Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform duties to requisition and store materials, parts and components.


• Accumulate and move items/containers to designated areas. Interact with other departments.


• Work from schedules, shop orders, CRT and instructions.


• Review production schedules for period and perform Electronic Data Interchange or other ordering techniques for parts, materials or supplies to meet requirements. Select and accumulate material parts, verify identity, quantity, condition and record or call attention to shortages, defective or damaged material and store/move items to designated areas.


• Visually check work to maintain quality standards and notify supervisor or recurring defects and operating difficulties.


• Assist in unpacking or unloading items from trucks and other carriers.


• Prepare tickets/maintain records and other documents as required.


• Assist with physical inventories as required.


• Perform other duties as required.

Education, Skills, and Work Experience:

• Ability to operate a fork truck.


• Ability to use hand and power tools and other material handling equipment to include, but not limited to: pallet jack, hand truck, CRT, Microcomputer, EDI, fax and bar coding equipment.


• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and follow verbal/written work instructions.


• Ability to perform work safely and follow safety policies/rules and regulations.


• High School diploma or equivalent required.


• Must be able to work from schedules, shop orders, CRT and instructions.


• Must have a valid license for operating powered industrial trucks or pass written assessments after classroom training.

Benefits of Employment 

In addition to excellent career growth opportunities, Federal Signal Corporation offers a wide array of benefits including: annual bonus potential, insurance (life, medical, dental, vision), paid holidays, paid vacation, 401(k) with matching contributions and tuition reimbursement. We provide our employees with a smoke-free, drug-free workplace.

About Us

Federal Signal in University Park is a leading manufacturer and supplier of comprehensive systems and products used to protect people and property. Our products and integrated solutions include systems for campus and community alerting, emergency vehicles, first responder interoperable communications, industrial communications, and command and municipal networked security. Specific products include: lightbars and sirens, public warning sirens and public safety software. 

Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE: FSS) builds and delivers equipment of unmatched quality that moves material, cleans infrastructure, and protects the communities where we work and live. Founded in 1901, Federal Signal is a leading global designer and manufacturer of products and total solutions that serve municipal, governmental, industrial and commercial customers. Headquartered in Downers Grove, IL, with manufacturing facilities worldwide, the Company operates two groups: Environmental Solutions and Safety and Security Systems. For more information on Federal Signal, visit: www.federalsignal.com

The Company is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will not be discriminated against on the basis of, and will receive consideration for employment without regard to, race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category, characteristic, or trait under applicable law. If you require reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact Human Resources at HR@federalsignal.com. All other applications must be submitted online.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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