Machine Weaver

Operates wire weaving machine within manufacturer’s specifications. The weaver is primarily responsible for running, maintaining, and cleaning the weaving machine, which includes moving/placing wire stand to ensure the wire feeds smoothly to the weaving machine. Weaver bundles the finished product and stacks the completed fence rolls on a pallet for forklift access. This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Essential Functions:

• Inspect products to ensure that specifications are met and to determine if machines need adjustment.
• Observe woven wire to detect weaving defects.
• Stop machines when specified amounts of product have been produced.
• Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
• Monitoring and reviewing information from materials to detect or assess problems for correction.
• Monitor tool inventory.
• Notify supervisors or repair staff of mechanical malfunctions. 8) Perform other duties and/or tasks as instructed or assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

One year experience running and setting up chain link weaving machine.

Skills and Abilities:

Requires working independently towards general results. Assignments are primarily task oriented and include detailed instructions. Ability to read, analyze and interpret general documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, or procedural manuals. Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to apply common-sense understanding to carry out simple one and two-step instructions.

Licenses/Certificates/Registrations:

Forklift certification.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands described here 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. Position requires long periods of standing, using hands, reaching with hands and arms; occasional climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, talking and hearing. Duties require frequent lifting 10 to 100 pounds. The work environment includes exposure to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and inclement weather. Work involves exposure to loud machine and mechanical noise.