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Valmont Industries, Inc. Shipper - 1st Shift in McCook, Nebraska

75 South Hwy 83 McCook Nebraska 69001-8569

Why Valmont

We’re Here to Move the World Forward.

Valmont impacts millions of people around the world every day, yet they might not realize the many ways. Our technology is helping feed the growing population, supplying the world with more reliable energy and access to renewables, enhancing connectivity in remote and urban locations to create a sustainable future and so much more. Simply put, Valmont is advancing agricultural productivity and reimagining vital infrastructure to make life better.

Join a Fortune 1000 company that respects hard work, honors diversity and invests in our employees as we focus on creating the world of tomorrow, today. We are the modern workforce . Are you ready to move the world forward? Apply now.

Shift : 1st Shift, Monday to Friday 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Compensation: $17.71

A Brief Summary of This Position

The primary responsibility of the Shipper is to accurately pick, count, and pack parts for shipment to our customers. Shipper 1 is the first step in a progressive line of shipping positions which enables employees to move into higher level positions as they gain experience and acquire additional skills. Responsibilities include operating a variety of material handling and packaging equipment in a safe and efficient manner. The Shipper 1 will also be expected to maintain appropriate housekeeping and safety standards.

Essential Functions

  • Accurately picks, counts and packs parts for shipment

  • Able to operate the following equipment in a safe and efficient manner: forklift, order picker, hand and air driven banding and crimping tools, lift tables, small hand tools, vacu-lifts, weigh scales, air driven staple/nail guns, hand-held barcode scanners, computers, storage carousels, skin wrap machine, cable wrapping machines

  • Recognize major parts to sight (most crateline and high volume parts)

  • Able to stand/walk for 90-100% of the shift.

  • Demonstrates effective and proper communication skills, being a willing and effective team player

  • Maintains housekeeping and safety standards

  • At minimum, employee must be able to learn and successfully perform in 5 work areas within the department.

  • Responsible for safety, productivity, quality, and personal behavior

Required Qualifications of Every Candidate (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities)

  • Responds in a positive fashion to the direction of a shift supervisor or lead, participating in departmental/cell team functions

  • The ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide, read, write, and count accurately

  • A working knowledge of using e-mail

  • The ability to work with wood and small hand tools such as tape measures, crimping tools, scales, banders, and air-driven staple/nail guns

  • The ability to stand, bend, push, pull, climb, lift and walk

  • The ability to safely lift up to 50 pounds frequently throughout the shift

  • The ability to work over ten hours a week in overtime when required for business needs

Other Important Details about the Role:

  • The ability to operate forklifts, shag trucks, or weigh counting scales

  • An understanding of documents pertaining to packing and shipping of irrigation products

  • An acceptable work history and attendance record

  • Material handling and inventory experience

  • A satisfactory safety record and constant awareness of others safety as well as their own

Highly Qualified Candidates Will Also Possess These Qualifications

  • Prior shipping experience

  • Prior experience with the equipment used: forklift, order picker, hand and air driven banding and crimping tools, lift tables, small hand tools, vacu-lifts, weigh scales, air driven staple/nail guns, hand-held barcode scanners, computers, storage carousels, skin wrap machine, cable wrapping machines

Benefits

Valmont offers employees and their families a comprehensive Total Wellbeing benefit package to ensure their individual and family’s overall wellness needs are met. Some offerings are dependent upon the role, work schedule, or location and can include the following:

  • Healthcare (medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision)

  • 401k retirement plan with company match

  • Paid time off

  • Employer paid life insurance

  • Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave

  • Work Life Support

  • Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year

  • Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, one-on-one health coaching, mortgage services and more

Valmont does not discriminate against any employee or applicant in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

If you have a disability and require any assistance in filling out the application for employment email EEOCompliance@Valmont.com.

Valmont is here to modernize vital infrastructure and increase agricultural productivity, sustainably and reliably. We galvanize steel to last a century with minimal environmental impact. We modernize irrigation to feed a growing population by utilizing the latest technology. We harden the electrical grid to enable the delivery of reliable power to millions of homes around the world. And we help make communities everywhere safer, cleaner and more connected through our smart infrastructure technology.

Valmont serves two primary markets — agriculture and infrastructure — and seven diverse product lines: Utility, Lighting and Transportation, Telecom, Solar, Coatings, Irrigation and Ag Tech. We manufacture products in 85 facilities spread across six continents, and we do business in 100 different countries.

That’s what Valmont does. We conserve resources and improve life, finding ways to make innovation and technology beneficial in the real world.

  • That’s the value we add.
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