Material Specialist

Caterpillar
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Posted on: 5 Mar 2021

Decatur, IL

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Job Description

Career Area:

Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Job Description:

As a Materials Specialist at Caterpillar, you will perform a variety of functions to check, receive, verify accuracy of our prime product. You will check, store, disburse or fill orders for parts, materials, tools, equipment and supplies. . You will also work with various source documents to verify the accuracy and conditions of parts.

Job Duties/Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

* Work in an environment with frequently changing temperatures, and walk, squat, and bend over for intervals at a time

* Maintain and report daily receiving and shipping activities

* Safely perform the material handling and warehousing functions required in the receiving, processing, storing, moving, packing, and shipping of parts, materials equipment and supplies.

* Perform related and/or specialized clerical duties and resolves discrepancies as required. Maintains related clerical records and operates computer terminal and/or hand held scanner to access and update information for receiving, counting and order processing.

* Performs housekeeping functions as required.

* Uses mobile equipment as required to facilitate job functions.

* Reports defects and need for repairs.

* Strong commitment to safety and teamwork

Applicants may and will be placed on any shift - 1st, 2nd or 3rd. This includes Alternate Work Week Schedule and Every Weekend Schedule

Over Time can and will be required

Basic Qualifications:

* Prior experience of 1 year or more in a warehouse or similar environment

* Ability to obtain forklift driver certification

* Good communication skills

* Strong commitment to safety and teamwork

* Must be able to work any shift

Top Candidates Will Also Possess:

* Ability to perform a variety of warehouse functions and do basic math

* Previous forklift experience

*Previous inventory control experience

Additional Information:

Positions are supplemental - 40 or more hours per week but with no vacation or holiday pay and limited benefits. You can also be placed on any shift and moved at any time to any position.

Starting pay is $16.70 / hr

Positions are in Decatur, IL

There is no relocation offered for these positions

Caterpillar is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified individuals - including minorities, females, veterans, and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

Please ensure you frequently check the e-mail account you provided on your application, including the junk/span folder, as this is the primary correspondence method in our recruiting process.

EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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Caterpillar

Deerfield, IL

Caterpillar Inc. manufactures and sells construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, and industrial gas turbines. Its Construction Industries segment offers asphalt pavers, compactors, cold planers, feller bunchers, harvesters, motorgraders, pipelayers, road reclaimers, skidders, telehandlers, and utility vehicles; backhoe, knuckleboom, compact track, multi-terrain, skid steer, and track-type loaders; forestry and wheel excavators; and site prep and track-type tractors.

The company’s Resource Industries segment provides electric rope and hydraulic shovels, draglines, rotary drills, hard rock vehicles, track-type tractors, mining trucks, longwall miners, wheel loaders, off-highway and articulated trucks, wheel tractor scrapers, wheel dozers, landfill and soil compactors, machinery components, electronics and control systems, select work tools, and hard rock continuous mining systems.

Its Energy & Transportation segment offers reciprocating engine powered generator sets; reciprocating engines and integrated systems for the power generation, marine, oil, and gas industries; turbines, centrifugal gas compressors, and related services; remanufactured reciprocating engines and components; and diesel-electric locomotives and components, and other rail-related products.

The company’s Financial Products segment provides operating and finance leases, installment sale contracts, working capital loans, and wholesale financing; and insurance and risk management products. Its All Other operating segment manufactures filters and fluids, undercarriage, ground engaging tools, fluid transfer products, precision seals, and rubber sealing and connecting components; parts distribution; integrated logistics solutions and distribution services; and digital investments services.

The company was formerly known as Caterpillar Tractor Co. and changed its name to Caterpillar Inc. in 1986. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.