What are the responsibilities and job description for the Blaster position at Simplex Inc?
Description
For nearly 75 years, Simplex Inc., has been an icon of design innovation (Insight) and dedicated service (Onsite). As an independently owned and operated family business, we strive to provide the best products and service to our customer’s day in and day out. We are known as experts in our field for developing unique solutions through design and production of custom built products. Simplex offers competitive starting pay at $17/hours plus comprehensive benefit. Benefits include paid time off, paid holidays, medical, dental, vison, life insurance and more.
The blaster prepares surfaces for painting and finishing between the fabrication of the raw sheet metal and the welding of the material. There is a degree of physicality to the position in order to move the material between pallets and the blast booth. This position works in a full body-suit while using blasting equipment in the blast booth.
Job Duties
- Prepares, primes, sands, seals, patches and inspects the surface of the metal in order to maintain our high-quality standards.
- Operates, cleans and maintains all equipment, including tanks, hoses, sprayers and pumps, etc.
- Safely stores and labels all materials.
- Maintains and repairs/replaces all personal protective equipment.
- Responsible to set up and maintain operation of the blast booth.
- Loads and moves materials within the area, and between departments using manual pallet jack
Requirements
Requirements
- Ability to left up to 100 pounds; 30 – 50 pounds regularly
- Demonstrated ability to operate and use required tools and equipment skillfully and safely
- Ability to safely operate a manual pallet jack
- Must be able to work for extended periods of time with a protective suit
- Experience using standard measuring tools (i.e. micrometers and gauges)
- Attention to detail while inspecting for company quality standards
- Minimal computer usage in tracking job flow in department
- Ability to use sander and grinder
- Must be able to communicate (read, write and speak) the English language clearly
This is not intended to be a comprehensive list of job duties. Other job related responsibilities will be assigned as needed.
Salary : $19