1st Shift Finisher

California Faucets Inc.; Huntington Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

California Faucets Inc. is seeking a 1st Shift Finisher for our Huntington Beach, CA facility. The role runs Monday through Friday, 5:15 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., on site in a finishing department dedicated to brass fixtures and artisan craftsmanship.

You will perform sandblasting, polishing, living finish application, and inventory handling. A high school diploma or GED is required, with at least six months of related experience and strong attention to detail and safety awareness.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• At least 6 months of related finishing experience.
• Ability to read and follow detailed instructions.

Responsibilities

• Sandblast and surface prep of brass or metal parts.
• Operate polishing, buffing and satin finishing equipment.
• Apply finishes via chemical baths, racking and rinsing processes.
• Handle living finishes with burnishing machines and shell exposure.
• Move parts and inventory to proper stages and report progress.

Skills

Attention to detail

Safety compliance

Discrepancy communication

Overtime readiness

Team collaboration

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Description

California Faucets is looking to bring on a 1st Shift Finisher. This role is based on-site in our Huntington Beach, CA facility. The hours for this position will be Monday through Friday, full-time from 5:15 a.m.- 2:00 p.m.

California Faucets offers over 30 finishes to its customers. Our product is not mass-produced and is made with artisan hands. All our brass fixtures require various forms of metal finishing to achieve the high standards and quality craftsmanship we are known for. This is why the role of Metal Finisher is such a critical part of our operation. As an employee of the Cal Faucets Finishing Department, you will be involved in the following:

• Sandblasting with the use of high-pressure air equipment to clean and prepare surfaces such as brass or other types of metals.
• When sandblasting, manually direct nozzle over surface of large parts or inserts arms through glove-fitted cabinet openings and manipulates small parts under nozzle for specified interval.
• Metal polishers and satiner use polishing lathe machines on metal surfaces to correct defects, smooth, satin and prepare surfaces and polish materials. As a metal buffer, you will set up and operate polishing equipment. You will begin by coating the buffing wheel with a compound stick. After the wheel is prepped, you will hold and move parts against the wheel until the part is either smooth and/or satin and free of defects or any plating effects instigated by production. You will be required to maintain buffing materials and equipment including buffers, finishing wheels and finishing machines.
• Metal plating and living finish application utilizes various chemical solutions to achieve a desired color or finish. This involves racking or wiring of parts, dipping parts in chemical baths and rinse tanks, drying parts with forced air and cleaning or waxing the finished product to obtain the desired results.
• Processing living finishes using the burnishing machines (**these machines will require exposure to nut shells).
• Electro-stripping involves removing the outer chrome plated layer to expose the underlaying bright nickel finish. This is achieved by racking parts and dipping them in electrically charged chemical baths, rinsing and drying.
• Peeling, or unwrapping parts in preparation for further finishing is a simple process that is required before orders can be processed. It consists of verifying the type and quantity of parts against the production order form and then staging them in trays.
• Once parts are finished, they must be returned to inventory. Production tickets are scanned into the ERP computer system and advanced to the next stage of assembly or production. This requires the use of bar code scanners and personal computers.
• Performing additional assignments per supervisor's direction.

Please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Requirements

The Following Personal Attributes/Skills are Required:

• Must be able to communicate discrepancies to team leader and be able to solve problems and implement solutions.
• Ability to follow instructions and comply with all safety regulations including the use of personal protective equipment.
• Attention to detail, accuracy, dependability, persistence.
• Visual examination of finished parts to ensure conformance to specifications.
• Attention to detail and quality of finished product.
• Ability to work overtime as needed.

Environmental and Safety Considerations:

• Possible exposure to heat, cold, dust, and moderate noise when working indoors.
• May be required to work with chemical solutions, power tools, forced air.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

People Interface:

The position requires contact primarily within the department on routine matters. Contact outside the Finishing Department is minimal.

Decision Making:

The position requires working from detailed instructions as well as the use of judgment to plan and perform general decisions to solve a problem or select a course of action for a standard or recognized method of operation.

Supervision Received:

Under general supervision of the department Lead and/or Finishing Supervisor, assignments are both task-oriented and objective-oriented. Follows established procedures for routine work; receives specific instruction on non‑routine problems.

Accountabilities:

After adequate training, the position requires a level of accountability to complete a pre-determined amount of work or units completed per shift.

Education and Experience:

The desired minimum educational requirement to successfully perform this position is a high school diploma or G.E.D. certificate. Someone first entering this position should have at least six (6) months experience performing similar work in a related field.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk and use hands to finger. The employee is frequently required to stand extended periods of time; reach with hands and arms below and above shoulder; climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, twist or crawl. The employee may be required to lift/carry 1-50 pounds when necessary. The employee must be able to visually identify small finish imperfections.

PLEASE NOTE: Management reserves the right to change or otherwise modify the functions of this rotational and combined position description to meet the needs of the Company. This includes multiple positions within the Finishing Department that the Company proactively rotates for health and safety purposes and when staffing needs dictate. Employees with the skillsets required to perform any of the following positions can and will be rotated into the proper Finishing position under the direction of the Finishing Supervisor as they have been cross‑trained to do so.