Materials Handler
Emerson
Reno, NV, USA
As a Material Handler in our team, you'll be the heartbeat of our production process, ensuring the smooth and efficient flow of work under the guidance of your manager. Your role will be diverse and dynamic, from moving materials to their next operation point, to ensuring our facility remains clean, safe, and environmentally friendly. You'll be the master of material movement, both inside and outside our facility, handling everything from raw materials to finished goods.
Your day-to-day tasks will involve loading and unloading trucks, moving goods around the facility, and ensuring they're securely stored in the right bays. You'll also be responsible for maintaining our equipment, including daily forklift inspections and recharging. Quality control will be a key part of your role, examining products to ensure they meet our high standards.
You'll also have a hand in keeping our paint booth and its components clean, and you'll be an integral part of our lean and 5S initiatives. This role is ever-evolving, adapting to our business needs, and offering you a chance to make a real impact in our operations.
In this Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:
- Per shop routing, move material to subsequent operations
- Empty chip containers into correct hoppers
- Move raw materials as instructed to machines
- Maintain clean, safe, environmentally friendly work environment
- Obtain and maintain copy of production schedule and transports material or equipment to and from designated areas in the facility
- Loading and unloading goods from vehicles such as trucks
- Moving goods packed on pallets or in crates around the facility (interior and exterior)
- Stacking goods in the correct storage bays, following inventory control instructions
- Checking loads are secure
- Stacking empty pallets
- Performing daily equipment checks such as recharging the truck’s battery and lubricating equipment, daily inspection of forklift
- Examining products to verify conformance to quality standards
- Cleaning of paint booth, paint booth components, chains, slings, hooks, cabinets, and any other items as instructed by manager
- Follow all lean and 5S initiatives as instructed by manager
- Any other items as deemed necessary and job description may change as business needs change
Who You Are:
You display a can-do attitude in good and bad times. You carefully consider all relevant factors and use appropriate decision-making criteria and principles. You apply knowledge of internal structures, processes, and culture to resourcing effort.
For This Role, You Will Need:
- The ability to frequently lift up to 35 pounds regularly and adjust body position to bend, stoop, stand, walk, turn, pivot, and stand for long periods of time
- Use of hands
- Able to work from floor level to 15 ft. with no restrictions
- Regularly sitting on a powered industrial truck
- Having a good sense of balance
- Having good eye-hand-foot coordination
- Ability to assess weights and judge distances and heights
- Ability to work in varying temperatures, depending upon season
Preferred Qualifications that Set You Apart:
- 5+ years of material handling experience in a manufacturing environment
- Carpentry Experience and use of tools for building large shipping creates and containers
Our Offer to You:
We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing and know that to do your best you must have flexible, competitive benefits plans to meet you and your family’s physical, mental, financial, and social needs. We provide, a variety of medical insurance plans, with dental and vision coverage, Employee Assistance Program, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our culture prioritizes work-life balance and offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.
At Emerson, we are committed to fostering a culture where every employee is valued and respected for their unique experiences and perspectives. We believe a diverse and inclusive work environment contributes to the rich exchange of ideas and diversity of thoughts, that inspires innovation and brings the best solutions to our customers.
This philosophy is fundamental to living our company’s values and our responsibility to leave the world in a better place. Learn more about our Culture & Values and about Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Emerson. Our training programs and initiatives focus on end-to-end development, from onboarding through senior leadership. We provide a wide range of development opportunities, including face-to-face and virtual training, mentorship and coaching, project management, and on-the-job training.
No sponsorship is offered for this role.
Our Commitment to Our People
At Emerson, we are motivated by a spirit of collaboration that helps our diverse, multicultural teams across the world drive innovation that makes the world healthier, safer, smarter, and more sustainable. And we want you to join us in our bold aspiration.
We have built an engaged community of inquisitive, dedicated people who thrive knowing they are welcomed, trusted, celebrated, and empowered to solve the world’s most complex problems — for our customers, our communities, and the planet. You’ll contribute to this vital work while further developing your skills through our award-winning employee development programs. We are a proud corporate citizen in every city where we operate and are committed to our people, our communities, and the world at large. We take this responsibility seriously and strive to make a positive impact through every endeavor.
At Emerson, you’ll see firsthand that our people are at the center of everything we do. So, let’s go. Let’s think differently. Learn, collaborate, and grow. Seek opportunity. Push boundaries. Be empowered to make things better. Speed up to break through. Let’s go, together.
Work Authorization
Emerson will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1(including those with OPT or CPT) , H-1, H-2, L-1, B, J or TN, or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Emerson is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. We are committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment.
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As a Material Handler in our team, you'll be the heartbeat of our production process, ensuring the smooth and efficient flow of work under the guidance of your manager. Your role will be diverse and dynamic, from moving materials to their next operation point, to ensuring our facility remains clean, safe, and environmentally friendly. You'll be the master of material movement, both inside and outside our facility, handling everything from raw materials to finished goods.