Material Handler (Manufacturing)
- Woodstock, ON, Canada
$21 CAD / hour · Full-time
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Job details
- Pay
- $21 CAD / hour
- Job type
- Full-time
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
As a Material Handler at Steel Technologies, your main responsibility is to support our overall plant operations. In this role, you will have exposure to our finished goods and learn more about our customers and end product. Through general labor tasks and moving material and packing, this position will have potential for unlimited growth opportunities.
How you’ll contribute to our company:
- Follow production information to prepare material according to customer specifications
- Package material by operating turnstile, downlayer, banding line, overhead crane, and forklift
- Accurately pull proper material from storage for transfer to storage area or to equipment as needed
- Transfer material from machines to scales or to storage area as required
- Maintain safe storage and handling of all material
- Ensure proper handling procedures to prevent material damage
- Maintain safe arrangement and organization of storage area including cleaning and housekeeping of the material storage area
- Train new employees as needed
Here’s what we can offer:
- Starting Wage $21.00 per hour with Shift premium $0.75 for Afternoons and $1.25 for Nights
- Overtime after 40-hours
- Merit Pays for Overhead Crane experience and/or Machine Operator experience
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance after 90 days of employment
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- Employer-Paid Life Insurance
- Group Pension after 12 months of employment with competitive match
- Boot Allowance after 90 days of employment
- Incentive Bonus
- Opportunity for Career Advancement
Here’s what is needed to be successful:
- Forklift or overhead crane experience preferred
- Ability to use tape measure, micrometers, and calipers
- Ability to comply with safety rules and requirements
- Ability to regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds
Steel Technologies welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
More about this job
Responsibilities
The Material Handler at Steel Technologies will prepare and package material according to production information, pull and move stock between storage, machines and scales, and keep the storage area safe, clean and organized. The job also involves training new employees on handling procedures.
Requirements
Steel Technologies needs candidates who can follow safety rules, use measuring tools such as tape measures, micrometers and calipers, and lift up to 75 pounds occasionally. Forklift or overhead crane experience is preferred.
Skills
- Forklift operation
- Overhead crane operation
- Packaging
- Banding line operation
- Turnstile operation
- Downlayer operation
- Material handling
- Material storage and retrieval
- Measuring with tape measure, micrometers and calipers
- Following production information
- Workplace safety compliance
- Housekeeping
- Training new employees
- Lifting and moving material
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Employer-paid life insurance
- Group pension with match
- Boot allowance
- Incentive bonus
- Overtime pay after 40 hours
- Merit pay for crane and machine operator experience
- Shift premiums
- Career advancement
Categories
- Manufacturing
- Logistics
- Trades
Keywords
- material handler
- forklift
- overhead crane
- packaging
- banding
- turnstile
- downlayer
- warehouse
- inventory
- manufacturing
- steel
- shipping
- material handling
- general labour
- safety
- machine operator
- order picking
- housekeeping
Seniority
Entry level
Perks
- Retirement plan
- Performance bonus
- Remote work allowance
Tools
- forklift
- overhead crane
- turnstile
- downlayer
- banding line
- tape measure
- micrometers
- calipers