Material Handler - Sonny's Enterprises : Job Details

Material Handler

Sonny's Enterprises

Job Location : Auburn Hills,MI, USA

Posted on : 2025-08-12T00:45:37Z

Job Description :
Material Handler

The purpose of the Material Handler role is to be the primary indirect labor within the manufacturing facility, supporting all machining, welding, and assembly functions so that the direct labor in these production departments do not have to stop their value added activities.

Responsibilities

1. Safety

Tasks and Activities

Wears all required PPE as outlined in the Sonny's PPE Policy

Maintains safe and organized working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.

Maintains fork-truck maintenance log as outlined per Sonny's Policy

Identifies unsafe work behaviors and reports them to the Safety Manager

Identifies unsafe work conditions and reports them to the Safety Manager

Attends monthly safety trainings

Wears uniform as required by policy and displays name badge at all times

2. Quality

Tasks and Activities

Verifies received quantity versus packing list, traveler, or production order and signed for delivered material

Verifies completed quantity versus production order lot size

Documents actions by completing production and quality forms.

Reports any quality issues or non-conformances to Production Supervisor

3. Production Execution and Support

Tasks and Activities

Execution

Keep all internal operations supplied with necessary materials and remove completed inventory and place in correct BIN locations.

Gathers/picks parts per production order.

Empty machine shop chip bins into the sorted material dumpsters.

Moves materials from trucks to storage areas, storage areas to work cells, work cells to storage areas in accordance with needs.

Identifies all WIP and partial deliveries using properly completed traveler sheets (last two pages of production order packet)

Delivers all finished goods to proper bin location with traveler for quantity verification

Tags all MTO and custom items with customer name, standard order number, and SAP part number

Support

Notifies Production Supervisor when workload exceeds capacity

Provides input to corrective actions and quality alerts in collaboration with the Production Supervisor.

4. Inventory Management

Tasks and Activities

Maintenance of area:

Identifies bin locations and sizes required for new products

Identifies obsolete/unused product and coordinates with Production Supervisor and Plant Manager for disposition

Suggests modifications to storage bins and storage strategies/conditions if they are inadequate for current run volumes, and follows up with the Production Supervisor to ensure that modifications are made.

Notifies Supervisor or Plant Manager of overstock locations by part number to be entered in SAP.

For items produced / received

Verifies delivered quantity versus production order quantity for items produced or received quantity versus purchase order quantity for items received, prior to stocking in bin location.

Puts parts in destination bin location within machine shop or overstock locations or delivers to other departments with completed traveler.

Verifies inventory accuracy in SAP when closing confirmations

Identifies, validates, and verifies parts shortage notifications from the machine shop, welding, or assembly teams and their own production orders.

Identifies potential inventory issues and communicates them to Production Supervisor

5. Equipment Maintenance and Housekeeping

Tasks and Activities

Housekeeping

Maintains an organized and safe work area

Sweeps floor at the end of every shift

Empties trash bins into compactor daily

Breaks down corrugated boxes and deposits in baler daily or more often as required

Mops work area and wipes down equipment as required at the end of each week

Equipment Maintenance

Ensures that all tools are in good working order

Communicates non-working tools to Production Supervisor for repair or replacement

6. Continuous Improvement

Tasks and Activities

Identifies challenges, inefficiencies, or areas of opportunity and communicates them to the Production Supervisor

Proposes solutions to address identified challenges, inefficiencies, and areas of opportunity

Participates and provides feedback and ideas in problem solving meetings as required

Implements process improvements according to plan developed by the Production Supervisor

Attends and provides feedback in after-action reviews following the implementation of process improvement projects

7. Training and Personal Development

Tasks and Activities

Personal Development

During annual review, clearly articulates goals for upcoming 3-6 months to Production Supervisor

Completes goals as set by Production Supervisor within goal time period

8. Culture

Tasks and Activities

Be an effective model of the behaviors that support the company's culture

Qualifications

Education and Formal Training:

High School Education or GED required

Experience:

Entry level through experienced positions available

Sit-down fork truck proficiency is required

Materials and Equipment Used:

Tools of the trade:

Hand tools hammers, wrenches, screwdrivers, pliers, nut drivers, hex wrenches, etc.

Pneumatic tools impact drivers, ratchets

Steel banding and associated hand tools

Must be able to read a Tape Measure

Working Conditions & Physical Demands:

Working conditions are normal for a manufacturing environment.

Must be able to work in non-climate controlled environment where ambient air temperature can exceed outside air.

The use of safety PPE equipment to include but is not limited to safety glasses, hearing protection, steel-toe shoes, and hardhats. Loose fitting clothes and jewelry are not permitted

Must have the ability to see details at close range

Regularly required to stand or sit, and move about the facility. Ability to stand for 8+ hours per day.

Required to use abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without giving out or fatiguing.

The ability to make coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. Will require proper coordination and motor skills to work with power/hand tools as needed.

Will require heavy work (lifting greater than 30 pounds). Ability to carry 50 lbs. for 100 feet unassisted.

Candidates will be required to complete a background check and drug screen before beginning work.

Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V DRUG FREE WORKPLACE

Sonny's Enterprises is the world's largest manufacturer of conveyorized car wash equipment, parts, and supplies. We are the industry leader, recognized and awarded by the International Car Wash Association for innovating new technologies to advance the industry with products proudly designed and built in the USA. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what's next. We embrace change and the opportunity it produces to maximize the potential of our most valuable resource our PEOPLE! We invite you to explore our opportunities and grow your career with us.

We offer 100% employer paid medical plan. Other optional benefit programs are available to our employees and their families which include: 401(k) match, additional medical plans, dental, vision, flex spending account, short-term and long-term disability & life insurance coverage.

EEO Statement

Equal Opportunity Employer

Sonny's is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive considerations for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, veteran status, and any other legally protected status under federal, state, or local anti-discrimination laws

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