Curing-Production Operator

Yokohama Tire Corporation • West Point, MS

2d • $37,030 - $55,604 • Onsite

About The Position

A Curing Technician in a tire manufacturing plant plays a crucial role in the final stage of tire production: the curing process. This involves transforming a "green" (uncured) tire into a finished product with the desired shape, tread pattern, and material properties.

Requirements

• Technical Aptitude: Understanding of mechanical processes, ability to operate machinery, troubleshoot issues, and perform basic repairs.
• Attention to Detail: Meticulousness in following procedures, conducting inspections, and ensuring product quality.
• Problem-Solving Skills: Ability to identify and resolve issues with equipment and processes.
• Communication Skills: Effective communication with supervisors, colleagues, and other departments.
• Safety Consciousness: Commitment to following safety procedures and ensuring a safe work environment.
• Teamwork: Ability to collaborate effectively with other team members to achieve common goals.
• Adaptability: Capacity to adjust to changes in the work environment and production requirement.

Nice To Haves

• 2 years preferred Manufacturing Process or related field and Career Readiness Certificate (Silver or Above)

Responsibilities

• Operating Curing Presses and Equipment: Loading and unloading green tires into curing presses. Operating and monitoring curing presses, including controls, gauges, and indicators. Making minor adjustments and troubleshooting issues with the presses and equipment. Performing mold and bladder changes as required. Cleaning and drilling venting in molds. Building and tearing down bladders. Assisting in spraying and loading passenger tire presses (if applicable). Maintaining data input and accurately recording time and production details.
• Quality Control and Adherence to Specifications: Conducting first tire checks. Chasing scrap (identifying and removing defective products). Ensuring serial changes in molds are accurate. Inspecting products to ensure they meet quality and quantity standards. Reporting any malfunctions, out-of-spec conditions, or other extraordinary conditions to supervision.
• Maintenance and Repair: Performing minor mechanical adjustments and emergency repairs on presses and equipment. Tearing down, cleaning segmented molds, drilling molds, and cleaning molds in the press. Creating work orders in SAP for maintenance and communicating with the maintenance department.
• Safety and Environmental Compliance: Following all plant policies, environmental policies, and safety policies. Ensuring all Environmental, Safety, and Health (ESH) procedures, policies, and legal requirements are implemented and monitored. Being certified to operate a forklift through the safety department (as needed). Promoting and monitoring safety within the curing department and the plant.
• Communication and Teamwork: Effectively communicating with curing supervision, other setup technicians, and curing press operators. Mentoring and training team members as necessary. Adapting to changes in the work environment, including computer interfaces.
• Workplace Organization and Efficiency: Following standard practices to ensure prompt and accurate quality and quantity production. Keeping work areas neat, clean, aligned, and orderly. Monitoring the operation of the takeaway conveyor for the assigned row. Planning work according to tire inventory and schedule needs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED