Production Team Member

TAMKO is seeking a Production Team Member at our plant in Phillipsburg, Kansas. The Production Team Member performs a range of tasks to include, but not limited to, driving powered industrial trucks equipped with lifting devices such as forklift, boom, scoop, lift beam and swivel hook, fork grapple, clamps, elevating platform, or trailer hitch to push, pull, lift, stack, tier, or move products, equipment, or materials. This role may also be required to monitor conditions of inbound and or processed material of the manufacturing process and assist the manufacturing line from time to time.

Summary of Essential Job Functions

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Other duties may also be assigned.

• Performs pre-operation inspection of forklifts, loader and trucks; refuels vehicles.
• Operates forklifts to load finished goods and unload raw materials, including truck and rail car loading and unloading.
• Inventories finished goods, work in progress, and raw materials.
• Maintains 5S responsibilities in designated areas.
• Manually hand stacks finished goods, work in progress, and raw materials from time to time.
• Positions forks, lifting platform, or other lifting device under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, boxes, products or materials, or hooks tow trucks to trailer hitch, and transports load to designated area.
• Applies protection to products stored at remote areas.
• Weighs materials or products and records weight on tags, labels, or production schedules.
• Assists the manufacturing line as necessary from time to time.
• Works rotating shifts, including nights and weekends, and overtime as needed.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Forklift operator experience preferred.

Physical Requirements/Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally, with the assistance of another employee, lift and/ or move up to 100 pounds.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be able to position himself/herself to operate, inspect, troubleshoot, repair, and/or or maintain heavy plant equipment. This may require climbing stairs/ladders, bending, kneeling, crawling, and/or stooping.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee may work around moving mechanical parts, at elevated heights, where dusts and fumes could be present in the air, with or in proximity to chemicals, in hot environments, around electrical equipment, and in a loud environment. The employee must have the ability to understand and mitigate these and other risks, including by following all prescribed safety rules, and must have the ability to wear appropriate personal protective equipment, if necessary.

In addition to an attractive wage, this position offers a competitive benefits package including Group Health and Life Insurance, Vision and Dental Insurance, a Flexible Benefits Plan, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with a company match, a Profit Sharing Retirement Plan, vacation after 90 days of service and other benefits.

This job description is subject to change at any time.