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MDF Operator
full-time•Barnwell
About this role
Company Description:
For more than 50 years, the SWISS KRONO Group has transformed natural raw materials into innovative solutions for interiors, building materials, and flooring. With about 5,000 employees across more than 10 plants worldwide, the Group delivers high-quality wood-based products. Committed to sustainability and resource efficiency, it sources from sustainable forestry and leverages shared expertise to set standards in design, quality, and value.
Starting Hourly Wage: $26.00
Key Responsibilities:
- Exhibit, promote, and enforce all company safety requirements and expectations.
- Reliably control the normal operations/start-up sequences/shut-down processes for selected area of HDF Plant production as described below.
- Cross-training for proficiency Press Operations, Energy Plant, Dryer/Refiner Operations, Resin Operations and Finishing (sanding/sawing) Operations.
- Operate a highly automated plant to ensure HDF production schedules are met.
- Continuously monitor the status and operating conditions of the selected position in the HDF Plant.
- Support HDF Plant maintenance operations.
- Respond to any plant operational emergency, including potential fire threats. QC testing of board mechanical properties and sanding line.
- Strong mechanical, system, and process interaction aptitudes.
- Adhere to the Production Schedule
- Basic math skills with the ability to use various metric system measurement devices including micrometer, tape measure, etc.
- Troubleshooting and analyzing as they relate to plant operating systems.
- Managing ‘housekeeping‘expectations at all times.
- Conducting daily activities in a manner which promotes plant reliability and productivity.
- Performing duties in accordance with all company policies, procedures, and standards of quality.
- Comfortable with basic calculations and measurements of productivity/efficiency.
- Model workplace expectations regarding control room culture and plant operational discipline.
EEO:
Swiss Krono USA is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.
What you'll do
- The MDF Operator is responsible for controlling operations in the HDF Plant, including start-up and shut-down processes. They must monitor production schedules and respond to operational emergencies.
About SWISS KRONO Group
Our passion at SWISS KRONO is to create individual living spaces. At our company, around 4,800 employees work to develop wood-based solutions for healthy living spaces. What unites all employees is their enthusiasm for high-quality and sustainable products and their drive to move forward with ambition, creativity and determination. To this end, we challenge and encourage our employees throughout their working lives. This is how they, our projects and SWISS KRONO grow together.
We have been pursuing this strategy for 50 years, creating innovative and sustainable solutions in the fields of Interior, Flooring and Building Materials. In 120 countries around the world, we design living spaces with our wood-based solutions in which people feel good. In doing so, we are always close to our customers. Not only geographically, but also in terms of cultures, trends and local needs.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does a MDF Operator do at SWISS KRONO Group?
As a MDF Operator at SWISS KRONO Group, you will: the MDF Operator is responsible for controlling operations in the HDF Plant, including start-up and shut-down processes. They must monitor production schedules and respond to operational emergencies..
Is the MDF Operator position at SWISS KRONO Group remote?
The MDF Operator position at SWISS KRONO Group is based in Barnwell, South Carolina, United States. Contact the company through Clera for specific work arrangement details.
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