Junior Operator/Material Handler

Construction Specialties•Del Rio, TX

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Founded in 1948, Construction Specialties (CS) is a specialty building products manufacturer. CS provides solutions to building challenges that architects, designers, building owners, facility managers, and contractors face every day. Since inventing the first extruded louver, CS has become a global leader in all our product categories. Our products are a part of some of the most iconic buildings around the world–from the world’s tallest tower, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, to the Oculus at the World Trade Center Transit Hub in Manhattan. If you want to work in an inspiring atmosphere and collaborate with customers and colleagues to solve challenges, we're the right place for you. CS: People. Buildings. Better. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Requirements

High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and up to twelve months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Must be able to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; and reach with hands and arms.
Must be able to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and talk or hear.
Must continuously (over 70% of time) lift and/or move over 25 pounds and occasionally up to 60 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

Training with respect to guidelines for hazardous material and waste handling within six (6) months of hire and annually thereafter.

Responsibilities

Performs various manufacturing operations on jobs, including manufacturing of sub-assemblies and final assembly.
Operates various types of equipment such as saws, drills, punches, grinders, formers, packing machines, material moving equipment and any other equipment in an assigned designated area.
Receives general and varied work assignments from Production Supervisor and completes assigned tasks alone or assists others.
Ensures that guards and safety devices are installed on equipment used and are operating properly, and performs required equipment safety inspections.
Adjusts and operates saw equipment to cut extruded stock, metal and plastic to the size and shape specified by the work order.
Uses shop equipment as needed such as table saw, hand drill or drill press, punch and die press, fixed router, nut drivers and heat forming equipment.
Performs assembly using materials and parts designated by the work order, production sheet, drawings, or catalog specifications, following established procedures.
Performs manufacture or make up of sub-assemblies for stock.
Assists in filling pull lists and work orders for assigned production area.
Loads and unloads materials onto pallets, tables, racks and shelving using required equipment such as pallet movers, carts, basket movers, hand trucks in a safe manner.
Conveys material from storage or work sites to designated areas.
Attaches identifying marks, labels and tags to material, cases, cartons and other containers.
Ensures hazardous material and waste handling is conducted within the guidelines of all training and safety programs.
Assists in all areas of production as needed and assigned by supervisor.
Performs on-going quality control of own work such as using color chips to verify correct color, product samples for correct size and shape and measuring devices to verify correct lengths/widths.
Assures quality of work through accuracy, neatness, paying attention to details, thorough understanding of information, with minimal amount of rework.
Identifies and acts upon opportunities to improve quality of material or process.
Follows directions to perform other company related work when time permits or when directed.
Maintains work area, equipment and supplies in a neat and orderly condition.
Reports any problems or difficulties to Production Supervisor.
Completes work with minimal supervision.
Ensures that hazardous material and waste handling is conducted within the guidelines of the training provided.
May be required to use personal fall protection equipment in certain situations.
Ensures conformance to all aspects of the ISO 14001 standard and Construction Specialties’ Environmental Management System (EMS), including its environmental policy while performing job functions that may have a significant impact on the environment.