M&H Valve - Wedge Coat Operator

M&H Valve•Anniston, AL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

M&H Valve Company is a world-class manufacturer of water and wastewater materials including fire hydrants, resilient wedge gate valves, butterfly valves and check valves. Since 1854, M&H has developed a reputation for excellence and dependability. Our extensive facilities and innovative technologies have made us a business and community leader. From state-of-the-art environmental upgrades to advanced training initiatives and community outreach, we’re working every day to make sure that M&H Valve is the best in the business. M&H Valve Company is part of Birmingham, AL based McWane, Inc. The Wedge Coat Operator operates equipment to apply adhesive to castings and rubber to wedges consisting of numerous sizes in a production environment.

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years of age.
Ability to read and comprehend casting prints, drawings, and formulation requirements.
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, correspondence, and memos.
Ability to effectively present information in one on one, small groups, and other employees.
Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10s and 100s.
Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Regularly required to stand.
Frequently required to walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
Occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.
Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and peripheral vision.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma/GED preferred.
Experience in injection molding preferred.

Responsibilities

Ensuring personal safety and the safety of your team members.
Assists supervisors and managers in maintaining a safe and healthy work environment.
Wear appropriate PPE which may include fall protection, respiratory protection, hearing protection, foot, hand, head and eye protection.
Uses proper lifting and ergo techniques.
Proactively promotes The McWane Way Principles.
Reads work orders or receives oral instructions to determine work assignments, material or equipment needs.
Follows detailed job specific instructions to make sure castings are produced in the most efficient manner and to meet customer specifications.
Conducts daily inspection of equipment.
Operates three-stage washer, dry off oven, conveyor system, and dip tank for adhesive.
Loads/unloads 2”-16” wedges on the conveyor system utilizing standard and specialized material handling equipment.
Operates industrial forklifts along with manual pallet lifting devices.
Maintains operating levels of cleaners for the wash system and levels for the adhesion dip tanks.
Loads/unloads castings in pre-heat ovens on utilizing special lifting devices for 10” and above.
Loads/unloads core pins into the core pin oven.
Loads pre-heated castings on patterns/molds and properly prepares equipment for the injection cycle including setting core pins in the mold correctly.
Loads strips of rubber into injection molding machine.
Operates controls of equipment to maintain set established standards.
Performs quality checks to include but not limited to the following: Adhesion tests, temperature checks, durometer checks, dimension checks.
Utilizes hand tools to perform normal operations of operating equipment.
Utilizes hand trimming tools to remove excess rubber from the castings and discard.
Loads parts into shipping containers in established quantities and sizes.
Maintains inventory control by properly scanning inventory, marking, and/or labeling.
Cleans patterns, tooling, molds, fixtures, tanks, and equipment to ensure items are maintained properly.
Maintains cleanliness of the production area.