Materials Handler

Job Description

Northwest Aerospace Technologies ( NAT ), a Safran Company, is the only EASA DOA Certified aircraft interior reconfiguration group in the United States.

Focusing on commercial and military aircrafts, NAT provides first class services in design, engineering, quality, certification, and manufacturing for a variety of Blue Chip customers.

POWERED BY TEAMWORK. Are you ready to be part of a team that drives big ideas and even bigger wins? At Safran, we believe in the power of both collaboration and individual contributions.

We understand that it takes diverse perspectives, problem-solving skills, dependability, and trust to push each other forward and achieve great success.

For us, working here is more than just a job; it's a passion. There's the unique opportunity to lead the way in aerospace and defense and contribute to creating a safer and more sustainable world.

The Material Handler is responsible for maintaining production stores inventory, kanban locations, job order grouping, and pulling material for the manufacturing floor.

This position will be attached to Production Control and work with the PC1s to ensure job orders and material flow through manufacturing is unimpeded.

• Certified to operate material handling equipment such as forklifts, pallet jacks, hand trucks, or dollies to move stock or reorganize storage.
• Know how to navigate an ERP System.
• Ensure product issuance and moves in ERP System are done properly and resolve discrepancies when discovered.
• Receive materials, and supplies and verifies product quantity and quality
• Ensures document record retention requirements are met to support product certification
• Oversee backflush locations
• Oversee Fab shop parts- stock parts, pull panel, sheet metal, extrusion, and raw metal stock. Issue material to set up routers and HAAS for continuous runs on machines
• Ensure manufacturing Kanban locations are replenished
• Oversee dunnage and waste removal requirements
• Oversee and maintain hazardous material and shelf life material.
• Know how to read SDS sheets.
• Perform and resolve inventory issues out on the manufacturing floor
• Resolves inventory and ERP system discrepancies to ensure accuracy
• Manage part shortage and exception list through ERP System and Excel
• Improve material flow through manufacturing
• Perform Part Capture and Control activity to support engineering change incorporation
• Performs various housekeeping tasks to ensure work areas are clean and free of safety hazards.
• Works cooperatively with other employees to accomplish production flow goals.
• Follows all safety rules and regulations when completing job responsibilities.
• Ensure products are packaged per ATA 300 specifications.
• Additional duties assigned by the Production Control Supervisor

Complementary Description

Safran Cabin headquarters are in Huntington Beach, California, with a global presence of over 11,000 employees at 36 sites.

Site locations are in the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, Germany, France, Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Tunisia and Thailand.

Safran Cabin serves over 400 airlines and leasing companies globally and delivers to all airframe OEM manufacturers with a heritage spanning over 80 years in the industry.

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• Your Career : Safran is committed to providing internal mobility to our employees. We operate globally so the sky is the limit of where your Safran journey can take you.
• Your Development : Safran employees have free access to Safran University courses and external tuition reimbursement for approved programs or certifications.
• Your Benefits : Our suite of comprehensive benefits include health care (medical, dental and vision), life insurance, 401(k) savings plans with company match, paid time off, Safran Perks with BenefitHub Employee Discounts & Rewards Marketplace for consumer products / services and more!

Job Requirements

At Safran Cabin, diversity & inclusion is a source of richness that adds quality of life, performance, and innovation. We welcome diverse contributions and provide equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex / gender, sexual orientation, gender identity / gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, age, national origin, ancestry, disability / medical condition, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic characteristics or information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws.

We seek service-oriented team players with strong interpersonal skills and a positive attitude, adaptable to our innovative and evolving environment.

Across all team members, we are looking for the following attributes :

• Team oriented
• Process focused
• Open & honest communication
• Quality minded
• Ability to persevere and honor commitments
• Recognizes success
• Executes with urgency
• Creates solutions
• Customer focused in everything we do

Knowledge / Experience

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• The Material Handler shall possess, at a minimum, a High School diploma or GED.
• Worked within an ERP computer system.
• 5+ years' experience in a warehouse, logistics, or other applicable experience

Skills / Abilities

• Ability to communicate with others.
• Able to perform basic mathematic calculations.
• Understanding of customer's expectations.
• Understand and follow written procedures.
• Self-motivated.
• Troubleshooting / problem solving.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritize, multi-task effectively, and work under pressure.

Working Conditions :

Primarily warehouse work in a manufacturing environment.

Physical Requirements :

• Some bending, climbing, grasping and lifting.
• Must be able to lift of up to 35 pounds.
• Hearing and vision within normal ranges is essential for safe conduct on the manufacturing floor and to meet job responsibilities

This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by an employee within this position.

The actual duties, responsibilities and qualifications may vary based on assignment or group.