Material Handling Associate - Grinder Night Shift

Cornerstone Building Brands•Jasper, TN

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Cornerstone Building Brands is seeking a Material Handling Associate for their Grinder position on the night shift. This role involves grinding scrap material for reuse in product runs, ensuring proper labeling, color consistency, and safe operation of equipment. The associate will be responsible for setting up the grinder workstation, feeding materials, monitoring operations, and maintaining a clean and safe work environment. This is a permanent, full-time position with a rotating 12-hour schedule.

Requirements

High school graduate or G.E.D.
No experience required.
Must be able to read, write and perform basic math skills as job duties require.
Must have good manual dexterity.
Must be accurate in keeping colors separate, and recording weights.
Must be able to learn to safely operate forklift equipment.
Must have good communication skills and be able to interact with people.
Must be able to lift 86 pounds maximum individually.
Must be able to move 87-100 pounds with assistance.
Must be mechanically inclined.
Must be at least 18 years of age to apply.

Nice To Haves

Prior manufacturing experience strongly preferred.
Prefer ability to learn to work with computer systems.
Prefer ability to safely operate multi-directional forklift.

Responsibilities

Grind scrap material for reuse in later product runs.
Ensure proper labeling of gaylords, color consistency of grinding runs, and safe operation of grinder(s).
Set up grinder workstation at shift start, ensuring proper positioning of skids, sacks, and chutes.
Clean and maintain grinder.
Manually feed scrap materials, punch-outs and knock-outs into grinder pit(s), monitoring grinder operations to prevent overloads.
Ensure all scrap racks and flowbins are properly stacked in the correct location.
Ensure that product feeds are consistent in color.
Distribute regrind in flowbins and breakdown empty gaylords.
Ensure that flowbins are logged and placed in proper location.
Report daily regrind to ensure inventories remain consistent.
Perform safety checks on flow bins and racks for all defects.
Collect and weigh vinyl scrap from production lines.
Check daily grinding runs for proper mix and consistency; ensure proper handling, packaging, and weight of gaylords; complete regrind report.
Segregate acceptable from unacceptable scrap.
Assist with the production of pulverized material.
Ensure housekeeping standards are maintained at all times, and perform daily cleaning of grinding pit.
Assist Maintenance with grinder maintenance.
Complete daily forklift safety/damage inspection checks.
Perform other related duties and assignments as required.
Train new associates, if necessary.
Actively participate in all plant safety programs, depending on location.
Relieve Extrusion Associate 1s and 2s as needed.