations
- Has demonstrated the ability to be an efficient problem-solver, by thinking on their feet and troubleshooting small problems as they arrive
- Acknowledges that attention to detail is a highly important daily task
- Has mechanical and technical aptitude, with the ability to apply concepts and provide rational
- Practices safety consciousness and contributes to the prevention of accidents by being aware of hazards and understanding risks.
- Is ambitious and has the willingness to learn and be cross-trained.
- Has a strong work ethic and enjoys tasks that involve physical work and using their hands.
Working Conditions:
- Working in a facility with loud noise, high temperatures, and environmental stressors
- Required to wear personal protective equipment including but not limited to eye protection, safety footwear and high visibility vests
- Adhere to all safety protocols and address hazards
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds unassisted
- Physical activities include sitting, standing, walking, bending, climbing, crouching, reaching, and grasping as needed
- Manual dexterity and specific vision abilities
- Stamina required to stand during long shifts
- Moderate physical activities – handling and moving materials, use of hands and arms, positioning and operating equipment
Working Hours:
- Current hours Monday through Thursday from 7:00AM-5:30PM (10-hour shifts), however all shifts may vary dependent on business needs.
- This position may require extended daily hours or extensive overtime hours without notice.
Compensation Package:
- Competitive Salary
- Group Health, Dental, and Vision Care Benefit Plan
- RRSP Program
- Monthly Profit Sharing Bonus
- L.E.A.R.N Program Opportunities
- Personal Protective Equipment Allowance
- Opportunities to Advance within the Company
- Employee Engagement Events
A little fine print:
Cam Tran welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates participating in all aspects of the selection process.
Thank you in advance for your interest in this position. Please be advised that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
This job is considered safety-sensitive because impairment by drugs or alcohol may constitute a threat to health or safety, and/or a lapse of attention could result in injury, illness, or death.
Central Moloney/CamTran may use HR technology tools within our applicant tracking system to help manage applications.
