General Laborer 1st Shift

Workstream; Somerville (NJ); On-site; USD 23,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Eddie Kane Steel Products is a family owned business serving the steel industry for over 24 years. They are seeking a full-time General Laborer to support material handling and basic manufacturing tasks in a fast-paced shop environment.

The role features Monday–Friday hours 6:00am–2:30pm with PPE provided, safety protocols in place, and a focus on teamwork, quality, and meeting production goals. No agencies, relocation, or calls accepted.

Qualifications

• Basic mechanical aptitude is required.
• Basic reading and mathematical skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division).
• Dexterity skills and balance are important for material handling.

Responsibilities

• Move raw material, work in process, and finished goods into and between work centers.
• Operate hand and power tools to clean finished materials and to complete minor repairs.
• Operate other machinery to complete secondary operations such as drilling, punching, bending, grinding, torch cutting, shearing, flattening, etc.
• Move finished material onto skids for final packaging.
• Maintain pace with equipment operators to ensure material flows smoothly into and out of individual work centers and prevent back up or delays.
• Use basic measuring tools to maintain quality standards on each order.
• Maintain neat and accurate written production documentation as required.
• Read, interpret, and understand the job requirements of each customer order. Communicate with foreman to ensure a complete understanding of all information.
• Communicate all pertinent job related information to foreman on a daily basis.
• Report any problems or quality concerns to supervisor immediately.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Skills

Basic mechanical aptitude

Basic reading and math

Dexterity & balance

Job description

Eddie Kane Steel Products has been a family owned and operated business providing exceptional service in the steel industry for over 26 years. The company motto has always been to \"Treat others as you would have them treat you\" and we are in search of full time General Laborer.

General Description:

*Hours are Monday thru Friday 6:00am-2:30pm*

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Move raw material, work in process, and finished goods into and between work centers.
• Operate hand and power tools to clean finished materials and to complete minor repairs.
• Operate other machinery to complete secondary operations such as drilling, punching, bending, grinding, torch cutting, shearing, flattening, etc.
• Move finished material onto skids for final packaging.
• Maintain pace with equipment operators to ensure material flows smoothly into and out of individual work centers and prevent back up or delays.
• Use basic measuring tools to maintain quality standards on each order.
• Maintain neat and accurate written production documentation as required.
• Read, interpret, and understand the job requirements of each customer order. Communicate with foreman to ensure a complete understanding of all information.
• Communicate all pertinent job related information to foreman on a daily basis.
• Report any problems or quality concerns to supervisor immediately.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Skills:

• Basic mechanical aptitude
• Basic reading and mathematical skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)
• Dexterity skills & Balance

Pay: $17.00 - $18.00 per hour

The health and safety of our Eddie Kane Steel Products employees is of the utmost importance to us and ensure that we have all PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) and hand sanitizer available to our employees, take employee, visitor and vendor temperatures, disinfect all common areas, practice social distancing and washing hands throughout the day to maintain a safe and healthy work environment!

**NO AGENCIES ** NO RELOCATION ** NO CALLS **

Eddie Kane Steel Products is a family owned business and has been a well known vendor in the steel industry for over 24 years. With it's corporate offices located in Sea Girt, New Jersey, the company has 7 plants throughout the United States located in: North Carolina (2), Ohio, New Jersey, California, Alabama and Kentucky
As a steel service center and distributor of hot-rolled prime and non-prime steel plate, Eddie Kane Steel sells on- and off-gauge, pattern and non-pattern plate sizes, ranging in thickness from 3/16 to 8 inches. Eddie Kane Steel maintains a diverse inventory of prime and non-prime steel plate and, for its strategic customer partners, stock inventory of custom-made parts. Value-added products include OEM parts, counterweights, and steel burn outs for diverse industries, including the waste industry, general building construction, transportation, agricultural and industrial equipment, drilling, theatrical stage, and elevator industries.
Eddie Kane Steel’s flagship processing facility in Ohio (180,000 square-foot warehouse and production plant) has a crane capacity up to 100 tons and has full rail access. The North Carolina and California facilities are also fully served by rail.
Eddie Kane Steel’s processing capabilities include high-definition plasma and oxy-fuel flame cutting, shearing, bending, drilling, punching, welding, beveling, Blanchard grinding, stress relieving, and light machining. With two plasma burning machines (including high-definition plasma machines), plate thicknesses up to 14 inches can be cut. Our oxy-fuel cutting capabilities include several multi-torch multi-head machines with several hundred feet of cutting surface. Through close partnerships with vendors offering proven high-quality workmanship, we provide services such as painting and coating, stamping, embossing, slitting, sawing, turning, annealing, leveling, and pressing.
Eddie Kane Steel's diversified product range, processing capabilities, and regional facility locations benefit our customers time-wise and cost-wise. We ship anywhere in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Eddie Kane Steel’s logistics department maintains strong relationships with the best transportation companies in the country, which translates to reliable service for our customers.