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Finishing Associate - 1st Shift
Location: 897 Lancaster Pike, Quarryville, PA 17566-9714
Competitive Compensation
Cast your career with Buck Company!
Buck Company LLC is looking for a Finishing Associate to join our team on 1st shift. This role is absolutely essential to our quality assurance process—you will be the final step in preparing our high-quality metal castings for our customers. We are passionate about training and development, providing you with the skills you need to succeed in a stable manufacturing career.
Who We Are: Buck Company LLC, located in Quarryville, Pennsylvania, is a family-owned foundry dedicated to melding tradition with precision. For decades, we’ve been manufacturing high-quality metal castings, serving over 55 different industries. Our skilled team takes pride in hands-on workmanship, state-of-the-art equipment, and an unwavering commitment to integrity—delivering products built to last and service rooted in trust.
At Buck Company LLC, we value the contributions of our Military Veterans and proudly employ our nation’s heroes. Veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.
What You'll Do:
- Precision Finishing: Expertly operate various industrial grinding devices to remove excess metal (such as parting lines and rough edges) from metal castings, achieving a flawless final product.
- Initial Processing: Utilize specialized equipment, including gate-breakers and hammers, for initial casting preparation and separation.
- Quality Inspection: Conduct thorough quality checks on finished parts, identifying and sorting castings based on type and quality standards. (Knowledge of casting defects is a plus, but we provide comprehensive training!)
- Operational Excellence: Maintain strict compliance with all company safety policies, procedures, and quality protocols.
- Team & Growth Focus: Actively participate in essential cross-training opportunities to broaden your skill set and contribute flexibly across the production floor.
What We're Looking For:
- High School Diploma or equivalent required.
- Ability to safely lift, pull, and push up to 50 lbs regularly.
- Ability to stand for long periods in a non-climate-controlled, industrial environment.
- Work Ethic: Demonstrated ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance—reliability is key for our 2nd Shift operations.
- Teamwork: Ability to work efficiently and collaboratively within a team-based production environment.
- Communication: Clear written and verbal communication skills; ability to comprehend instructions and accept coaching and mentoring.
- Safety Focus: Proven ability to adhere to and successfully perform job functions consistent with Buck Company's strict safety policy.
- Previous experience or knowledge related to metal casting defects or industrial finishing is a plus.
What We Offer:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family
- Competitive salary
- Bonus programs
- 401K retirement plan
- Training opportunities
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid vacation, PTO, and holidays
- Gym reimbursements, and more!
Join us and be a part of a team that values your contributions and supports your goals!
The Dixon Group is an equal opportunity employer. It is the Company's policy and practice to recruit, hire, train, and promote individuals, as well as to administer all personnel actions, compensation, and benefits, without regard to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry or national origin, age, disability, family medical history or genetic information, veteran status, military service, or any other factors protected by applicable law. This policy extends to all employees and applicants and to all aspects of the employment relationship.
The Dixon Group is committed to protecting the privacy rights of its employees and job applicants to the fullest extent required by applicable law. To that end, personal information will be collected solely for those legitimate business purposes recognized by law, and then maintained in a manner consistent with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to document retention requirements. The Dixon Group does not sell personal information to third parties, and does not share such personal information with third parties except when authorized by law to do so (e.g., in response to a lawful subpoena; mandatory tax reporting; etc.)