Water Spider

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Date:Jul 2, 2024

Location: Grand Rapids, MI, US

Company: Leggett & Platt

We make life more comfortable.

Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.

Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.

From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries.

Learn more about the history of Leggett: https://leggett.com/history

Furniture

A Leader in the Upholstered Furniture Industry

In our Furniture Components business, we design, manufacture, and distribute a wide range of components and finished products that enhance comfort, motion, and style in upholstered furniture, including recliner mechanisms, seating support systems, and sofa sleeper units. With a global footprint that includes international manufacturing, product development, distribution and sales, we are strategically positioned to support upholstered furniture manufacturers around the world.

Workplace Furniture Solutions

Leggett & Platt is North America’s leading independent manufacturer of office furniture components and mechanism. Our Work Furniture business produces task and finished components, as well as select lines of private label finished seating. From surface-critical bent tube assemblies and molded plywood components to chair mechanisms, bases, arms, seats, and backs, Work Furniture brings diverse world-class manufacturing capabilities together in the production and assembly of high-quality contract furniture products.

Learn more about Furniture components: Furniture (https://lpfurniturecomponents.com/)

Learn more about Work Furniture: Work Furniture (https://lpworkfurniture.com/)

Water Spider Material Handler

REPORTS TO: Warehouse Supervisor

5am-3:30pm

The Material Handler Water Spider will be responsible for receiving, un-packing/packing material, palletizing, count verification audits and data entry. Duties include pulling material to production area(s) for scheduled jobs and maintaining accurate records on material movements. This role delivers directly to the work centers and does not drive a hilo.

What you’ll be doing:

Includes the following:

• Transports various material including fabricated and vendor parts, scrap, finished goods, etc.

• Maintains a minimum stock in the production area to ensure continuous production and reports any part shortages to their lead or supervisor.

• Complies with proper PPE guidelines. Follows rules for safe operation with hand truck or carts with regard to pedestrian traffic, factory property and material being transported or handled.

• Performs necessary transactions in ERP/MRP to maintain accurate quantity-by-location inventory control.

• Performs safety and maintenance checklists on all equipment.

• Participate on Lean and Kaizen events and training.

• Other duties as assigned by manager or supervisor.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

A few things you’ll need:

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• HS graduate or equivalent.

• Solid work history including related material handling experience.

• Ability to read and interpret production schedule, inventory reports, packing lists and check-in incoming material and sign for same.

• Must demonstrate a good attention to detail and the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.

• Ability to exhibit good judgment related to safety, quality, cost and delivery of parts, processes and product.

• Basic math, computer and keyboarding skills to work within the ERP/MRP system.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

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

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, walk, ability to lift up to 50 lbs.

What to Do Next

Now that you’ve had a chance to learn more about us, what are you waiting for! Apply today and allow us the opportunity to learn more about you and the value you can bring to our team. Once you apply, be sure to create a profile, and sign up for job alerts, so you can be the first to know when new opportunities become available.

Our Values

Our values speak to our shared beliefs, and describe how we approach working together.

• Put People First reflects our commitment to safety and care of each other, learning and development, and creating an inclusive environment of mutual respect, empathy and belonging.

• Do the Right Thing focuses us on acting with honesty and integrity, delivering the results the right way, taking pride in our work, and speaking the truth – good or bad.

• Do Great Work…Together occurs when we engage without hierarchy, collaborate as a team, embrace challenges, and work for the good of all of us.

• Take Ownership and Raise the Bar demonstrates our responsibility to add value and make a difference, challenge the status quo and biases to make things better, foster innovative and creative solutions to drive impact, and explore new perspectives and embrace change.

Our Commitment to You

We're actively taking steps to make sure our culture is inclusive and that our processes and practices promote equity for all. Leggett & Platt is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veteran status, and more. Join us!

We welcome and encourage applications if you meet the minimum qualifications. Even if you do not meet the preferred qualifications, we’d love the opportunity to consider you.

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Nearest Major Market:Grand Rapids Job Segment: Architecture, Hydraulics, Upholstery, Warehouse, Engineering, Manufacturing

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