Material Handler (Manufacturing), 1st Shift | $20/hr

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.