Endplate Operator

KPRS Construction; Guthrie (KY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Koppers Inc. in Guthrie, KY is seeking a plant operator to support production activities in a safety‑driven environment. You will operate automatic End Plate equipment, presses, and conveyors, while maintaining accurate production counts and ensuring adherence to customer specifications.

Responsibilities include routine maintenance, reporting needs to supervisors, and complying with SH&E regulations. This role requires preemployment screening and training in lockout/tagout and hazardous waste

Qualifications

• Pass preemployment medical screening.
• Trained as authorized personnel for lockout/tagout.
• Demonstrates retention level for required training elements.
• Trained to handle hazardous waste.

Responsibilities

• Complies with all plant administrative rules.
• Complies with all operating procedures.
• Obeys plant safety rules.
• Operates End Plate machine (automatic electrically/ hydraulic).
• Operates vice, press, and conveyors.
• Inspects ties to determine if end requires gang nails per customer specs.
• Determines if a tie is salvageable.
• Maintains numerical count of gang nailed ties and reports data to supervisor.
• Performs preventive maintenance.
• Informs supervisor or maintenance personnel of major repairs/adjustments.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Performs all SH&E responsibilities.

Skills

Powered industrial equipment

Lockout/Tagout training

Hazardous waste handling

Safety compliance

PPE usage

Job description

Primary Duties

Complies with all plant administrative rules.

Complies with all applicable operating procedures.

Obeys the plant safety rules.

Operates automatic electrically / Hydraulic powered End Plate machine.

Operates vice, press, and conveyors.

Inspects ties to determine if each end requires gang nails in accordance with customer specifications.

Determines if a tie is salvageable or not.

Maintains numerical count of gang nailed ties and reports data to supervisor.

Performs preventive maintenance.

Informs supervisor or maintenance personnel as to the need of major repairs and adjustments.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Performs all required SH&E responsibilities.

Responsibilities

Complies with all SH&E regulations and corporate and plant SH&E policies and procedures.

Promptly and properly reports all incidents, injuries, damages, spills and/or releases.

Promptly reports and, if possible, corrects all unsafe acts and/or conditions.

Wears personal protective equipment (PPE) required by the applicable PPE hazard assessments (including restricted use pesticide PPE requirements).

Completes all SH&E inspections assigned by management.

Performs required housekeeping activities.

Cleans up dripage from drip tracks and places hazardous waste into proper containers.

Cleans up dripage in Treated Wood Storage Yard.

Works safely with and around hazardous materials/hazardous waste.

Requirements

Pass preemployment medical screening.

Qualified as a powered industrial equipment operator.

Trained as authorized personnel and/or affected personnel for lockout/tagout.

Demonstrates acceptable retention level for the required training elements.

Trained to handle hazardous waste.

Koppers Inc. and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other category or characteristic protected by federal law, state, or local law.

Koppers, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is an integrated global provider of treated wood products, wood treatment chemicals and carbon compounds. Its products and services are used in a variety of niche applications in a diverse range of end-markets, including the railroad, specialty chemical, utility, residential lumber, agriculture, aluminum, steel, rubber, and construction industries.

With more than 1,800 employees, it serves its customers through a comprehensive global manufacturing and distribution network, with facilities located in North America, South America, Australasia, China and Europe.

Koppers is also firmly committed to advancing a Zero Harm culture that places the care and protection of its people, environment and communities above all else. This focused approach empowers employees to ensure safe operations through a heightened awareness of process safety, product safety, environmental stewardship and security.

Koppers was established in December 1988 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and became a publicly-traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2006.

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