Warehouse Technician

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

POSITION SUMMARY
Ability to work and communicate in a team environment, sharing all team activities. Activities include putting inventory away in specific locations, pulling inventory according to picking instructions, boxing, packaging orders and shipping orders, preparing truck manifests, and the transportation of material from manufacturing to distribution.  Supporting these activities you will be required to operate a variety of equipment including forklift, bobtail, and order picking equipment to heights of 20 feet, spooling, and boxing equipment.  Team members will also be expected to work in a variety of areas and take initiative to flow to the area of need.  All team members shall be detail oriented with the ability to continuously refer to alpha-numeric part numbers.

KEY ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Data Entry – Repetitive motion – Required – Typically 2.5 hours mixed throughout day.
• Put away – Returning product to shelf (rack). Requires estimated combination of 80% forklift use and 20% hand stacking boxes weighing 10 – 110 pounds.  Heavy boxes are not manually lifted, rather repositioned without lifting onto a pallet or shelf.  Use of RF equipment.
• Picking – Removing lightweight (<40 lb.) components from storage shelves at higher frequency using an order picker at heights up to 20 feet above grade.  E-Reels (boxed) pulled with forklift on pallet and transferred to packing transition point.   Pneumatic hoist is available as needed. E-reel boxes are labeled with weight.
• Packing – Includes stacking e-reels (10 – 110 lb.) with pneumatic hoist and using lift tables at transition points. Also includes manually placing small items into boxes and over-packing into larger cartons.
• Shipping – Primarily labeling and processing shipment in ERP system.  Light computer is required work to process a shipment using a combination of mouse clicks (59%), scans (5%), and keystrokes (36%).  On average 20 – 50 shipments are processed per day, per shipping operator.  An average shipment takes 1 minute to process.
• Spooling – Transferring e-reels (10-110 lb.) from pallets to pay-off equipment using pneumatic hoist.  Manually traversing up to 20 cuts (~3 minutes per cut) a day. This requires standing and light cable guidance onto smaller reel.  Transfer finished e-reels into boxes with pneumatic hoist.
• Staging – Finished shipment staged by forklift, hand-stack, and/or use of pneumatic hoist onto pallets.
  
  QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• High school graduate
• Must have and maintain a valid California Driver’s license
• Work in SAP or equivalent work in a complex ERP system desirable 
• Clear verbal and written communication required
• Basic arithmetic skills and recording of department metrics
• Must be a self-started and possess fair computer skills (Word, Excel and SAP a plus)
• Experience driving material handling equipment:  order picker, joey, standup and sit-down forklift.

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Frequent use of material handling equipment throughout the day.
• Must be able to stand for entire shift of 8 hours, work overtime and weekends to meet business demands.

WE HAVE:

• A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day
  • At nVent, we believe safer systems ensure a more secure world. We connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high-performance products and solutions for mission-critical equipment, buildings and essential processes. Our solutions are helping build a more sustainable and electrified world.
  • We are a $3.3B company with a dedicated team of more than 11,000 employees around the globe. Our comprehensive portfolio of enclosures, electrical and fastening, and thermal management solutions dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, RAYCHEM and SCHROFF.

• Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work
  • We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide
  • Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money

• Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being: