Material Handler - Lippert

Who We Are:

Lippert is a leading, global manufacturer and supplier of highly engineered products and customized solutions, dedicated to shaping, growing and bettering the RV, marine, automotive, commercial vehicle and building products industries.  We combine our strategic manufacturing capabilities with the power of our winning team culture to deliver unrivaled customer service, award-winning innovation, and premium products to all of our customers.

Why We are Different:

At Lippert, Everyone Matters. This is not just a tagline or empty promise; it is who we are.  We have intentionally created a culture that values and celebrates our team members’ unique and varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.  We strive to give our team members a deeper sense of purpose at work, and we continue to build a better work environment by aligning our cultural and business strategies with the needs of our team members.

What You will Get:

1. A unique, inclusive and supportive company culture.
2. Comprehensive benefit offerings including medical, dental, vision, 401k with employer match, vacation, and more!
3. Fair and competitive compensation.
4. Career development and mentoring and opportunities to grow.
5. Holiday, personal and vacation days.

Summary/Objective

 The material handler position ensures orderly production and distribution of products by pulling orders from inventory, delivering production materials and supplies where needed, and staging finished product final distribution. Contributes to the orderly operation of stock and/or materials storage area along with the use of power tools constructing dunnage for shipping. The material handler is primarily responsible for assisting in the flow of production. The position follows standard work methods and practices safe work habits to ensure production is as efficient and safe as possible.

Essential Functions

1. Observance of all safety rules and policies maintained by the company.
2. Must be able to operate appropriate equipment like scan guns, staple guns.
3. Must be able to maintain daily production goals and deadlines physically and mentally as established by management.
4. Maintenance of raw material inventory (parts, supplies, etc.)
5. Movement of completed parts into and through production/shipping if needed
6. Preparation, and maintenance, and of all fork trucks and tools, if needed.
7. Assistance in loading and preparing product for build, if needed.
8. Rotation of position within team structure as necessary;
9. Assistance in repair work as necessary;
10. Maintenance of good housekeeping practices at all times.

Competencies

1. Maintain a positive work atmosphere by embracing and displaying LCI’s Core Values and working with your team and other departments to identify and celebrate wins.
2. Comply with safety regulations and maintain clean and orderly work areas.
3. Ability to manage time.
4. Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. 
5. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and convert in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
6. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
7. To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of inventory and manufacturing software; Microsoft software, D365, and understand the Mobile Device and scanner and power tools

Supervisory Responsibility

This role does not have any supervisory responsibility upon hiring.

Physical Demands
While performing duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active – while performing this job the employee is regularly standing walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, balancing, reaching, handling, and climbing all day. The employee may have to lift and/or move items over 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations considered for individuals with disabilities to enable them to perform the essential functions.  While performing the duties of this Job, the employee works around moving mechanical parts, heavy equipment, and conveyer roller lines. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

In addition, the employee may be exposed to dust, fumes, gases, noise, heat, cold, and wet work while performing job duties.

This position requires Personal Protective Equipment such as work gloves, safety glasses, ear plugs, cut resistant sleeves, and seasonal gear which will be provided.

Additional items required but not included are steel toed shoes or boots with metatarsal guards.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time hourly position, and hours of work and days are based upon the need to support operations and production. Some Saturdays will be mandatory.

Travel

There is no travel required for this position.

Required Education and Experience

1. High school degree or GED.
2. Ability to write simple correspondence.
3. Able to identify that product meets quality and productivity standards
4. Ability to use hand tools, scan guns, and power tools
5. Ability to focus on details to guarantee production of high quality products
6. Ability to read and follow documented procedures and standards
7. Ability to perform multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment to assure delivery requirements
8. Willing and available to work overtime to reach goals
9. Clear communication (oral and written) skills
10. Must be able to maintain daily production goals and deadlines physically and mentally as established by management.

Preferred Education and Experience

1. 1-3 months related work experience and/or training.
2. Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos preferred.
3. Basic computer skills preferred.
4. Bilingual (English/Spanish) plus

Work Authorization/Security Clearance 

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the Team Member for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Lippert provides equal employment opportunity to all team members and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, disability, citizen status, protected veteran status, military service, marital status or any other legally protected category as established by federal, state, or local law.  This policy governs all employment decisions, including recruitment, hiring, job assignment, compensation, training, promotion, discipline, transfer, leave-of-absence, access to benefits, layoff, recall, termination and other personnel matters.  All employment and personnel-related decisions are based solely upon legitimate, job-related factors, such as skill, ability, past performance, and length of service with Lippert.

Lippert’s strong commitment to equal employment opportunity requires a commitment by each individual team member.  Compliance with the letter and spirit of this policy is required of all team members.  Violations of this policy should be immediately reported to your leader or to any member of leadership.  Team members who violate this policy will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.

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