Material Handler / Driver at BITZER in Flowery Branch, GA

Description

 Position Description: The Pressure Vessel Driver/Material Handler is responsible for safely transporting material and other goods from our facility to a business address following a specific route in a timely manner.

Status: Full time, Nonexempt

Hours: Monday - Friday 8am to 5pm

Duties & Tasks:

· Following all traffic laws, DOT regulations and best practices for safety when delivering items

· Communicating with other team members to make deliveries.

· Meeting delivery deadlines and following assigned delivery routes.

· Performing basic truck maintenance, such as refueling, doing visual inspections, and reporting potential issues

· Preparing, loading, and unloading the delivery vehicle

· Completing any paperwork related to the deliveries and completing reports as required.

· Using additional equipment, such as forklifts, hand trucks and dollies, as needed

· Any other duties assigned by Production Manger

Competencies (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities):

· Effective communication with departments within the Pressure Vessel Team

· Excellent time management

· Close attention to detail

· Clear analytical thinking and ability to solve issues efficiently

Requirements:

· Must have a valid driver’s license with a clean driving record.

· Must be able to obtain DOT certification.

· Proficient on a standup and sit-down forklift.

Work Environment:

· This job is performed in a manufacturing environment. Travel is required while making deliveries requiring a valid driver license. Ability to safely commute in all external environmental conditions. You are required to wear PPE at all times when on the Manufacturing floor such as steel toed shoes, safety glasses and hearing protection.

Physical Demands:

· The employee frequently is required to stand, walk; bend; stoop; use hands; and reach with hands and arms. This position is active and may require kneeling, crouching, crawling, and climbing to gain access in to the forklifts and/or get into the work vehicle to make deliveries in a safe and timely manner. While the job is active there will also be times of sitting while driving to make deliveries. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception. This position does require the frequent daily lifting of 50 pounds.

Employee Benefits:

· Medical Insurance (heavily subsidized by the Company)

· Dental Insurance

· Company paid Vision Insurance, $50,000 life insurance and Short and Long-Term Disability

· PTO

· Education Reimbursement (must be approved by manager)

· 401(k) Plan where it matches dollar-for-dollar up to 4% of compensation; 100% vested immediately.

· Company Discretionary Profit-Sharing Contribution (has averaged 15% of compensation per year for the past 6 years; based on the profitability of the Company; 100% vested after 6 years on a graded scale)

Who We Are:

Bitzer Us Inc. is a leading manufacturer of key components used in commercial and industrial refrigeration and air conditioning systems. These key components include compressors, pressure vessels such as condensers and evaporators, compressor packages, and condensing units. Other products include waste heat-to-power equipment that converts excess heat to low-cost electricity.

You partner with others to get work done while gaining insight into customers' needs and deliver solutions that exceed customer expectations. You create Raving Fans. You set objectives aligning with organization and prioritize accordingly.

Conveniently located in Flowery Branch, Georgia 5 minutes off I-985 The Company is wholly owned by Bitzer SE (located in Germany), the Company is a private company and serves as Bitzer SE’s flagship North American subsidiary. On a global basis, Bitzer SE has 3,900 employees at 72 sites in 38 countries, including 20 production facilities.

Other Information

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Employees are required to follow any job-related instructions and to perform job-related duties requested by management. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodations. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required.

This Job Description does not imply an employment contract. BITZER US is an at-will employer.

BITZER US is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such we recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristics protected by law.