Receiving Specialist I 1st Shift - Washington, United States - BTD Manufacturing, Inc.
Description
Company Overview:
BTD is a fast growing metalworking company. We provide custom metalwork services for some of the world's top brands. Our 1300+ employees work from four facilities throughout the Midwest and Southeast. We invest in our people, our equipment, and our facilities to offer our clients the best value possible. We are also a wholly-owned subsidiary of Otter Tail Corporation, a publicly traded company on NASDAQ.
Summary:
In a manufacturing environment, performs moderately difficult to difficult material handling activities. Assists other departments and coworkers as needed.
Essential Functions:
This position is responsible for the following tasks, duties and responsibilities:
- Puts away raw material and may move finished goods to trailers from production areas.
- Assists in locating and monitoring new die sets to best utilize storage space.
- Uses scanner when moving product from location to location.
- Works with storage and inventory of containers.
- Drives multiple types of forklifts in a safe manner.
- Loads and unloads trucks as they arrive.
- Uses overhead hoists to safely load and unload trucks.
- Keeps all material neat and orderly in accordance with the Five-Pillars concept.
- Must be capable of using Axapta software programs to enter time/payroll information, job information, etc.
- Provides production with raw material work in progress (including child parts), containers, and dies. Removes scrap, dies and finished goods from Production.
- Maintains a clean and safe work area.
- Follows all safety regulations.
- Other duties as required.
Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
The minimum level of education and experience required to perform the job. The specific minimum competencies required for job performance.
- High School Diploma
- Strong working knowledge of warehouse/shipping/receiving activities.
- Functional competency with Microsoft Office.
- Ability to operate a forklift in a safe and effective manner.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS REQUIRED
At least one year of recent experience which includes the following skills and abilities:
- Strong working knowledge of the equipment, materials, methods and practices used in material handling.
- Working knowledge of related safety equipment to include proper use of safety equipment and proper safety precautions (forks down, no climbing racks, using walkway doors, etc.).
- Ability to organize, coordinate and perform material handling activities in a production environment.
- Must have knowledge of where material is used to coordinate with truck drivers where to dock trailers.
- Ability to understand, follow and issue routine oral and written instructions.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
- Ability to anticipate potential bottlenecks in the production process and react to them in a safe and efficient manner.
- Ability to work well under pressure in a safe and efficient manner.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
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.
climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.
