Material Handler (Manufacturing), 1st Shift | $20/hr in Sycamore, Illinois at IDEAL Industries, Inc.

Overview

IDEAL Electrical is looking for reliable, team players with a great work ethic, ready to make a quality product in a great workplace! Use your resume to tell us about your transferrable skills, interests, and experience. Apply today!

This is a FIRST SHIFT position, working Monday - Friday, 7:00 am - 3:30 pm in Sycamore, Illinois.

Since J. Walter Becker founded IDEAL in 1916, one promise has guided how we work: “An IDEAL product will provide a value greater than the price paid for it. Service is a part of the product.” That commitment continues to drive our focus on quality, trusted partnerships with our distributors, state-of-the-art delivery system, outstanding customer and technical support -- and it shapes the pride we take in doing business the IDEAL way.

At IDEAL Electrical, we create dependable products that make work easier and deliver lasting value. More than a century later, every IDEAL product—and every member of our team—carries forward our founder’s promise of quality, service, and trust.

Responsibilities:

• Follow all safety procedures.
• Comply with and contribute to the continuous improvement of company policies, processes, and procedures.
• Perform a variety of material handling tasks with direction of the supervisor and/or lead person including, receiving, loading, and unloading trucks, staging and delivering materials to production work areas, and moving finished goods.
• Pick, prepare, package, and stage materials and finished goods for movement or shipment, using appropriate packaging methods such as shrink wrapping, banding, labeling, and proper stacking techniques to prevent product damage.
• Maintain accurate material and inventory transactions by recording material movements, verifying quantities and part numbers, and completing required system transactions and documentation.
• Support an organized and efficient production environment by maintaining designated material storage and staging areas, identifying material storage discrepancies, and communicating issues to the supervisor or lead person.
• Perform routine computer data entry and queries.
• Follow all quality procedures and instructions.
• Use various tools and equipment constantly, including, but not limited to, powered industrial trucks, hand trucks, tape machines, bar-code equipment.
• Communicate with team members and initiate problem-resolution to meet production goals.
• Monitor work visually and follow job instruction sheets.
• Meet daily production goals while adhering to quality standards.
• Maintain housekeeping in the work area, restocking inventory, and following 6S principles.
• Contributes to a collaborative, team-oriented workplace, which may include other duties as assigned.
• Regular, predictable attendance is essential to teamwork, timely information exchange, and meeting productivity requirements.

Skills/Competencies Required:

• Proven ability to safely operate various powered industrial trucks.
• This position will require an OSHA approved powered industrial truck license.
• Must be able to follow multi-step directions, both verbal and written, for complex tasks.
• Read and follow job instructions, complete written forms, and effectively communicate with others.
• Able to work effectively in a team environment.
• Visual acuity and depth perception is required.
• For selected tasks, color and depth perception may be required.
• Ability to perform routine computer data entry and queries is required.

Education/Experience:

• High school diploma or GED.
• 6 months of relevant experience is preferred.
• OSHA approved powered industrial truck license is preferred; training provided.

A satisfactory equivalent combination of experience and training which ensures the ability to perform the work may be considered.

Physical Requirements:

• Continuously remain upright (typically standing) during a shift (8-10 hours) with frequent reaching, pulling, and bending.
• Frequently move about work area.
• Constantly operate production machinery and/or material handling equipment.
• Positions self to move items at various heights, such as floor, countertop, shelves.
• Effectively communicate and exchange accurate information so that others will understand.
• Observe details at close range, such as documents, computer screens, tools, products, and machines.
• Move boxes through the facility weighing up to 50 pounds occasionally and boxes weighing up to 30 pounds frequently.

Work Environment:

• Hot/cold temperatures based on seasonal variations.
• May be humidity, noise, odors, dust.
• Safety precautions are a must to minimize potential exposure to hazardous materials/loud noise/heat/cold/other when applicable.
• Overtime or on-call shifts may be required.
• The home department in this job posting is subject to change.

Compensation Disclosure:

The rate of pay for this position is $20.00/hour. This represents a good faith disclosure of compensation, which is the fixed starting rate for this position.

IDEAL employees enjoy a wide range of valuable benefits including:

IDEAL values rest, personal time and community involvement facilitating these through several paid time off programs including:

IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. is proud to be one of Newsweek’s Global Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces and an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. We know when you honor relationships, success for all will follow. To learn more about us, visit www.idealindustries.com

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