Material Handler - Overhead Crane Operator (Swing Shift)

Summary: Operates traveling or stationary overhead crane (ground controlled) to lift, move, and position loads of steel within the production facility.

Benefits

✅Health, dental, and vision insurance

✅Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

✅ Paid time off and holidays

✅ 401(k) with company match

✅ Growth and advancement opportunities 

📍 Location: Airway Heights, WA
💵 Pay: $20.00 - $28.25 per hour
📅 Job Type: Full-Time

Most employees start between $20.00 and $24.13.  The higher end of the range, $28.25, is reserved for candidates with exceptional experience or qualifications.

Shift: Mon-Fri, 2:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Actively participate in Seaport Steel's Safety Program.
• Observes load hookup and determine the safety of the load.
• Manipulates or depresses crane control buttons, to regulate the speed and direction of crane and hoist movement.
• Uses hoisting attachments such as hook, sling, or bucket as load requires.
• Cleans and maintains a crane and hoisting mechanism.
• Inspects crane for defective parts and notifies supervisor of defects or malfunctions.
• Assist with training newly hired Material Handlers I

Qualifications

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Education/Experience

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Certificates

• Certified to Operator all equipment related to moving material within the warehouse.

Language Ability

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.

• Ability to write simple correspondence.

• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, and other employees of the organization.

Math Ability

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret graphs.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.

• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.