Location: Anniston,AL, USA
Company Description
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.
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Pay: $25.88 per hour
Benefits:
* Health Insurance - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama
* Dental Insurance - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama
* Vision Insurance
* Life Insurance (Company-Paid)
* Short Term Disability (Company-Paid)
* 401(k) with Company Match
* Paid Vacation after 1 year
* 10 Paid Holidays per year
Screening:
* Pre-Employment Drug Test
* Background Screening
* Physical
Job Description
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
* 1st Responsibility - 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.
* 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 -12 wedges on the conveyor system using 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 special fixtures using special tooling.
* Loads pre-heated castings on patterns/molds and properly prepares equipment for the injection cycle including setting cores in cavity mold correctly.
* Loads/unloads 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.
* Uses hand tools to perform normal operations of operating equipment.
* Uses hand trimming tools to remove excess rubber from the castings and discard.
* Loads/unloads parts from curing ovens based on temperature, time, and environment requirements.
* Loads/unloads 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.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience
* High school diploma/GED preferred.
* Experience in injection molding preferred.
* Must be at least 18 years of age.
Language Skills
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.
Mathematical Skills
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.
Reasoning Ability
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.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this production required job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand. The employee is frequently required to walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and peripheral vision.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to wide range of temperatures, humid conditions, moving machinery, dust, fumes, gases, odors, vibrations and varying noise levels.
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
McWane is a Federal VEVRAA contractor, and an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices. McWane will not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran or service member status, marital status, citizenship status (In IL - sex, including same sex, ancestry, order of protection status, physical or mental disability, military status, pregnancy, unfavorable discharge status, genetic information), (In IA - gender identity), (In CA- gender identity or expression, and genetic information) or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.