Crater - Swing Shift

About Key Technology

Key Technology has been providing innovative solutions to the food industry since 1948. We are a global leader in the design and manufacture of food processing technology. Our products range from conveying, digital sorting, and process automation technologies. Our ongoing innovations provide increased control, continuous processing, and longer machine life–in processed fruits and vegetables, nuts, dried fruit, fresh-cut produce and more. Corporate headquarters are in beautiful eastern Walla Walla, Washington. Here we continually strive to find and fulfill our customers’ growing needs.

Summary:

As a Crater at Key, you will provide and build standard and custom wood crates and other packaging to safely ship our products around the world. 

Essential Responsibilities:

• Interpret blue prints, drawings, and sketches to layout load plans and create crates.
• Using hand and power tools; designs and creates custom crates to defined specifications, following company and DOT regulations as to height and width; limitations for legal loads.
• Packages, protects and verifies parts and assemblies for safe delivery to destination.
• Ships out all sales part orders and machinery requiring specialized packaging.
• Interface with other departments to determine safety of product being shipped.
• Performs certain clerical tasks, keeps files; utilizes company software programs to perform look up and shipping tasks.
• May be required to perform duties of stockroom clerk.
• Will operate forklift, bridge crane, miter saw, circular saw, air staplers and various hand tools. Will use a video or digital camera to document shipping process.
• Other duties as assigned.
   

Education and/or Experience

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); preferred minimum two years’ experience in shipping via FEDEX, UPS, AIR, OCEAN, LTL, and Contract carriers for both Domestic and International shipping; or equivalent combination of education and experience. 
• Must have a valid Washington or Oregon driver’s license and be able to obtain a forklift certificate.
• Flexible to work overtime on short notice when applicable.
• Must be well organized.
   

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand. The employee frequently is required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Enviroment:  

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, and extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Why Join Key Technology?

Key Technology offers a competitive benefits package for all full-time employees, including the following:

• Medical coverage through your choice of a high deductible health plan or a PPO plan. All plans include prescription drug coverage
• Flexible spending accounts, when allowed by tax laws
• Health Savings Accounts (HSA), when allowed by tax laws. Our HSA includes a 2x match, up to $1,000 annually
• Dental and Vision Coverage
• Paid life insurance and disability insurance, and options to purchase additional coverage
• Paid Maternity Leave
• Optional coverages include Long-term Care, Accident Insurance, and Critical Illness Insurance
• 401k plan with a 100% match on the first 3% of employee contributions, and 50% on the next 2% of contributions (4% match if you contribute 5% of pay)
• Educational Assistance reimbursement
• Accrued paid time off (PTO) 
• 10 paid holidays annually