Material Handling - Banding / Packing Line

If you’re looking for a rewarding career with a company where you are essential to our success, Worthington Steel is for you.

Worthington Steel, located in Porter, IN, is growing our slitting team, and we are looking for highly motivated individuals to join our manufacturing team. We have a strong safety culture and offer a variety of development opportunities that can progress you through all levels of our organization.

We are dedicated to the belief that people are our most important asset. In filling job openings every effort is expended to find candidates within Worthington Steel, its divisions or subsidiaries. Employee development, opportunity to grow and continuing to evolve both as an employee and as a company are instrumental to our success.

Summary

Material Handlers in slitting, packaging, and other production areas are responsible for transporting steel materials throughout the facility using forklifts and/or cranes to ensure smooth and efficient operations. This role includes packaging, banding, weighing, and loading or unloading materials from machines, as well as staging them accurately and promptly. Material Handlers also build arbors, assist with machine setup, and perform a variety of tasks to support safe, high-quality production. The ideal candidate is a self-starter with a strong work ethic and a commitment to maintaining high standards in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

This entry-level position starts at $20.00 per hour, with opportunities for advancement based on performance and skill development.

This position will train for a few months on 1st shift 7am to 3pm. Once training is complete, new hires must be flexible to work 2nd shift 3pm to 11pm OR 3rd shift 11pm to 7am. You will get a $2.00 per hour shift differential for working 2nd or 3rd shift.

Responsibilities

- Moves material around plant using a forklift and/or crane for producing, finishing, packaging, or shipping the customer product

- Ensures areas are supplied with parts and removes finished skids to warehouse or paint line

- Moves and stages material as scheduled for optimum machine efficiency

- Provides machine support by emptying scrap tubs and ensuring lines are cleared of finished product

- Locates material into finished goods as needed

- May be responsible for basic test line operation

- Packages finished product for shipment

- Tracks orders and tags

- Follows bill of material in order to match product with proper packaging and skidding

- May perform finishing duties

- Performs setup of valve and burn off operations

- Performs multiple tasks to ensure ongoing machine operation

- Performs miscellaneous tasks throughout plant to ensure safe, efficient and quality production of materials

- May perform housekeeping duties within the plant when necessary

- Other duties as assigned

Desired Experience

- Must be able to handle physical, repetitive work and be able to stand on your feet for 8 hrs a day

- Must have good hand-eye coordination

- Mechanical aptitude a plus, but not required

- Competent in basic math and computer skills

- Can operate banding tools

- Previous slitting experience

- Can read a tape measure

- Must be able to handle small parts

- Must understand and follow the quality policy and procedures

- Ability to recognize quality issues and problems – detect defects

- Must be able to read, comprehend and follow detailed instructions on productions and understand English

- Must be able to read and understand bill of material and or production order

- Must be able to distinguish between part numbers and sizes

- Must be able to count and label parts accurately

- Must follow all safety policies and procedures

- Must have good safety awareness and efficiency skills

- Oral and written communication skills – including legible writing

- 0-6 months prior experience

- Required OSHA safety training

Important: All candidates must pass a pre-employment drug screening and background check.