Production Associate(Laborer)
About The Position
Specialty Granules LLC is seeking hard working and ambitious Production Associates at its plant in Blue Ridge Summit, PA. If you are looking for career advancement opportunities with a growing company, want to learn new skills, and like working overtime, and enjoys job variety, then this is the job for you! Training is provided! Production Associates perform hands-on work with most tasks performed outdoors. Production Associates assist their assigned department in providing customers with high quality products while ensuring the facility meets all safety and operational standards. Production Associates perform any type of general labor that supports safely meeting production demand while maintaining housekeeping throughout the plant. The work is performed mostly outdoors subjecting Production Associates to inclement weather such as snow, rain, hot, and cold weather. Some areas of the plant and assigned tasks will be dirty and dusty. Production Associates perform work such as shoveling piles of material, unplugging chutes, as well as cleaning up areas of the plant around crushers, elevators, and conveyors as directed. Production Associates are also required to assist in routine plant maintenance on planned down days. This includes helping with basic repairs and maintaining production equipment including patching holes in chutes and ductwork, changing screens, and cleaning out bins and ductwork. Must be able to operate mobile equipment such as bobcat skid steers, front end loaders, dump trucks, and vacuum trucks as required (on the job training is provided for all equipment). Ensure the plant areas meet or exceed all safety standards for SGI and all work is performed safely.
Requirements
- Must be 18 years old and have a High School diploma or G.E.D.
- Must be eligible to work in the U.S. without need for employer-sponsored visa (work permit).
Nice To Haves
- Heavy industrial manufacturing background or construction experience is preferred but not required.
Responsibilities
- Perform hands-on work with most tasks performed outdoors
- Assist their assigned department in providing customers with high quality products while ensuring the facility meets all safety and operational standards
- Perform any type of general labor that supports safely meeting production demand while maintaining housekeeping throughout the plant
- Shoveling piles of material
- Unplugging chutes
- Cleaning up areas of the plant around crushers, elevators, and conveyors as directed
- Assist in routine plant maintenance on planned down days
- Helping with basic repairs and maintaining production equipment including patching holes in chutes and ductwork, changing screens, and cleaning out bins and ductwork
- Operate mobile equipment such as bobcat skid steers, front end loaders, dump trucks, and vacuum trucks as required
- Ensure the plant areas meet or exceed all safety standards for SGI and all work is performed safely
Benefits
- Starting rate $24.75
- Shift differential- $1.10 for overnights
- $300 yearly safety boot reimbursement allowance
- Yearly & Quarterly Bonus Potential
- Benefits eligible first day of hire - Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Ins, LTD, AD&D, 7% - 401K company match and immediate vesting
- Vacation prorated based on date of hire (eligible after 4 months)
- May participate in job bidding process first day of hire
- Cross-training opportunities provided
- Educational reimbursement
- All PPE provided, safety boot reimbursement after 90 days of service
- competitive salary
- vacation package for all full-time permanent positions
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
