Tipper Operator - 3rd Shift

Sherwin-Williams • Portland, OR

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Tipper Operator will join the Purdy paintbrush manufacturing team in the bristle department, where Purdy manufactures professional painting tools of the highest quality. This role involves setting up and operating the tipper machine. Safety is a core value at Sherwin-Williams operations, and all Purdy employees are required to participate in the safety program. Employee involvement and communication are crucial for continuous safety improvement across all areas of operational excellence: Safety, Quality, Service, Cost, and People. The job duties include interacting with other employees, operating heavy machinery, and handling proprietary information, raw materials, finished merchandise, and other valuable items, which may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company conducts criminal history reviews to protect its business, operations, reputation, and the safety of its staff, employees, and vendors.

Requirements

• Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age
• Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future

Nice To Haves

• Have at least one (1) year of work experience operating machinery in a manufacturing and/or distribution environment

Responsibilities

• Use scanner to scan indirect T1, T2, or T3 according to shift
• Retrieve materials from tipper MTO area
• Tare the weight of empty bins with cardboard and record tare weight
• Setup the tipper machine and run test bundles
• Have supervisor or team lead check and approve test bundles
• Wrap bundles with rubber bands to hold them together in the machine
• Load the machine by pressing bundles over the splitter in the cup
• Secure the bundles by using an air chuck to increase air pressure in the cup
• Unload the bundles after they are processed in the machine by releasing the air pressure in the cup and pulling the bundle out
• Stack bundles into a bin and weigh the bin
• Fill out a card for each bin and record bin weight on the card
• Constantly monitor quality of tip and flag on bundles
• Keep work area clean during each shift and thoroughly clean machine and area at the end of each shift
• Maintain Accurate Metrics: Weight Produced, Downtime, Maintenance, Idle Time etc.
• Fill out Tipper Production Sheet
• When ticket is complete, move order to the appropriate line in the Mixer MTO area

Benefits

• Shift Differential: $0.75 per hour
• This position is also eligible for bonus based on performance and subject to the terms of the Company’s applicable plans

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees