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Laborer / Pattern Coordinator
Weir Minerals
Hazleton, PA
Onsite
Purpose of Role: The Laborer / Pattern Coordinator is responsible for overseeing the maintenance and organization of wood patterns used in the casting process within the foundry. This role ensures patterns are built to specification, stored properly, and available for production schedules.
Why choose Weir:
Be part of a global organization dedicated to building a better future: At Weir, the growing world depends on us. It depends on us constantly reinventing, quickly adapting and continually finding better, faster, more sustainable ways to access the resources it needs to thrive. And it depends on each of us doing the best work of our lives. It’s a big challenge – but it is exciting.
An opportunity to grow your own way: Everything moves fast in the dynamic world of Weir. This creates opportunities for us to take on new challenges, explore new areas, learn, progress and excel. Best of all, there is no set path that our people must take. Instead, everyone is given the support and freedom to tailor-make their own career and do the best work of their lives.
Feel empowered to be yourself and belong: Weir is a welcoming, inclusive place, where each individual’s contribution is recognized and all employees are encouraged to innovate, collaborate and be themselves. We continually focus on people and their wellbeing. We believe in fairness and choose to be honest, transparent and authentic in everything we do.
Key Responsibilities:
- Pattern Management: Maintain an organized inventory of patterns by identifying, labeling, and placing materials and supplies in stock. Pull, organize, and prepare pattern equipment.
- Prepare Product: Prepare finished stock for shipment by identifying, pulling, packing, crating, loading, and securing product. Properly prepare product being shipped, whether packaged in box, on a skid, or in a crate based on size, bulk, and quantity, keeping in mind safety, weight, size, potential damage, and customer domestic/export requirements.
- Load & Unload Trucks: Load/unload trucks, inside and outside, using pallet jacks, powered industrial trucks or overhead jib cranes, in a manner preventing damage and in compliance with good safety practices.
- General Maintenance: Maintain material handling equipment by completing pre-use inspections and making operator repairs. Perform daily maintenance and housekeeping of equipment and work areas, including all designated distribution storage locations, and submit recommendations with respect to improvements essential to effective operations.
- Safety First: Demonstrate 100% commitment to our zero harm behaviors in support of our drive towards developing a world class safety culture.
Job Knowledge/Education and Qualifications:
- 2 years of experience with warehouse operations
- Industrial manufacturing experience preferred
- Experience using forklift & crane
Employees in this role will be a part of the UNITED STEEL, PAPER AND FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY, ALLIED INDUSTRIAL AND SERVICE WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION.
Founded in 1871, Weir is a world leading engineering business with a purpose to make mining operations smarter, more efficient and sustainable. Thanks to Weir’s technology, our customers can produce essential metals and minerals using less energy, water and waste at lower cost. With the increasing need for metals and minerals for climate change solutions, Weir colleagues are playing their part in powering a low carbon future. We are a global family of 11,000 uniquely talented people in over 60 counties, inspiring each other to do the best work of our lives.
Weir is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.
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