3rd Shift Production Laborer
About The Position
The Production Laborer is an entry-level manufacturing position responsible for supporting operations throughout the facility. This position serves as a developmental role designed to build the skills necessary for advancement into specialized production and operator positions. Employees in this role will receive cross-training in multiple operational areas including melt, furnace support, heat make-up, ladle operations, belt/pan operations, packaging, shipping, and general plant support. The employee will be assigned to areas based on production needs, staffing requirements, and business priorities while maintaining safe, efficient, and quality-focused operations.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Ability to safely operate industrial equipment and tools after training.
- Basic math and computer skills.
- Strong attention to detail, quality, and safety.
- Ability to work varying shifts, overtime, weekends, and 12-hour schedules as needed.
- Ability to adapt to changing work assignments and priorities.
- Ability to operate a weight scale to weigh pans pre/post production runs to calculate final weights.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in manufacturing, foundry, melt shop, steel, metals, or heavy industrial environment strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Follow all plant safety rules, wear required PPE and actively promote a safe work environment.
- Maintain housekeeping standards and keep work areas clean and organized.
- Report accidents, near misses, equipment damage, and safety concerns immediately.
- Operate forklifts, pendant cranes, loaders, bobcats, scales, and other production equipment after training and authorization.
- Load, unload, transport, package, identify, and stage materials throughout the facility.
- Read and follow work orders, sales orders, heat make-up sheets, quality requirements, and operating instructions.
- Assist furnace operations including charging materials, back charging, refractory maintenance, sampling, and heat preparation.
- Assist with ladle preparation, tundish building, pouring operations, refractory inspection, and related production activities.
- Build and verify material charges according to heat make-up instructions and production requirements.
- Operate and maintain belt, pan, mold, and related production systems used in alloy and ingot production.
- Replace molds no longer producing quality ingots, worn links and rollers.
- Maintain the mold wash in tank at a consistent baume as required by alloy.
- Perform visual inspections and quality checks to ensure products meet customer specifications.
- Collect, weigh, identify, label, package, and document finished products and by-products.
- Support truck loading and unloading activities and general material handling throughout the plant.
- Perform other duties and special assignments as required according to PCC Code of Conduct & SOX guidelines.
- Capable of safely and effectively operating: overhead cranes, fork trucks, backhoe, KT Grant, and various hand tools.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
