General Shop Help

Valmont Industries; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Paid time off

Employer-paid life insurance

Disability insurance

Job summary

Valmont Industries is seeking a highly motivated Skilled Labor professional for the Miami, Florida Coatings Division on 2nd Shift. This position requires a strong work ethic, positive attitude, and attention to detail, with ability to lift up to 50 lbs and stand through shifts.

You will inspect and handle production gear, load/unload racks, and use pneumatic grinders, torches, and banding equipment. Team collaboration, safety compliance, and quality adherence are essential as you cross-train for

Qualifications

• The physical ability to stand and walk for the duration of shift.
• Cross-training for multiple positions.
• Ability to work well in a team environment.
• Over ten hours of overtime per week when required.
• Ability to recognize and solve practical problems.
• Follow safety rules and report accidents/near misses.
• High attention to detail.
• Excellent hand-eye coordination with 20/20 vision.
• Fork truck experience and ability to move material.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe, clean, and productive working environment.
• Inspect and ensure safe use and disposition of production fixtures, chains and hooks.
• Pull and place chains and ropes around steel bundles for racking.
• Hand wire small to medium-sized parts to racks for pickling or galvanizing.
• Load and unload racks and fixtures to maximize weight without compromising quality.
• Operate pneumatic grinders, strappers, acetylene torches, banding machines.
• Ensure material meets specifications and adheres to quality standards.
• Backup forklift/ crane/ scale operation as needed.

Skills

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Manual dexterity

Stamina

Safety-conscious

Forklift experience

Quality-oriented

Problem solving

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Forklift

Impact wrenches

Air grinders

Drills

Taps

Oxygen acetylene torches

Mill gauges

Job description

3350 NW 119th Street Miami Florida 33167-2902

Why Valmont

We’re Here to Move the World Forward. Valmont impacts millions of people around the world every day, yet they might not realize the many ways. Our technology is helping feed the growing population, supplying the world with more reliable energy and access to renewables, enhancing connectivity in remote and urban locations to create a sustainable future and so much more. Simply put, Valmont is advancing agricultural productivity and reimagining vital infrastructure to make life better. Join a Fortune 1000 company that respects hard work, honors diversity and invests in our employees as we focus on creating the world of tomorrow, today. We are the modern workforce.

Are you ready to move the world forward?

A Brief Summary of This Position Valmont is currently seeking a highly motivated and talented individual for the Skilled Labor position in the Miami, Florida Coatings Division. We are looking for a highly driven individual that possesses a good work ethic, positive attitude, and attention to detail. 2nd Shift Miami site

Essential Functions:

• Maintain a safe, clean, and productive working environment
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. repeatedly throughout shift
• Inspect and ensure the safe use and disposition of production fixtures, chains and hooks
• Pull and place chains and ropes around steel bundles for racking
• Hand wire small to medium-sized parts to racks for pickling or galvanizing
• Loads and unloads racks and fixtures to maximize weight without compromising quality
• Ability to operate pneumatic grinders, pneumatic strappers, acetylene torches, manual strap cutter, banding machine
• Using files, grinders and/or wire brushes, removes icicles, etc. so material meets specification
• Follows all recycling procedures i.e. recycling of zinc from rack, aluminum, spray cans, wire and dunnage
• All other duties as determined by management.
• Competent at Adhering to Quality Standards
• Can Recognize how to hang parts correctly
• Recognizes proper venting
• Recognizes proper drain placement
• Knows and is able to use move tag system
• Can recognize how to hang parts correctly, can recognize proper Vent/Drain, acts as a backup Forklift Driver/Crane Operator, Scale Operator

Required Qualifications of Every Candidate:

• The physical ability to stand and walk duration of shift
• Must accept cross-training for multiple positions
• Must work well in a team environment
• The ability to work over ten hours a week in overtime when required for business needs
• The ability to recognize and solve practical problems or issues
• Must follow safety rules and report all accidents and near misses to management.
• High attention to detail
• Excellent hand and eye coordination with 20/20 corrected vision
• Has Fork truck Experience and move their own material

Highly qualified candidates will also possess:

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent
• Six months of previous experience with hand tools and gauges including impact wrenches, air grinders, drills, taps, oxygen acetylene torches, and mill gauges
• Six months of previous experience in a galvanizing, manufacturing, or fabrication environment

Benefits

Benefits include*:

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Paid time off
• Employer paid life insurance
• Employer paid short-term and long-term disability
• Retirement plans
• Dependent care
• Employee assistance programs
• Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, mortgage services, home & auto insurance, health coaching and more.

Some offerings are dependent upon the role, work schedule, or location and can include the following:

• Healthcare (medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision)
• 401k retirement plan with company match
• Paid time off
• Employer paid life insurance
• Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave
• Work Life Support
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year
• Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, one-on-one health coaching, mortgage services and more

Valmont does not discriminate against any employee or applicant in employment opportunities or practices based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.

Valmont does not discriminate against any employee or applicant in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. If you have a disability and require any assistance in filling out the application, please reach out to your Human Resources Department or email [e-mail].

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. If you have a disability and require any assistance in filling out the application for employment email [e-mail].

Valmont is here to modernize vital infrastructure and increase agricultural productivity, sustainably and reliably. We galvanize steel to last a century with minimal environmental impact. We modernize irrigation to feed a growing population by utilizing the latest technology. We harden the electrical grid to enable the delivery of reliable power to millions of homes around the world. And we help make communities everywhere safer, cleaner and more connected through our smart infrastructure technology. Valmont serves two primary markets — agriculture and infrastructure — and seven diverse product lines: Utility, Lighting and Transportation, Telecom, Solar, Coatings, Irrigation and Ag Tech. We manufacture products in 85 facilities spread across six continents, and we do business in 100 different countries. That’s what Valmont does. We conserve resources and improve life, finding ways to make innovation and technology beneficial in the real world. + That’s the value we add.