Driver/Material Handling Technician

The Opportunity | Driver/Material Handling Technician

An exciting and challenging opportunity to work and be part of a team in a newly built Curtiss-Wright facility in Summerville SC!      

We Take Care of Our People:

Paid Time Off I 401K with Employer Match and Profit Sharing I Health and Wellness Benefits I Learning and Development Opportunities I Referral Program I Competitive Pay I Recognition I Employee Stock Purchase Plan I Inclusive & Supportive Culture

Hourly: $21.01 – $30.50

Please note that the hourly range information provided is a general guideline only, reflecting a position based in SC. Criteria such as the candidate’s qualifications and relevant experience, the scope of the specific position, as well as market and business considerations will be evaluated when extending an offer.

Your Responsibilities:

• Move and stage raw material, in process material, finished materials, expense materials and apparatus.
• Perform material moves, clean and preserving products, and provide support to other team members.
• Perform hand tapping, cleaning, preservation, crating, packaging material for storage/ or shipping
• Receive job assignment with drawing and other necessary information, including oral or written instructions from appropriate supervision or engineers when required. Read and interpret detailed part and tool drawings. Set up work areas and perform required operations for any assigned work scope.
• Obtain all tools, fixtures and related equipment and perform work.
• Delivery and stage materials to designated plant / office locations as required.
• Safely operate bridge cranes, jib cranes, fork trucks, hand trucks, etc. for material handling.
• Perform a variety of part kitting functions.
• Perform hand tapping, cleaning, bagging and preserving materials.
• Check work using proper measuring or gaging equipment as required.
• Working with wood and metal creating crates for various materials blocking, bracing, foam machine, circular saw, drill, banding materials, loading and unloading trucks.
• Keep equipment and work area in clean and orderly condition.
• Able to work alone and stay on task.
• Drive a light duty box truck and work at offsite warehouse without direct supervision.
• Transport inventory to and from an offsite warehouse.
• Any other functions needed to be performed to facilitate the team of the warehouse.
• Observe all safety and hygiene requirements as specified and directed.

What you Bring:

• Due to DoD requirements, candidates must be US citizens
• Must be able to obtain and maintain DoD Security clearances and approvals
• High School Graduate
• Must possess a U.S. driver’s license.
• Ability to operate material handling equipment, read and interpret blueprint, layout and process worksheets, and effectively communicate with others.
• Lifting objects weighing 50 pounds to waist height and transporting them to a distance of 10 feet.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing computer systems.

Who we are:

Our Values

Environmental, Social and Governance

With a long track record of reliable, technologically superior designs and global resources, Steam & Air Solutions (SAS) is the logical choice to meet the Navy’s current and future turbine-drive and shipboard compression requirements. SAS’s equipment is used on hundreds of U.S. Navy ships to provide power and compression for propulsion, power generation, pump drives, ship service air, oxygen / nitrogen (O2N2) feed air, generator drives, and deballasting.

To learn more, please visit us at Curtiss-Wright EMS - SAS (cw-ems.com)

*Please note, benefits are country specific and may vary from location to location.

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No unsolicited agency submittals please.  Agency partners must be invited to participate in a search by our Talent Acquisition Team and have signed terms in place prior to any submittal.  Resumes submitted directly to any Curtiss-Wright employee or affiliate will not qualify for fee payment, and therefore become the property of Curtiss-Wright.  

Compliance Statement

This position may require exposure to export-controlled information and subject to additional security screening.  In the event information provided during the security screening reveals ineligibility to access export-controlled information, any offer of employment may be reconsidered or withdrawn. 

Curtiss-Wright is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, age, ancestry, legally protected medical condition, family care status, marital status, religion, veteran status, national origin, or any other legally protected status. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact Talent Acquisition.

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If you require accommodation due to a disability at any time during the recruitment and/or assessment process, please contact Talent Acquisition and we will make all reasonable efforts to accommodate your request.