Material Handler

Company Description

BlueScope Coated Products is one of the largest coil coating companies in the United States, with facilities across the country. With more than four decades of expertise providing painted metal coils and toll processing services for industries in the construction and consumer product markets, we pride ourselves on delivering premium quality, reliable service, and ongoing innovation to our customers. 

The Material Handler is responsible for safely handling and staging material for production at the paint line. The Material Handler is also responsible for preparing necessary materials for packaging of finished coils. In addition to those primary functions, the Material Handler ensures that finished coils are properly identified with a coil identification ticket and are stored properly in a designated location.

Key Focus Areas

• Responsible for preparing materials to be used for packaging and shipping of finished coils.
• Responsible for packaging finished coils in a safe manner and moving those coils to a designated location for finished goods.
• Responsible for verifying that finished goods (coils) are properly identified with an identification ticket prior to moving them to a storage area.
• Responsible for verifying that finished goods (coils) are not damaged or visibly non-conforming prior to moving them to a designated storage area.
• Responsible for quarantining non-conforming material (using the HFI process) and notifying Quality Control when non-conforming conditions exist.
• Responsible for understanding and complying with the fundamental principles associated with the Quality and Environmental Management System in place.
• Communicates daily with internal personnel from Maintenance, Operations and Quality Control in order to help resolve any problems and help achieve company goals.
• Responsible for receiving incoming material, verifying documentation, and staging material appropriately for production or storage.

Required Qualifications & Experience: To be considered for this position, you must possess the following qualifications:

• High School Diploma, or experience 

Desired Qualifications: To be considered an ideal candidate, you should possess some or all of the following qualifications:

• 6+ months forklift experience desired
• 12 months overhead crane experience preferred

Skills and Abilities

Language Skills:

The ability to read and comprehend documents including safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, and simple correspondence. Also, the ability to communicate information in small group situations to other employees.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as fractions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.

Reasoning Ability:

The ability to apply common sense understanding to perform work instructions that are furnished in written, oral or diagram form. The ability to solve problems which involve multiple variables in a standard situation.

Other Skills & Abilities:

Incumbent is required to drive a forklift, operate an overhead crane and use various power tools. The incumbent must be trained and capable of assuming the position of payoff operator when necessary. The incumbent should also be capable of recognizing metal defects. The incumbent must also possess basic computer skills necessary to complete tasks, including accessing and entering required documentation within Warehouse Management Systems, Shipping and Receiving software, and ERP platforms.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to stand; sit; bend; stoop; use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance. The employee will be required to be capable of lifting a minimum weight of 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities include close-up and distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee performs near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals and extreme cold or heat. The noise level in the work environment is considered moderate.

Additional Information
The preceding job responsibilities and tasks were designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by associates in this job.  It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all job duties and responsibilities required of associates assigned to this job.  Associates may be required to perform other duties as assigned.  Additional job competencies, individual goals, and performance measurements are set at the department level.

The benefits are just as rewarding as the work at BlueScope.  To support our goal, we offer a total compensation plan and an outstanding benefits package that includes health insurance, life insurance, short and long term disability, paid time off, and retirement. 

EEO: Employer/M/F/Disabled/Protected Veteran

BlueScope is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status, as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.