Saw Operator - 3rd Shift

Key Responsibilities

• Follow direction provided by department supervisor.
• Maintain a safe working environment by adhering to, and enforcing, all safety procedures and policies inside and outside the facility, including use of personal protective and McLanahan equipment as required.
• Represent McLanahan Corporation in a positive manner both internally and externally while adhering to the organization’s core values.
• Communicate effectively with co-workers, management, customers, and others in a courteous and professional manner.
• Load/Unload material to/from the saw and storage racks as needed.
• Ability to unload trucks from vendors.
• Operate overhead crane to move material.
• Operate horizontal and vertical band saws as well as other cutting equipment.
• Ensure cuts meet dimensional and quality standards.
• Perform routine maintenance and cleaning of saw equipment.
• Maintain a clean work area utilizing 5S principles and daily organizational skills.
• Produce material within prescribed standards for both quality and timeliness.
• Demonstrated ability to read and understand blueprints.
• Experience working in a team environment and communicating between shifts.
• Ability to complete cross training on other equipment and procedures throughout the department as determined by management.
• Able to identify steel plates, beams, channel, angle, and round and flat stock.

Education/Qualifications/Experience

• High School diploma or equivalent (GED) or other sufficient training/experience.
• Prior experience reading and understanding blueprints to build a product.
• Two (2) – four (4) years of similar experience in a heavy manufacturing environment and operating a saw.
• Prior experience using hand tools to measure products.
• Prior experience operating overhead crane and safety rigging materials.

Skills & Compentencies

• Demonstrate mechanical aptitude.
• Ability to work overtime as needed.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Basic computer skills.
• Ability to rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Ability to successfully reach company goals in an environment in which a wide degree of creativity and latitude is required.

This position description outlines the major duties performed but is not intended to be all-inclusive. Additional duties may be assigned/performed as needed and determined by management. This position description is subject to change at any time.

Physical Requirements:

This position is typically located in a manufacturing environment and requires sitting and standing for long periods of time. The position requires sufficient ambulatory skills to travel domestically. Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp, visual acuity to use a keyboard, and maneuver materials (lift, carry, move, etc...) as assigned. Requires the ability to express or exchange ideas by means of both verbal and written communication.

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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