Cummins is hiring: Materials Technician - 3rd Shift in Maxton

DESCRIPTION Under direct or close supervision, follow established procedures and guidelines to receive, handle, store, perform system transactions and dispatch goods in a factory or warehouse. Receive incoming goods; check for damage and for discrepancies between goods and invoices. Accurately sort, label, and store goods; arrange storage to optimize warehouse space. Pick, pack, and dispatch outgoing goods according to written or verbal requests or orders. Key Responsibilities: • Ensuring Safety: By stopping work and reporting any major injury hazards immediately, you’ll help maintain a safe working environment. • Compliance and Reporting: Your adherence to HSE standards and prompt reporting of any work-related injuries, illnesses, incidents, or hazards will ensure compliance and improve workplace safety. • Environmental Stewardship: Recognizing the environmental impact of your work and striving to minimize negative effects will contribute to sustainable practices. • Quality Assurance: Performing quality checks and identifying non-conforming materials will help maintain high standards and reduce costs. • Efficient Delivery: Accurately receiving, sorting, labeling, and storing goods will optimize warehouse space and ensure timely delivery to customers. • Team Collaboration: Effective communication with your team and support staff will foster a collaborative work environment and improve overall efficiency. • Continuous Improvement: Actively participating in training and improvement initiatives will enhance safety, quality, and process efficiency. • Maintaining Order: Keeping your work area clean and orderly, and performing routine maintenance tasks, will contribute to a well-organized and efficient workplace. RESPONSIBILITIES Competencies: • Collaboration: Build strong partnerships and work collaboratively with your team to achieve shared goals. Effective teamwork will enhance productivity and create a supportive work environment. • Effective Communication: Develop and deliver clear, multi-mode communications tailored to the unique needs of different audiences. This will ensure everyone is on the same page and can work efficiently. • Customer Focus: Establish strong relationships with customers and provide solutions that meet their needs. A customer-centric approach will help in delivering high-quality service and maintaining customer satisfaction. • Decision Quality: Make timely and well-informed decisions to keep operations running smoothly. Good decision-making skills are crucial for addressing challenges and seizing opportunities. • Driving Results: Consistently achieve your targets, even under challenging circumstances. Your ability to deliver results will be key to your success and the success of the organization. • Accountability: Hold yourself and others accountable for meeting commitments. Ensuring accountability will help maintain high standards and reliability within the team. • Self-Development: Actively seek opportunities for growth and challenge yourself through both formal and informal development channels. Continuous learning will keep you adaptable and prepared for future challenges. • Warehouse Operations: Utilize warehousing tools, systems, and methodologies effectively to meet metrics for inbound and outbound operations. Efficient warehouse management is essential for smooth logistics and inventory control. • Valuing Differences: Recognize and appreciate the value of diverse perspectives and cultures. Embracing diversity will foster an inclusive environment and drive innovation. Education, Licenses, Certifications: This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations. Experience: Minimal or no work experience required. QUALIFICATIONS • Duties include forklift operations, verifications of part number, quantity, and location accuracy of material in warehouse and on assembly floor. • Perform system transactions associated with receiving/warehousing/packaging/shipping. • Continually achieve inventory accuracy, delivery, and production performance goals. Track, measure, and provide explanation to variances to goals or metrics daily, monthly, and annually. • Actively participate on Continues Improvement teams within the Materials department to improve efficiency, reduce cost, and improve quality and safety. • Cross train and learn all functions and work tasks within the Materials department. • Maintain accurate process documentation. • Learn and understand the Laurinburg materials process and functional work requirements. • Provide support on projects as required. • Assist team in meeting all daily schedules on time within Receiving, Warehouse, Packaging, Shift Tower, and Shipping. • Build team disciplines to maintain plant/corporate expectations for policies and procedures, safety, housekeeping (5S) & environmental (ISO 14001); quality TS16964; HR, production, IT, finance, materials, maintenance, and engineering while achieving or exceeding the Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost goals. • Maintain safety, housekeeping, productivity, and quality goals and provide baseline data for measuring improvements. • Minimize non-value-added processes, scrap and other manufacturing expenses including excessive overtime. • Comply with all Meritor environmental (ISO 14001) and quality TS16964 policies. • All other job tasks as required by leadership. • Experience in Forklift operations an advantage • Self-motivated to take actions that meet the goals of the department • An accurate knowledge of part numbers, storage locations and quantities • Computer/Cullinet experience with Receiving/Warehouse/Shipping transactions is an advantage • Understand importance of inventory accuracy and on-time delivery of parts • Excellent attendance, time management and housekeeping skills • Flexible to work multiple shifts as needed • Ability to work well with others in a team-based environment • Must be physically able to lift, pick/pull and package parts. • Cross-train for all logistics area positions up to Level IV • Demonstrate a high degree of accuracy and urgency in accomplishing tasks • Previous experience in material handling and supply chain logistics is an advantage • Good verbal and written communication skills • Ability to learn and understand materials transactions and impact to the plant operation • Ability to give and receive feedback • Possess a valid motor vehicle driver license. Job Logistics Organization Cummins Inc. Role Category On-site Job Type Shop ReqID 2405876 Relocation Package No Cummins and E-Verify At Cummins, we are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer dedicated to diversity in the workplace. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, gender, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity and/or expression, or other status protected by law. Cummins validates the right to work using E-Verify and will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. Visit http://EEOC.gov to know your rights on workplace discrimination.