Title: Material Handler / Production Assistant
Pay: $18.00–$19.00/hr
Location: Fayetteville, NC 28302
DuPont Rotating Schedule:
Overview
We are seeking a dependable Material Handler / Production Assistant to support production, warehouse, packaging, and material-handling operations in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. This position works a rotating DuPont schedule and requires experience operating forklifts and yard tractors.
The role supports multiple areas of the facility, including packaging, recycling, warehouse operations, offline cutting, shipping, receiving, and basic equipment maintenance.
Required Skills
Current certification to operate forklifts/fork trucks and yard tractors
Experience in manufacturing, production, warehouse, or material-handling environments
Ability to safely load and unload trucks, materials, supplies, and finished products
Ability to operate mobile equipment and material-handling equipment
Comfortable working 12-hour rotating day and night shifts
Basic mechanical aptitude
Ability to perform minor preventive maintenance and equipment adjustments
Strong safety awareness
Ability to complete logs, production records, and other documentation accurately
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
Ability to perform physically demanding production and warehouse duties
Job Description
Package and handle finished products safely and efficiently.
Support packaging operations, including interleaving and offline cutting-table activities.
Recycle or properly dispose of non-standard product.
Troubleshoot basic issues within recycling, warehouse, packaging, and offline-table areas.
Maintain required production records, shift logs, and turnover documentation.
Perform routine mechanical tasks and minor preventive maintenance.
Follow proper equipment lockout/tagout procedures.
Prepare equipment for maintenance by isolating, purging, cleaning, and locking out equipment.
Assist with loading and unloading trucks, packaging supplies, and product inventories.
Operate forklifts, yard tractors, work savers, and other mobile equipment.
Perform inventory cycle counts.
Receive and unload film packaging supplies.
Maintain appropriate levels of packaging supplies throughout production areas.
Communicate supply needs and inventory locations to warehouse and supply personnel.
Move trailers and support shipping activities.
Load retrim materials, scrap, pallets, and crates.
Fuel refrigerated trailers when required.
Perform housekeeping and maintain clean, safe work areas.
Complete routine safety and area audits.
Follow all safety, environmental, housekeeping, document-control, and recordkeeping procedures.
Support additional production, supply, warehouse, and shipping needs as assigned.
May participate on the site's Emergency Response Team.
Preferred Skills
Previous chemical, plastics, film, or industrial manufacturing experience
Experience with trailer movement or yard operations
Experience with lockout/tagout procedures
Basic mechanical or equipment-maintenance experience
Inventory control or cycle-counting experience
Experience working within a High-Performance Work System environment
Benefits (employee contribution):
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Rate of pay within the stated range will depend on the qualification of the applicant.
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