Material Handler II - Entry-US

About Kennametal With over 85 years as an industrial technology leader, Kennametal Inc. delivers productivity to customers through materials science, tooling and wear-resistant solutions. Customers across aerospace and defense, earthworks, energy, general engineering and transportation turn to Kennametal to help them manufacture with precision and efficiency. Learn more at kennametal.com. Follow @Kennametal: Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. Job Title: Material Handler Location: Bedford, PA Shift: 3rd: Sunday - Friday, 11pm - 7am Job Summary: This position works under the supervision of the Supervisor - Manufacturing, or in his/her absence, the designee. Duties are performed without constant supervision. Assignments are made daily, and results are reviewed daily or as needed. Key Job Responsibilities: • Transport material from workstation to workstation and from and to storage areas. • Receive, issue, maintain and inventory raw materials and forgings. • Coordinate order priorities, resolve quality and production problems, and provide material handling support as needed. • Operate a forklift to transport materials from inside and outside the plant to and from workstations and storage areas. • Operate, setup, inspect, and troubleshoot as required to support production. • Supply components (i.e., carbide, braze, steel-bodies) to operators. • Coordinate schedule requirements based on requesting department needs and communicate to supervisor the need for additional personnel or support. • Perform Magnaflux, shear, and Rockwell tests as required. • Perform grinding, blasting, dipping, labeling, reporting, packing, clipping operations as needed to support production. • Receives, maintains, and issues from inventory raw materials, forgings, and freight. • Work as fill-in for machine operators as needed. • Perform preventive maintenance on fixtures, chains, coils, block washers, saws, dip tank, Jenfab, blaster, grinder, and lathe to assure reliable operation as needed. • Assist other material handlers as needed. • Inspect parts to meet established ISO requirements. • Work with QA to ensure timely release of QA held items and accuracy in the information systems and support planners to ensure correction of material errors for accurate inventories. • Support functions and changeovers to meet established due dates. • Prepare shipments and paperwork for outside vendors as required. • Responsible for tracking and problem solving of the materials used and efficient equipment used to reduce cost. • Monitor supplies per established Kanban system. • Perform cycle counts for area. • Responsible for management of WIP and components. • Participate in lean events and utilize lean processes in daily duties. • Perform daily required TPM on forklift and associated equipment. • Perform daily activities associated with gathering and posting established metrics. • Accurate and timely recording of required data (i.e. Production, Quality, SAP entry, etc. Required Experience: • A high school diploma or general equivalency diploma 3-5 years of relevant work experience. • Completion of basic math, blueprint reading and gauge-reading training. • The ability to understand written and oral instructions and communicate with supervisors and coworkers. • A forklift operator's license. • Six months of manufacturing experience is preferred.

Created: 2026-03-10