Material Handler

American Steel and Aluminum (ASA), a leading metals supplier and fabricator dating back to 1806, has always prided itself in delivering world-class products to our extensive customer base through a focus on innovation, quality, and integrity.

Our mission has and always will be, to ensure ASA continues to be an industry leader with unmatched quality, customer service second to none, and a workforce that is inclusive and dynamic.

With customers that span across a multitude of industries – defense, robotics, automotive, industrial, and more – our organization requires a team just as diverse to continue meeting the needs of our customer base.

For ASA, it’s just not about attracting top talent; rather our emphasis on championing continual employee development, providing challenging and rewarding assignments, and leveraging a team culture around collaboration is how we separate ourselves from our competition.

While we have a rich history that is almost 220 years old, we welcome you to join our growing organization and help usher in the next generation of Team ASA.

Why Join Our Team?

• Transparent & Rewarding Culture
• Competitive Pay
• Advancement Opportunities
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) & Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) Plans
• Traditional & Roth 401(k) With A Company Match
• No-cost Life & Disability Insurance
• Paid Time Off – Vacation, Personal, Sick, Maternity/Paternity/Family, and Holidays
• Team Building Events
• Employee Perks/Discounts

The Material Handler’s primary duties include but are not limited to staging material for processing and secondary operations, grinding and cleaning parts, packaging parts for shipment, and keeping the inventory areas clean and orderly. Ensures the quality of the products produced consistently meets the highest level of quality and the customer’s requirements. Responsible for the cleaning and maintenance of the facility. must be friendly, courteous, professional, an effective communicator, and a team player.

• Foster a culture of safety awareness and safety prioritization.
• Ensure that quality standards are met, and champion quality ownership of the work center.
• Enforce all company rules and policies; communicate issues or concerns with leadership.
• Follow all company rules, policies, and procedures; communicate issues or concerns with division management and/or Corporate.
• Move and stage material for processing and secondary operations.
• Perform grinding, chipping, and other secondary operations to finish parts.
• Inspect material before processing for damage and/or quality defects.
• Perform visual and measured quality inspections during production to ensure products meet the required specifications.
• Utilize and read the appropriate measuring instruments.
• Pack parts as specified on the Work Order or as communicated by the Production Supervisor or Operations Manager.
• Review paperwork for accuracy and confirm that any special requests called out on the Work Order are understood.
• Regularly clean and conduct specified routine maintenance on designated machines to ensure they are in optimum working condition.
• Keep the immediate work area and other areas of the shop clean and orderly.

Education

• A minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent (such as a GED).
• Technical/Vocational Training is highly preferred.

Experience and Certifications

• Experience with metal cutting and part production.
• Experience in an industrial / manufacturing environment preferred.
• Forklift/Overhead Crane Certified preferred.

Critical Competencies

• The candidate must be friendly, courteous, professional, an effective communicator, and a team player.
• Effective communication skills.
• ambitious Self-starter, technically sound, and results-driven.
• Ability to receive, track, and distribute materials, supplies, and equipment.
• Knowledge of light equipment operation and/or maintenance (mechanical aptitude).
• Ability to apply mathematical skills and techniques to solve production problems.
• Ability to detect problems and report information to appropriate personnel.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to lift at least 50 pounds.
• Ability to perform physical activities that require considerable use of arms and legs and moving the whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
• Ability to maintain coordinated manual dexterity with mental and visual attentiveness for sustained periods of time.