Finisher & Polisher
About The Position
Rheo Engineering designs and builds powder handling equipment used to make life-saving medicine. The Finisher & Polisher sands, polishes, and cleans stainless steel used in the company’s equipment. This shop-floor role supports welding fabricators, project assemblers, and detailers by preparing material surfaces according to engineering guidelines and production protocols. The position performs a range of surface finishing work, operates and maintains finishing equipment, and completes equipment cleaning processes such as heat tint removal, water wash-downs, and passivation. It also involves reading fabrication prints, inspecting incoming stainless steel parts against bills of materials, allocating parts to project bins, and helping train new Surface Finish team members. Quality, attention to detail, and efficiency are priorities.
Requirements
- No formal education requirements.
- Familiarity with forklift operation.
- Basic computer skills for email and internal company communication.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office, including Word, Outlook, and Teams.
- High attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
- Communicate honestly and respectfully with the team.
- Operate hand tools skillfully and safely.
- Strong hands-on craftsmanship.
- Take initiative without waiting to be told what to do.
- Demonstrate initiative, collaboration, competence, reliability, and bold humility.
- Ability to bend or stoop, climb stairs and ladders, squat, kneel, push or pull, lift up to 50 pounds, and use vibratory and other basic tools, occasionally to frequently depending on the project.
- Use appropriate personal protective equipment on the shop floor, including when handling chemicals during cleaning and passivation.
Nice To Haves
- Experience finishing or polishing stainless steel, especially to sanitary or high-polish standards.
- Experience with passivation or other chemical cleaning processes.
Responsibilities
- Prepare material surfaces according to engineering guidelines and production protocols, supporting welding fabricators, project assemblers, and detailers.
- Perform surface finishing work, including random orbital sanding, unidirectional polishing, and high-detail polishing on different types of equipment.
- Operate finishing and polishing equipment, including a wide-belt sander and pneumatic tools, after proper training.
- Maintain surface finish tools and machines, including the wide-belt sander.
- Clean equipment, including heat tint removal, water wash-downs, and passivation.
- Read and understand fabrication prints from the Engineering Department.
- Receive and inspect incoming stainless steel parts against the bill of materials and allocate them to the correct project bins.
- Help train new members of the Surface Finish team.
- Deliver quality work on time, with attention to quality, detail, and efficiency.
- Take on other tasks as assigned by the supervisor.
Benefits
- Medical insurance with rates described as consistently low compared to other businesses in the area.
- Health Savings Account with employer contributions, depending on the plan.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
- Identity theft insurance.
- 401(k) with a 4% employer match.
- Generous paid time off.
- Paid paternity and maternity leave.
- Paid cell phone plan with a stipend for a new phone every two years.
- Employee referral program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
