Production Worker--Floater 2nd and 3rd shift
Laclede Chain Manufacturing
- Maryville, MO
- $18.43 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Positions coil of metal wire or rod on feed spindle and threads it through straightening rolls into feed mechanism.
- Starts machine to produce sample product and measures for conformance with specifications.
- Observes machine operation and continually monitors quality of product to certain specifications.
- Reads and understands product schedule to insure proper rod or wire are being used for product being run.
- Maintains machines and work area by keeping both clean.
- Runs calibrator properly and can identify quality defects in chain.
- Runs proof-tester to check for chain tolerances.
- Helps load wire on turntable.
- Assists Operator with Load Former and loading wire.
- Checks wire tag to ensure that the new Hi-Hat is correct wire, size, and same heat number.
- Reads and understands wire tag and job.
- Helps keep Operators caught up by calibrating chain and getting cut off wire in proper container.
- Problem Solving skills
- Technical skills
- Communication Skills'Oral and Written
- Ability to work as a team or individually
- Good work ethic'efficient, effective, accurate, organized, conscientious, dependability, punctual, etc...
- Meets Company standards (i.e. goals and objectives, production quotas, project deadlines, etc...) and with high quality
- Adaptability'changes in the work environment, production demands, priorities, methods, direction, etc...
- Takes initiative
- Innovative/Resourceful
- High School Diploma or GED or equivalent work experience
- Demonstrated mechanical ability, ideally within a manufacturing environment
- Ability to use measuring instruments such as calipers and micrometers is preferred
- Ability to read blue prints is preferred
- Must be able to use hand and power tools
- Must be able to work in a fast paced environment
- Must possess good quality control management skills'ability to identify good chain vs. bad
- Must be able to run calibrator properly and identify quality defects
- Ability to be forklift certified
- Must be able to stand, walk, bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach overhead, or crawl
- Must be able to lift 35lbs, at times may be asked to lift more
- Environment is non-climate controlled
- Production floor is typically loud
- Must wear required PPE