Mech II Material Handler 1st Shift

The Assembly Water Spider is a shop hourly position with the primary responsibilities to participate on the receiving team and ensure that all product, both kits and manufactured parts, are delivered to their correct location on time. Review all job paperwork for accuracy. The Water Spider works as member of the larger Assembly team and may flex to any of the departments or work stations as volume dictates. The employee demonstrates BAC’s values of Earning Trust, Embracing Responsibility, Showing Courage, and Driving Innovation, and is committed to achieving technical expertise in their department. The purpose for every position at BAC regardless of department or level can be summed up as doing the right thing in the right way.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Help assist and train junior mechanics.
• Meet or exceed production goals for shift.
• Committed to achieving departmental safety goals.
• Maintains and sustain 5’s in the department.
• Actively contributes to and supports departmental performance goals.
• Participate in efforts to continuously improve the Material Movement Team, resulting in cost outs and process improvements.
• Review all job paperwork for opportunities to use up excess material, inconsistency in the BOMs, special requirements, any potential issues.
• Coordinate and execute all movement of sheet metal material from the end of final weld to the assembly lines.
• Handle the movement of all kitted material to the production departments.
• Ensure all product is delivered to the correct location on time.
• Maintain a neat and orderly staging area for all material.
• Anticipate the needs of the lines and deliver material accordingly.
• Perform other duties as requested, directed, and assigned.

NATURE & SCOPE

The Assembly Water Spider reports to the Station Leader or Team Leader of the Assembly Department, or a more senior Mechanic as assigned by the Supervisor.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Prior Supply Chain, material coordinator, or material handler experience preferred.
• Demonstrated competent writing skills including the ability to document a process in a logical and coherent manner. Ability to communicate to supervisors and co-workers with written memos or email that is professional, concise, and clearly understood.
• Demonstrated oral communication skills including the ability to communicate professionally with BAC customer and co-workers. The ability to share information verbally that is clearly understood and technically accurate.
• Competent in math including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractional computations, and fraction to decimal conversions.
• Good overall knowledge of the variety of BAC products
• Must be flexible and able to adapt quickly to change.
• Understanding of elementary and intermediate LEAN principles including 5S, Kanban, one piece flow, and basic continuous improvement techniques
• Works independently; exhibits sound judgment.
• Displays excellent prioritization skills.
• Skilled forklift driver and cart tugger operator
• Able to correctly interpret the Production Schedule
• Knowledgeable of Fab Sheets & Groups
• Knowledgeable of inventory locations
• Knowledgeable of all job paperwork
• Knowledgeable of material delivery points.
• Knowledgeable of when and how a line indexes.
• Familiar with all appropriate procedures, policies, and instructions of ISO for area of assignment to ensure quality.
• Demonstrated competence in BAC quality procedures and processes to follow when a quality issue is identified.
• Computer skills include competence in locating relevant instructions and forms on the LAN or other databases.

WORKING CONDITIONS

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 of the job. While performing this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk up to 80% of the time. Employee will also be required to bend, stoop, kneel, squat, sit and reach on a regular basis during a normal working shift This position requires frequent lifting up to 50 pounds. Exposures include elevated noise levels associated with a manufacturing environment, fluctuations in temperature ambient conditions as well as intermittent exposure to the weather in and about the yard and dock areas. Working hours can include any of three shifts and generally are scheduled for forty hours a week. Some weekend overtime is to be expected.