About this role
Description
At Hamilton Kent, exceeding customer expectations is what motivates us every day. Our products make infrastructure more watertight, durable and sustainable. We are committed to providing the highest quality elastomer products and services to our customers through continuous improvements, innovation, and respect for the environment.
Founded in 1943 in Kent, Ohio, Hamilton Kent has grown to be a multinational manufacturer and distributor of resilient-rubber, watertight, sealing systems and components. Focusing primarily on seals for infrastructure pipe systems, we provide a complete package – from design and development, through production and testing, to warehousing and shipping.
We currently have an exciting career opportunity as a Fabrication Operator!
This role is based in our facility in Winchester, Tennessee, and reports to our Production Manager. The successful candidate will operate and run machinery with the purpose of supporting efficient production as well as adhering to safety expectations.
We have the following shifts available:
Monday-Wednesday 7am-7pm
Monday-Wednesday 7pm-7am (Night shift)
Thursday-Saturday from 7am-7pm
Requirements
Troubleshoot and address production process problems as they arise
Ready and understand technical documentation and work instructions
Maintain a safe and clean work environment while adhering to all safety policies and procedures
Ensure and follow quality procedures are adhered to (pin holes, splicing, accurate count, accurate shipping labels, etc) and fill out the production records
Meet and maintain company ISO quality and production requirements
Working knowledge of and ability to use micrometers, dial indicators, calipers, gauge pins, impact testing and pressure test equipment
Must be eager to learn, excited to work on a team, and have good written and verbal communication skills
Other duties as the need arises or as assigned
Tools & Equipment
Tape splicing caracal
Automatic palletizer
Basic hand tools
Utility knife
Measuring tools
Inspection tools and gauges (check pipes, micrometer)
Working Conditions
The person in this role spends almost 100% of their time in the plant environment, which will involve varying degrees of light to moderate physical labor
Requires good mobility and involves considerable lifting (less than 25 lbs.,) pulling, bending, standing, and walking
Personal safety is affected by exposure to heat, and the use of share blades for cutting rubber, however, incumbent will use standard protective equipment such as but not limited to safety shoes, safety glasses, gloves and aprons
Incumbent understands, respects and adheres to workplace Health & Safety rules and regulations, which are derived from the Occupational Health & Safety Act
Pay
Starts at $17.56/hour
Benefits
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
401 (k) retirement
Referral Program
Hamilton Kent is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities through the recruitment process and, upon request, will work with quality job applicants to provide suitable accommodations in a manner that takes into account the applicant’s accessibility needs due to disability. Accommodation requests are available to candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process for Hamilton Kent jobs.
Other facts
About Aliaxis
Honesty, fairness, integrity, the golden rule: a customer-first culture. Customers want it- even demand it. And it’s so easy to promise.
This is ‘distance race’ thinking, and building a business on it is harder than you might think. It requires you to sacrifice many short-term opportunities for gain. It means spending whatever time it takes to help a client solve a problem on deadline. It means resisting the urge to cut corners on materials that, once in place, no one will ever see.
It means innovation: going beyond what your customers want or expect, and working restlessly to create new products and ideas to fill unmet needs. It means keeping your word, even when it’s inconvenient, and honouring relationships over transactions, even when it costs. And it means building a team with people who believe it, live it, and stand by it.
At IPEX we’ve long-since made a decision to embrace this long-term thinking, not just when it’s easy, but every day, in everything we do, for every customer and every employee. We don’t do it because we’re nice people, though we like to think we are. We do it because it’s good business, and that the reputation we’ve built over time, job by job, one customer at a time, pays the best dividends.
Alex Mestres
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
What you'll do
- The Fabrication Operator will operate and run machinery to support efficient production while strictly adhering to all safety expectations. Key duties include troubleshooting production process problems, maintaining quality standards like checking for pin holes and accurate counts, and filling out production records.
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