Material Handler

About Vaupell:

The success of Vaupell is based on the commitment of incredibly talented people who bring ingenuity to the workplace every day. We recognize that the work we do protects and enhances lives and can be challenging at times. We truly must care about what we do and recognize our social responsibility as global ‘corporate citizens.’

Vaupell Midwest (Constantine, MI) is plastic injection molding location focusing on manufacturing in medical, aerospace, defense, and other sectors. We currently have an opening for a Material Handler - 1st Shift.

Position Duties:

• Loads and unloads materials onto or from pallets, trays, racks, and shelves by hand with or without an accommodation.
• Conveys materials from storage or work sites to designated area.
• Removal of regrind material from presses and clean room.
• Counts, weighs, and records number of units of materials moved or handled on daily production sheet.
• Prepares materials for present and next shift.
• Makes sure all necessary materials are available for required staging procedures.
• Unclogging and cleaning of grinders, augers, dryers, and autoloaders as needed.

Qualification & Skills

• Able to lifts objects up to 70 pounds by hand with or without an accommodation.
• Ability to read, analyze, and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Math aptitude to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Capacity to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret graphs.
• Basic computer skills and knowledge to navigate through and input data into computer software programs.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and arms to finger, handle, or feel and reach parts with or without an accommodation. The employee frequently is required to stand and sit. The employee is occasionally required to walk; stoop, kneel, or crouch; and talk or hear with or without an accommodation.