Manufacturing Specialist Marker Cell 2nd Shift

Description

Status: This is a full-time; hourly position
Hours: Monday – Wednesday: 3:15pm – 3:45am & Thursday: 3:15pm – 7:45pm; overtime as needed

Benefits Offered to Full-time Employees: Health, Dental, Optical, Medical FSA/HSA, Dependent Care (FSA), Basic Life Plan, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, 401K with Company Match, Profit Sharing (ROA), PTO (Vacation), Holidays, Jury Duty, and Funeral Leave

JOB SUMMARY: This position is responsible for working together with other cell employees to cut, blunt, drill, and assemble bronze markers and drill bases.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

• Load and unload saws with an overhead crane.
• Review production tickets to determine cuts that are necessary for the stone.
• Review work to ensure it meets production ticket specifications before and after cutting.
• Level and square stone on saw bed.
• Index the saw blade to the correct size and dimension based upon the stone being cut.
• Brace and wedge stone to prevent it from moving while it is being cut.
• Apply patterns and layout stone to best utilize raw stone material.
• Load pre-programmed profiles from the network and input manual cuts as needed. 
• Operate saw according to layout and order specifications for both straight and angle cuts.
• Reattach slab labels or label each slab after cuts have been completed.
• Scan bar code on production tickets to record work performed in JDE system.
• Inspect granite stone for defects before and after each process step to ensure it meets quality standards
• Drill holes for the bronze memorial plate into the granite marker as specified by production ticket.
• Use a handheld banding machine to package memorial markers with the appropriate shipping material.
• Use of overhead crane to palletize and organize memorial markers by shipping carrier and shipping date
• Band and organize finished pallets.
• Coordinate with shipping department to ensure the product is shipped in the most cost-effective manner.
• Prepare product packaging by assembling cardboard boxes and building wooden crates using a band saw, nail gun and cardboard stapler.

Requirements

• Ability to perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another, to avoid interruptions in production.
• Ability to work independently, with little or no supervision.
• Excellent problem solving and critical thinking skills, with an emphasis in time management, improving efficiencies and exercising independent judgment to determine work priority and urgency.
• Mechanically inclined.
• General math skills.
• Must be able to read work orders or production tickets, which may include dimensional drawings.
• Ability to read a tape measure, imperial and metric.
• Work as a self-motivated team member who adheres to all safety protocols and is willing to cross-train as needed.