Wire Cutter

About the role

The Wire Cutter is responsible for efficiently and accurately fulfilling orders for wire and cable cuts utilizing material handling equipment and wire reeling / coiling machinery. They ensure wire/cable is stored, staged, and cut in a manner that meets company standards for safety, security, accuracy, and productivity. This role may also be required to fill in for other warehouse roles.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to a culture and environment focused daily on employee safety and a safe work environment.
• Follows established Standard Operating Procedures, Environmental Health and Safety Rules, and immediately addresses safety concerns.
• Performs daily machine checks and operates any material handling equipment and powered material handling equipment in a safe and efficient manner that meets company standards for safety, security, accuracy, and productivity.
• Retrieves and cuts wire efficiently and accurately for requested customer shipments.
• Examines wire for conformance to specifications and removes defective pieces.
• Fills all orders efficiently and accurately. Ensures outbound shipments are accurate and free of damage.
• Plays reel of specified wire onto payout spindle of machine and threads wire through feed rolls. Adjusts machine controls to regulate factors such as wire thickness, pressure, heat, and cutting and stripping length.
• Stacks/stores merchandise in the appropriate area and stages wire cuts in the appropriate shipping area.
• Maintains a minimum standard in wire cuts in compliance with current company policies in both accuracy and productivity.
• Reports any damage to electronic hardware, work machines, or pipe racks immediately to a supervisor.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of wire cutting experience preferred.
• Prior warehouse or distribution center experience a plus.
• Certification to operate forklift, hand truck, pallet jack and other warehouse equipment preferred.
• High School or GED - Preferred.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of Radio Frequency scanning devices preferred.
• Ability to effectively communicate with co-workers and customers.
• Ability to handle basic issues and problems.
• Ability to perform basic mathematical calculations to accurately complete job tasks.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Able to meet deadlines.
• Basic computer knowledge.

Physical Demands

• Sit: Must be able to remain in a stationary position - Frequently – 21% to 50%.
• Walk: Must be able to move about inside/outside office or work location - Constantly – at least 51%.
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel: Operates a computer and other office machinery - Constantly – at least 51%.
• Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl: Must be able to crouch down to stock shelves, pick up boxes, or position oneself to maintain computers in the lab/under desks/in server closet - Frequently – 21% to 50%.
• Climb or balance: Must be able to ascend/descend on a ladder, forklift, pallet jack, or other warehouse equipment - Occasionally – up to 20%.
• Talk, hear, taste, smell: Must be able to use senses to effectively communicate with co-workers and clients and detect hazardous conditions - Constantly – at least 51%.
• Weight and force demands: Up to 10 pounds - Constantly – at least 51%; Up to 25 pounds - Constantly – at least 51%; Up to 50 pounds - Constantly – at least 51%.
• Working environment: Exposed to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and/or exposure to heat and cold - Constantly – at least 51%; Exposed to electrical hazards; risk of electrical shock - Occasionally – up to 20%; Handles or works with potentially dangerous equipment - Frequently – 21% to 50%; Travels to offsite locations - Occasionally – up to 20%.

Additional Information

• Physical Demands: Sit - Frequently (21% to 50%); Walk - Constantly (at least 51%); Use hands to finger, handle, or feel - Constantly (at least 51%); Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl - Frequently (21% to 50%); Climb or balance - Occasionally (up to 20%); Talk, hear, taste, smell - Constantly (at least 51%); Weight and force demands: Up to 10 pounds - Constantly (at least 51%); Up to 25 pounds - Constantly (at least 51%); Up to 50 pounds - Constantly (at least 51%); Working environment: Exposed to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and/or exposure to heat and cold - Constantly (at least 51%); Exposed to electrical hazards; risk of electrical shock - Occasionally (up to 20%); Handles or works with potentially dangerous equipment - Frequently (21% to 50%); Travels to offsite locations - Occasionally (up to 20%).