Newell Brands

Bulk Material Handler

Posted on: 12 Apr 2021

Winchester, VA

Job Description

Position Title: Material Technician/Bulk Handler, 6a-6p

Reports to: Technical Supervisor

Location: Winchester, VA

Job Summary:

This position is a technical role reporting to the technical supervisor. In this role, you will continuously monitor and maintain all incoming bulk resin tanks and railcars of resin. Communication with CSX, the resin co-coordinator, receiving co-coordinator, and the receiving control center is required to effectively receive and place incoming shipments of resin. Bulk material handlers will also be responsible all scrap plastic generated on the factory floor.

Job Duties:

Monitor resin inside tanks and outside silos, report silo readings, complete necessary paperwork, and verify Certificates of Analysis.

Match incoming resin railcar and bulk tanker deliveries and oversee placement of incoming railcars and bulk resin

Hookup and unhook railcars, inspect new arriving railcars for damage to compartment valves, operate the rail siding de-railer, unlock, open and relock gates at railcar entrance.

Coordinate and perform transfer of resin from silo to Gaylord for purposes of offsite manufacturing and make sufficient room for overages of incoming bulk tanker delivered resin

Prepares, identifies and tags railcars with material/railcar identification tags

Prepares resin inventory for inventory control as requested

Cleans scrap grinders, grinds reclaimed scrap plastic and labels Gaylord's with resin number, date and color to prepare for storage in high bay warehouse

Minimum Qualifications:

Must have a high school diploma or equivalent

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States

Qualified associates must pass Technical Test Battery

Must be able to work alone and within a team based structure

Associates must work within established safety guidelines, company policies and departmental procedures

Use of hand tools

Internal candidates cannot have more than 3 1 /2 points in attendance OR 1st Written Warning in last 3 months or 2nd written warning in last 6 months or a Final in the last year

Preferred Qualifications:

Newell Brands (NASDAQ: NWL) is a leading global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of well-known brands, including Paper Mate, Sharpie, Dymo, EXPO, Parker, Elmers, Coleman, Marmot, Oster, Sunbeam, FoodSaver, Mr. Coffee, Graco, Baby Jogger, NUK, Calphalon, Rubbermaid, Contigo, First Alert and Yankee Candle. For hundreds of millions of consumers, Newell Brands makes life better every day, where they live, learn, work and play. Newell Brands and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers and comply with applicable employment laws. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled are encouraged to apply.

Newell Brands

Hoboken, NJ

Newell Brands Inc. designs, manufactures, sources, and distributes consumer and commercial products worldwide. The company’s Food and Appliances segment offers household products, including kitchen appliances, gourmet cookware, bakeware and cutlery, food storage and home storage products, and fresh preserving products under Ball, Calphalon, Crock-Pot, FoodSaver, Mr. Coffee, Oster, Rubbermaid, Sistema, Breville, and Sunbeam brands. Its Home and Outdoor Living segment offers products for outdoor and outdoor-related activities, home fragrance, and connected home and security products under Chesapeake Bay Candle, Coleman, Contigo, ExOfficio, First Alert, Marmot, WoodWick, and Yankee Candle brands.

The company’s Learning and Development segment offers writing instruments, including markers and highlighters, pens, and pencils; art products; activity-based adhesive and cutting products; labeling solutions; and baby gear and infant care products under Aprica, Baby Jogger, Dymo, Elmer’s, Expo, Graco, Mr. Sketch, NUK, Paper Mate, Parker, Prismacolor, Sharpie, Tigex Waterman, and X-Acto brands.

It markets its products through club, department store, drug/grocery, mass merchant, specialty retailers, distributors and e-commerce companies, home centers, sporting goods, warehouse clubs, office superstores and supply stores, contract stationers, and travel retail, as well as sells directly to consumers via online. Newell Brands Inc. was formerly known as Newell Rubbermaid Inc. and changed its name to Newell Brands Inc. in April 2016. The company was founded in 1903 and is based in Hoboken, New Jersey.

 

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