Material Handler Day shift

Overview

Load/unload steel, operate material handling equipment, and prepare shipments.

Key Responsibilities

• steel identification
• material location
• equipment operation
• load/unload
• material handling
• safety ppe

Tasks

-Locate material as trained and instructed. -Stoop or crouch OCCASIONALLY while performing the regular job duties. The position will be held continuously for a few seconds to 15 minutes, depending upon the job. -Identify steel shapes, sizes, and mill tolerances. -Wear all required Personal Protective Equipment. PPE includes steel-toe safety shoes, hearing protection, safety glasses, gloves, and hard hats. -Pull hand over hand OCCASIONALLY to FREQUENTLY to pull chain through material. Force varies up to 70 pounds. -Carry weights noted above distances ranging from a few feet to 60 feet. -Attend all meetings as required by management. -Locate beams, tubes, angle, channel, bar grating, pipe, plate, or rounds according to the layout shown on yard map, cut lists and shop drawings. -Load/unload trailers, railcars, and saw horses. -Reach forward FREQUENTLY to perform job duties or to retrieve tools. The employee will OCCASIONALLY be required to reach to full forward extension. -Operate overhead cranes, forklifts, jib cranes, gantry cranes, conveyors, and transfers in order to move materials. -Crawl OCCASIONALLY up to 5 feet to access tools, materials, etc. -Stand FREQUENTLY over the course of the 8 to 12 hour work shift. -Lift weights up to 30 pounds FREQUENTLY from floor to head, which includes the various tools and blocks utilized in the process of performing the usual work duties during the 8 to 12 hour work shift. -Kneel in the commission of job duties OCCASIONALLY, depending upon the job. -Sit only during the break and lunch periods. -Climb OCCASIONALLY to FREQUENTLY up and down steps, ladders, onto material, or onto conveyors. -Reach overhead OCCASIONALLY to FREQUENTLY to guide material attached to the cranes, to attach the chains from the crane to the material, to locate blocks, or to saw blocks. -Push and pull material attached to an overhead crane or jib crane OCCASIONALLY to FREQUENTLY to properly guide into place. Force varies up to 35 pounds.

Requirements

• physical stamina
• safety hearing
• steel experience
• shop drawings
• 70 lb lift
• reliability

What You Bring

-Walk CONTINOUSLY over the course of the 8 to 12 hour work shift. -Hear sufficiently to be aware of safety issues -Six months of experience in a steel manufacturing environment is preferred. -Exposure to solvents, greases, oils, and coolants OCCASIONALLY. -Consistently and reliably work scheduled hours at assigned locations. -Exposure to fumes, odors and dusts in the shop area OCCASIONALLY. -Exposure to heat, cold, wet and humid conditions in the shop area OCCASIONALLY. -Visual ability to read and interpret shop drawings. Safety glasses are required in the shop area. -Lift weights up to 70 pounds OCCASIONALLY from knee to waist, which includes the various tools utilized in the process of performing the usual work duties during the 8 to 12 hour work shift.

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About Drake-Williams Steel, Inc.

-Survived the Great Depression by launching Omaha Buckets in the 1920s, then pivoted to structural steel in 1958. -Evolved through four generations of family leadership into a world-class fabrication facility with plants in NE, IA, CO. -Major projects range from institutional and healthcare buildings like TD Ameritrade HQ to rail components and bridges. -The 2011 acquisition of Mountain Steel Division broadened capabilities and geographic presence into Colorado. -Went employee-owned via ESOP in 2014, fueling modernization, robotic fabrication, and lean-manufacturing initiatives. -Services cover structural, rebar, miscellaneous & railroad steel, coatings, detailing, distribution, and contract fabrication.

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