2 nd Shift Material Handler (19.75/hour)

We are AUTOKINITON (pronounced auto-ken-i- TAHN )

AUTOKINITON is a Michigan-based family of automotive companies delivering operational excellence, high-quality execution, and customer service. We offer 100% vertical integration capabilities such as end-to-end engineering, manufacturing, and in-house logistics.

We’re proud of our Tier 1 supplier legacy for manufacturing propulsion-agnostic, structural automotive components, and assemblies around the globe.

To help us drive excellence, you’ll get to:

• Move materials in the plant as required.
• Ensure parts and containers are placed at work stations as required
• Document incoming materials as required.

This full-time, hourly role is a part of our Materials team and reports to the Materials Supervisor.

Required experience:

• Need an understanding of the Production Department
• Fork Truck license (will have to be certified – if not currently) -Pass written test and demonstrate safe operation of a powered industrial vehicle
• The ability to read and understand both written and verbal information.

Working conditions:

• We’ll provide position-specific details including physical and focused efforts, working environment and conditions, and reasonable accommodations during the interview process.

Where you’ll be:

This position is located at our Autokiniton in Bardstown, KY, offering many community events, resources, programs, and recreational opportunities for you and your family.

Community features:

• Small, friendly community
• Named “Most Beautiful Small Town in America”
• Tourist and Historian Haven

Why you’ll enjoy working here:

• Competitive Wages and Comprehensive Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) with Company contribution match, and 14 paid holidays, including a bridge holiday in December.
• Work-Life Balance: Many of our Associates have stayed with us for 25+ years! It takes a good work-life balance to make it that far. We support your personal and professional priorities as they impact your well-being.
• Growth Opportunities: Take your career to the next level through tuition reimbursement programs, on-the-job training, learning management systems, and advancement opportunities from within our organization.
• Learning and Development: We empower all our Associates – from entry-level to senior-level – with the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in their current roles and beyond at AUTOKINITON.

AUTOKINITON Promotes a dynamic and collaborative work environment for everyone.

AUTOKINITON is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. AUTOKINITON makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

Required Skills

Required Experience

_Work is typically performed under no supervision, with only guidance about overall goals and objectives.  Usually receive minimal to no guidance about how to complete work objectives.  Must be able to define work based on evaluation of short term and long term goals of the department.  Able to independently evaluate processes, identify areas of improvement, and incorporate in to overall work objectives.  _

• _ _Review and analyze incoming customer specifications to determine the best/efficient method of manufacture and how the product will be produced within customer time commitments.  Work with Sales/Pricing/Management to review RFP/RFQs to determine if plant is capable of accepting work.
• Develop the high level manufacturing work plan for all areas of the plant/platform assigned. May build work plans for soft orders and track.  Develop plans that efficiently utilize all resources effectively and balance workloads to prevent overloading and underutilization of equipment and personnel.  Determine resources needed, timing of deliveries/shipments, time allocation for each manufacturing process, component/vendor sourcing, distribution plan to maintain JIT inventory and delivery of finished work.
• Approve and release the manufacturing work plans utilized by Production Scheduling, Materials, Pre-press, Logistics/Warehousing and Vendors. 
• Review production reports and work with operations management to ensure that production schedule meets customer and organization needs.  Provide recommendations to move work, change staffing, schedule overtime etc to ensure customer dates are being met.
• May determine impositions and layouts required to create customer product to determine the time allocations required for the job.
• Revise manufacturing work plans as needed when there are late deliveries, missing files, machine breakdowns etc.
• As business needs require, may spend less than 20% of the time scheduling equipment for daily/weekly runs.
• Support Platform/BU budget process by loading a forecasted schedule for the coming year and update forecasts as customer requirements change.
• Leads or participates in production and staff meetings as appropriate
• Performs other related duties and participates in special projects as assigned.