Panel Room Builder- Second Shift

Birk Manufacturing Inc. • East Lyme, CT

31d • Onsite

About The Position

The Panel Room Builder is responsible for prepping and assembling all materials needed to build a press rig for pressing in the press room. Press rig construction involves cutting material to size, cleaning/surface prepping the materials, and stacking them together in a specified pattern. The press rig is then sent to the press room and loaded into a press where heat, time and pressure laminates materials together. This process is used to create a base panel, to laminate a cover onto an etched panel without leads under the cover, and/or to laminate bond ply, foil backing or other layers together.

Requirements

• High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED)
• Basic math and measuring knowledge
• Able to speak and read fluently in English.
• Experience in material handling, surface prep, cleaning.

Nice To Haves

• Direction following
• Attention to detail
• Organizational skills
• Teamwork
• Safety awareness
• Flexibility
• Accuracy/Technical ability
• Thoroughness
• Time management
• Reliability

Responsibilities

• Determine daily priorities and direction from supervisor.
• Cut material according to requirements in the work package.
• Surface prep and clean materials as required.
• Stack materials/build press rig according to specific instructions as required.
• Deliver completed press rigs to specified area for pressing.
• Deliver completed base panels to Dark room for processing.
• Deliver covered panels (without leads) to Quality for inspection.
• Check racks/specified areas for panels awaiting covers and back foil.
• Use clicker die press to punch out covers and foil backing as required.
• Use proper documentation to record lot numbers of raw material used.
• Follow routine cleaning process for daily, weekly, monthly cleaning.
• Build and maintain good working relationships with team members and management.
• Participate in continuous improvement training and projects.
• Support all internal and external audit activities as needed.
• Always maintain safety when handling panel and press rig materials.
• Follow all company policies, procedures and safety rules.

What This Job Offers

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