Material Handler Night Shift

Primary Purpose of this Position:

Work with a trainer to learn how to fill customer orders and put together shipments of fabricated steel, warehouse steel, and other materials for shipments to customer and suppliers. Help receive and unload incoming material from suppliers. Locate material into inventory storage, staging areas, and work areas.

Essential Job Functions:

1. Identify steel shapes, sizes, and mill tolerances.
2. Locate material as trained and instructed.
3. Locate beams, tubes, angle, channel, bar grating, pipe, plate, or rounds according to the layout shown on yard map, cut lists and shop drawings.
4. Load/unload trailers, railcars, and saw horses.
5. Operate overhead cranes, forklifts, jib cranes, gantry cranes, conveyors, and transfers in order to move materials.
6. Any other duties assigned by management.
7. Attend all meetings as required by management.
8. Consistently and reliably work scheduled hours at assigned locations.

Physical Demands:

1. Stand FREQUENTLY over the course of the 8 to 12 hour work shift.
2. Walk CONTINOUSLY over the course of the 8 to 12 hour work shift.
3. Sit only during the break and lunch periods.
4. Lift weights up to 30 pounds FREQUENTLY from floor to head, which includes the various tools and blocks utilized in the process of performing the usual work duties during the 8 to 12 hour work shift.
5. Lift weights up to 70 pounds OCCASIONALLY from knee to waist, which includes the various tools utilized in the process of performing the usual work duties during the 8 to 12 hour work shift.
6. Carry weights noted above distances ranging from a few feet to 60 feet.
7. Climb OCCASIONALLY to FREQUENTLY up and down steps, ladders, onto material, or onto conveyors.
8. Stoop or crouch OCCASIONALLY while performing the regular job duties. The position will be held continuously for a few seconds to 15 minutes, depending upon the job.
9. Kneel in the commission of job duties OCCASIONALLY, depending upon the job.
10. Crawl OCCASIONALLY up to 5 feet to access tools, materials, etc.
11. Reach forward FREQUENTLY to perform job duties or to retrieve tools. The employee will OCCASIONALLY be required to reach to full forward extension.
12. Reach overhead OCCASIONALLY to FREQUENTLY to guide material attached to the cranes, to attach the chains from the crane to the material, to locate blocks, or to saw blocks.
13. Push and pull material attached to an overhead crane or jib crane OCCASIONALLY to FREQUENTLY to properly guide into place. Force varies up to 35 pounds.
14. Pull hand over hand OCCASIONALLY to FREQUENTLY to pull chain through material. Force varies up to 70 pounds.

Non-Material Handling Demands

1. Employee is expected to work 40 hours a week. However, hours including overtime and weekends may be required based on Drake-Williams Steels needs.
2. Hear sufficiently to be aware of safety issues
3. Visual ability to read and interpret shop drawings. Safety glasses are required in the shop area.
4. Exposure to heat, cold, wet and humid conditions in the shop area OCCASIONALLY.
5. Exposure to fumes, odors and dusts in the shop area OCCASIONALLY.
6. Exposure to solvents, greases, oils, and coolants OCCASIONALLY.
7. Wear all required Personal Protective Equipment. PPE includes steel-toe safety shoes, hearing protection, safety glasses, gloves, and hard hats.

Tools Required:

Pencil, Tape Measure, Markers, Chainsaw, Grab Hooks, Pry-Bar, Ladders, Remote Control, and Chains.

Machines Utilized:

Overhead Crane, Jib Crane, Gantry Crane, Pallets, Transfers, and Forklifts.

Experience and Education Required:

1. Six months of experience in a steel manufacturing environment is preferred.

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