We are looking for courageous, talented, and hard-working individuals with a "can do" attitude. We are currently going through a cultural and operational change in our organization and looking for people to join the team that want to make a difference in their career as well as make the working world safer through our product innovations. Yes, our teams make and finish chain, but they also have the opportunity to make their own work environment a little better and safer.

At Laclede, we work hard because our products are put to the limits every single day. If one of our links fails, it could mean the difference between someone hurt or getting home safely to their family. We take chain making seriously, so our customers don't have to.

Position Summary: The F&W Floater position is where an individual learns how to operate three types or styles of Form and Weld production groups. As a Floater you will learn the basic operations of these three different types of production groups, so at level I you will learn the basics for operating one style of group. The individuals within the F&W Floater position will be utilized to cover for operators on vacation, using personal time, or calling in for time off. F&W Floaters will be required to cover any of the groups trained at and compensated for without hesitation.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Learns and stays alert to the safety aspects within your work area as well as various safety concerns throughout the Form & Weld Department.
• Learn and stay conscientious to quality aspects of the product.
• Learn about the process of calibrating and/or twisting chain and diligently inspecting each type of chain on the group.
• Learn about all pertinent paperwork and checks to be performed in your work area.
• Begin the learning process for starting and stopping the machines.
• Learn the process for reloading the former.
• Begin learning how to start the group to produce a sample product.
• Learn the process for cutting a QC sample, splicing the chain back together, and restarting the group.
• Starts machine to begin production while learning to observe machines operations for evidence of malfunction and monitoring product for nonconformities.
• Start learning to replace simple tooling in tool holders within the machines to maintain efficient machine operation while ensuring product meets specifications.
• Observes machine operation and continually monitors the quality of product to company specifications.
• Start learning to read and understand Job Travelers, PMTs, and High-Hat Tags to ensure proper wire is used for product and correct paperwork is placed on completed bin boxes.
• Maintain cleanliness of machines and housekeeping of work area.

Core Competencies:

• Critical Thinking skills.
• Technical skills.
• Customer Service.
• Interpersonal Skills.
• Communication Skills-Oral and Written.
• Ability to work independently or as a team.
• Good work ethic-efficient, effective, accurate, organized, dependable, punctual, and conscientious of attendance.
• Ability to meet company standards (i.e., goals and objectives, production quotas, project deadlines) while maintaining a quality conscientious attitude.
• Adaptable- capable of changing with the work environment, production demands, priorities, methods, direction, etc.
• Motivated and takes initiative.
• Innovative/Resourceful.

Education:

• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent work experience

Required Qualifications:

• Demonstrated mechanical ability, ideally within a manufacturing environment.
• Must be able to use or learn to use measuring instruments such as calipers and rulers.
• Knowledge of, or ability to be taught a variety of computer programs, i.e., Microsoft office, Epicor.
• Must be able to use hand and power tools.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment.

Physical Demands/Work Environment:

• Must be able to stand, walk, bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach overhead, or crawl, and/or climb a ladder.
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs, at times may be asked to lift more.
• Environment is non-climate controlled.
• Production floor is typically loud.
• Must wear required PPE.