What are the responsibilities and job description for the Material Handler position at Sonoco?
Position: Material Handler
Location: Canton, OH (2121 Warner Rd)
Wage: $23.94
Shift: 11:00AM - 7:30PM M - F
From a small family business to a multi-billion dollar global company, Sonoco has been changing the face of products and packaging since 1899 — all while keeping the heart of “People Build Businesses” alive. Our talented people are at the core of our growth, constantly reinventing the Sonoco wheel with brilliant solutions every year. Today we are a world leader in global packaging solutions with diversified operations in over 34 countries. We're extremely proud of our portfolio of brands, our achievements in sustainability and industrialization and the groundbreaking work accomplished by our people.
What You’ll Be Doing
Benefits
Location: Canton, OH (2121 Warner Rd)
Wage: $23.94
Shift: 11:00AM - 7:30PM M - F
From a small family business to a multi-billion dollar global company, Sonoco has been changing the face of products and packaging since 1899 — all while keeping the heart of “People Build Businesses” alive. Our talented people are at the core of our growth, constantly reinventing the Sonoco wheel with brilliant solutions every year. Today we are a world leader in global packaging solutions with diversified operations in over 34 countries. We're extremely proud of our portfolio of brands, our achievements in sustainability and industrialization and the groundbreaking work accomplished by our people.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Operate forklifts during routine performance of duties
- Unload, receive, inspect, and stage raw materials, scrap dunnage, packaging materials, chemicals, and other supplies
- Remove finished products from the production areas, ensuring proper identification, banding, and labeling to meet customer specifications
- Responsible for replenishing supplies in assigned areas
- Review warehouse production control schedule to determine duties for shipping and receiving.
- Ensure finished goods are properly documented for shipment.
- Stage and load finished goods and materials in accordance with warehouse production control schedule.
- Coordinate all processed scrap material. Bands, weights, and stores materials. Loads trucks as necessary.
- Conduct inspection of and identifies routine preventative maintenance on assigned equipment.
- Comply with established job safety practices, policies and procedures, as specified in plant and corporate directives for the safe performance of the work assignment.
- Conduct pre-shift safety inspection.
- Stage unfinished goods (plate) in accordance with set procedure.
- Conduct inspection of materials used for packaging and inspects trailers and air bags.
- Prepare documentation for incoming and outgoing materials and finished goods.
- Maintain accurate files, records, and logs of incoming and outgoing materials.
- May develop and maintain efficient procedures for receiving incoming materials, stock storage location plan, stock storage allocation, first-in first-out (FIFO) material usage and product usage. Keeps current accounting of materials and finished goods.
- May coordinate with production planning manager to determine schedule information for warehouse operations.
- Access, input, and retrieve information from the computer.
- May coordinate with incoming and outgoing freight handlers to ensure efficient movement of materials and finished products through the plant.
- Communicate to responsible parties any machine malfunctions on assigned equipment.
- Communicate pertinent information to next shift.
- Perform clean-up, painting and housekeeping duties.
- Initiate, review and follow all standard operating procedures (SOPs) for your area of responsibility.
- Broad training in a related field usually acquired through high school education, General Education Development (GED), or through equivalent work experience1
- Experience driving forklifts in a fast-paced production setting
- Possesses and must maintain a valid state driver's license.
- Requires on-the-job and classroom training to obtain forklift certification.
- Demonstrated ability to work safely in a production environment complying with all safety and PPE rules and guidelines.
- Must wear appropriate safety glasses, hearing protection, clothing, and footwear in appropriate areas and follow safety practices.
- Working knowledge of the following areas:
- Forklift maintenance and operations
- Rules and regulations for handling batteries and LP gas tanks
- All assigned equipment
- The use of banders, stretch wrappers, and other packaging processes as required
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents, including FSA and HSA options
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- Wellbeing tools and resources to support holistic health, including an Employee Assistance Program with a variety of services
- Paid time off and holidays to recreate, rejuvenate and care for the health of yourself and family
- Variety of company paid and voluntary employee-paid insurance plans including life, personal accident, and disability insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
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