Material Handler - 1st Shift

Looking to build your career with a company that values innovation, stability, and people? Join our dedicated team as a Material Handler in Durant, MS!

Since 1946, Hunter Engineering has been aligning cutting-edge technology with a strong commitment to quality. As a family-owned, American-made company, Hunter is the global leader in automotive service equipment, with our products used in over 130 countries by top vehicle manufacturers, tire companies, and service centers.

We’re proud to be recognized as a Best Places to Work finalist by the St. Louis Business Journal for four consecutive years (2022 – 2025) – a testament to our commitment to our people. Here, employees are supported, challenged, and take pride in their work. We offer exceptional benefits, a healthy work-life balance, and meaningful opportunities for professional growth.

If you’re ready to join a team that’s shaping the future of automotive service, read on.

Hunter offers $21.25 as the starting rate with opportunities for advancement in level and pay. This position is for our 1st shift (7am-3:30pm, Monday-Friday)

As a Material Handler, you will receive, store, and distribute materials, tools, equipment, and products within the plant floor areas.

What You’ll Do:

• Observes and follows all safety rules
• Must be willing and able to work overtime as an extension to a normal workday or on weekends, as scheduled
• Positions parts according to knowledge of unit being assembled or following blueprints
• Audit production parts to maintain adequate stock to fulfill production needs
• Fastens parts together with bolts, screws, speed clips, rivets, or other fasteners
• Removes small quantities of metal with hand files and scrapers to produce a close fit between parts
• Operates hand tools or portable power tools to assist in the assembly operation
• May be required to work at different stations as production needs warrant
• Operate overhead hoist to maneuver material
• Operate forklift to move products throughout the plant
• Operate hand tools to assemble products
• Operate power pallet jacks throughout the plant
• Operate manual pallet jacks throughout the plant
• Other duties as assigned

What You’ll Bring:

• High school diploma or GED is required and 3 months of related experience and/or training.
• Must be able to operate material handling equipment such as forklifts, overhead cranes, motorized pallet jacks, or manual pallet jacks
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondences, and memos
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers

What We Offer:

• Industry-Leading Healthcare Coverage
• Profit-Sharing Plan with Safe Harbor Contribution
• Generous Paid Time Off & Holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement Program

Join us in our mission to ‘Align People and Innovation to Drive Excellence!’

• Make Lives Better Together
• Take Pride in the Extraordinary
• Define the Standard