• Simsbury, Connecticut
    7 days ago

    Job Description

    At Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company (EBAD), we believe that our strengths are built on our most important resource - our people. Join EBAD and you'll be a part of a team who creates cutting edge technology that will blast us into the future. No other company can match the innovative energetic solutions that we provide. At EBAD you will actively contribute to successful missions putting men, women and satellites into space, and protecting our armed service men and women around the world. If this is the culture and work environment you are seeking, then EBAD is the place for you! ​

    Job Description

    The Material Handler will perform a variety of tasks involved with inventory management, stocking, moving work in process, coordinating explosive quantity limits, packaging, and waste disposal necessary to facilitate efficient flow in our manufacturing cells. Responsibilities include:

    • Adhere to all safety standards and written instructions.
    • Maintain accurate physical and digital inventory in manufacturing cells including electronic movement of inventory in real time to keep up with physical movements.
    • Ensure production cells are stocked with materials needed for production each day.
    • Move parts that are work in processes through various departments at a regular daily cadence to support manufacturing flow.
    • Package parts for storage or shipment in accordance with strict Packaging Instructions / Specifications.
    • Complete hazardous waste disposal tasks in accordance with guidelines and regulations.
    • Coordinate with material control team on movement of product to and from warehouses.
    • Audit inventory, including cycle counts, wall to wall counts, and spot checks.

    Requirements:

    • Positive attitude, flexible, energetic, ability to work independently.
    • High School Diploma or equivalency. 
    • Ability to read and understand written instructions in English.
    • Contribute towards continuous improvement initiatives.

    Preferred Skills:

    • Material handling experience.
    • Experience in Lean Manufacturing environment.
    • Experience with MS Office, specifically Word and Excel.

    Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, national origin, or veteran status.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationSimsbury, Connecticut
    IndustryAerospace and Defense
    Company Size500 to 999 employees
    Year Founded1836
    Websitehttp://www.eba-d.com/

    About Company

    Mission Statement To improve people’s lives By providing technologies that help put people and satellites in space, and protecting the armed service men and women around the world as they protect our freedoms at home, Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company (EBAD) continuously seeks to improve the lives of people. Vision Statement Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company (EBAD) seeks to be a leader in mission critical hardware and services. Strategy Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company (EBAD) delivers mission critical hardware and system solutions, integrating complementary technologies and building partnerships to broaden our markets, add value and grow. Unparalleled Experience Solutions require innovation. In 1836, William Bickford's invention of a superior initiator for mining explosives, safety fuse, heralded not only a safer era for miners, but the formation of the Ensign-Bickford company. From this single but significant milestone, EBAD has developed global industry influence and extensive capabilities facilities in three locations; Graham, KY, Moorpark, CA and our headquarters in Simsbury, CT. Ideas, insights and engineering breakthroughs have made us manufacturers of the most reliable, precise aerospace and defense energetic solutions available. Our history of providing high-reliability solutions to these markets is unequaled, as is our commitment to meeting cost, delivery, reliability, environmental, and performance requirements. No other company can match the range of innovative energetic solutions that we've manufactured; this breadth of energetics application and technology is the foundation on which our success—and yours—rests.

    Skills

    • Aerospace and Defenseunmatched
    • Cadenceunmatched
    • Continuous Improvementunmatched
    • Electronics Manufacturingunmatched
    • English Languageunmatched
    • Hazardous Materials Clean-Upunmatched
    • High School Diplomaunmatched
    • Inventory Cycle Countsunmatched
    • Inventory Managementunmatched
    • Leading Edge Technologyunmatched
    • Lean Manufacturingunmatched
    • Manufacturingunmatched
    • Microsoft Excelunmatched
    • Microsoft Officeunmatched
    • Microsoft Wordunmatched
    • Physical Inventoryunmatched
    • Regulationsunmatched
    • Safety Standardsunmatched
    • Warehousingunmatched
    • Waste Disposalunmatched

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