Material Handler (1st Shift)

Caledonia, MI 49316, USA Req #504
Friday, March 22, 2024

About Aspen 

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We love what we do! At Aspen Surgical we live our values of Customer Focus, Accountability, Collaboration, Innovative Spirit, and Integrity every day. This caring dedication creates and builds exceptional products that drive the industry standard making a real and lasting impact on people’s lives around the world. We strive to be the best, while providing the tools, resources, and support needed to set our team members up for success.  Do you want to be appreciated for your hard work? Be a member of a dynamic, fast-growing organization? View your job as a joy rather than a burden? Then we have a position for you!

Aspen Surgical offers competitive benefits on day one including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, and 401K with company match as well as annual merit increases and discretionary annual bonus potential.

In This Position, You Will Have the Opportunity to:

  • Perform tasks in IFS to pull correct raw materials and deliver to proper line/location on production floor
  • Keep production lines stocked with required amount of product so they do not go down
  • Become Certified in GDP, IFS and Radley use, green badge and signoffs. Properly issues, un-issues using Radley
  • Ensure all materials are properly labeled, maintaining traceability before delivery to production floor
  • Escalate material shortage situations as they occur on line
  • Placement of raw material in proper location within Warehouse
  • Responsible to take trash, recycle material to assigned area during and at the end of the shift
  • Responsible for getting shop orders / travelers from label area to the lines
  • MRB product is labeled prior to placing in cage
  • Consolidate materials properly as assigned
  • Complete all necessary paperwork and filing in a complete and accurate manner, necessary transactions complete and accurate within Radley
  • Participate in Daily Management Meetings actively and positively
  • Assist in hand unloading overseas containers 
  • Train on all applicable work instructions and has ability to proficiently train all applicable work instructions to others. While training others, ensures all training is done in accordance with requirements for the job.
  • Proactively participate in Kaizen events and creates a culture of continuous improvement
  • Proactively solve problems within own work area
  • May be assigned to more complex tasks, as needed, to facilitate cross training and to cover department needs

What You Need to Succeed in This Position

  • High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED).
  • Six months related experience and/or training.
  • Ability to do basic to intermediate mathematical operations as part of daily work
  • Proficient in verbal and written communication with the ability to read and understand work instructions in English
  • Must be able to obtain Hi Lo license (Driver’s License required) and operate all heavy machinery in a safe manner
  • Must have a positive attitude while maintaining flexibility
  • Utilize downtime properly
  • Ability to work required overtime and weekend work 
  • Follow all safety guidelines and procedures. Wears PPE as required. Enters Safety, CI suggestions into system
  • Notify manager of safety concerns, accidents, injuries, near miss or property damage the same day
  • Report quality concerns of product to supervisor
  • Communicate professionally to teammates when updates are needed in regard to material priorities
  • Operate Hi Lo, pallet jacks, and other heavy machinery in a safe manner always. Attends proper safety training sessions as required and wears PPE in designated areas
  • Report Quantity discrepancies or Quality issues are to be immediately reported to supervisor or team leader
  • Maintain 6S work environment – cleanliness and organization

Physical Requirements
NOTE:  The inability to perform any of the following physical requirements does not preclude an applicant from consideration unless, following an individualized analysis, it is determined that the physical requirement is an essential job function and the applicant is unable to perform such function with or without reasonable accommodation

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms    
  • Frequently required to stand, sit, walk, and talk or hear
  • Ability to climb a ladder
  • Frequently lift and/or move up to 40 pounds
  • Occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds
  • Occasionally required to push 300 - 400 pounds on average on a rolling cart up an incline
  • Specific vision abilities required include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

 

We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer- and celebrate our employees' differences, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status. Diversity makes us better.

Other details

  • Job Function OPS/SC
  • Pay Type Hourly
  • Travel Required No
  • Required Education High School
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  • Caledonia, MI 49316, USA