M&H Valve - Core Room Utility

M&H Valve; Anniston (AL); On-site; USD 29,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Company-Paid Life Insurance

Company-Paid Short Term Disability

401(k) with Company Match

Paid Vacation

10 Paid Holidays

Job summary

M&H Valve Company in Anniston, AL is hiring a manufacturing operator to run core machines from setup to rack, ensuring quality and cleanliness in production areas. You will lift up to 50 pounds, assist in duties as assigned, and follow safety procedures to protect yourself and your team.

The role requires reading and following work orders, operating pneumatic tools and hoists, inspecting cores, and maintaining equipment with attention to safety and efficiency.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Must be at least 18 years old.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, memos, and short correspondence.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to add/subtract, multiply/divide with tens and hundreds, and compute percentages.
• Ability to apply common sense to carry out instructions.

Responsibilities

• Ensure personal safety and the safety of teammates.
• Follow work orders and set up the core box and machine as directed.
• Operate hoists and related equipment and inspect equipment daily.
• Load, inspect, and ship cores or finished products per procedures.
• Keep work areas clean and report wear or damage to supervision.
• Adhere to PPE requirements and maintain safe working conditions.

Skills

Reading comprehension

Communication

Attention to safety

Teamwork

Education

High school diploma/GED

Job description

M&H Valve Company is a world-class manufacturer of water and wastewater materials including fire hydrants, resilient wedge gate valves, butterfly valves and check valves. Since 1854, M&H has developed a reputation for excellence and dependability. Our extensive facilities and innovative technologies have made us a business and community leader. From state-of-the-art environmental upgrades to advanced training initiatives and community outreach, we're working every day to make sure that M&H Valve is the best in the business. M&H Valve Company is part of Birmingham, AL based McWane, Inc.

Pay: $25.22 per hour

Benefits:

• Health Insurance - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama
• Dental Insurance - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance (Company-Paid)
• Short Term Disability (Company-Paid)
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Paid Vacation
• 10 Paid Holidays per year

Screening:

• Pre-Employment Drug Test
• Background Screening
• Physical

Job Description

Responsible for operating the core machine from set up to racking, ensuring that quality systems function effectively and products to meet customer requirements, and cleanliness of the production areas. Regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds for the duration of the shift. Assists in other duties as assigned.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• 1st Responsibility - Ensuring personal safety and the safety of your team members.
• Assists supervisors and managers in maintaining a safe and healthy work environment.
• Wears appropriate PPE which may include fall protection, respiratory protection, hearing protection, foot, hand, head and eye protection.
• Uses proper lifting and ergo techniques.
• Reads work orders or receives oral instructions to determine work assignments, material or equipment needs.
• Follows detailed job specific instructions to make sure castings are produced in the most efficient manner and to meet customer specifications.
• Operates pneumatic and hand hoists, tow motors, and related equipment.
• Conducts daily inspection of equipment.
• Selects the appropriate core box from work order and set-up the machine, making all necessary operation adjustments.
• Inspects cores for any defects and repair cores as needed.
• Sifts and packs sand into core boxes.
• Cleans and smooths core boxes and repairs surface imperfections.
• Reports production quantities and times for each work order.
• Loads cores in and out of oven.
• Removes cores from core boxes and places them into storage boxes or onto racks for transport to molding area.
• Labels and identifies cores with rack tags.
• Keeps core boxes clean and reports any excessive wear or damage to supervisor.
• Cleans, repairs and assembles finished cores per instructions.
• Maintains cleanliness of core machines and production area

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• High school diploma/GED preferred.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.

Language Skills

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10s and 100s. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret graphs.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to wide range of temperatures, humid conditions, moving machinery, dust, fumes, odors, vibrations and varying noise levels.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Please note 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.

McWane is a Federal VEVRAA contractor, and an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices. McWane will not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran or service member status, marital status, citizenship status (In IL - sex, including same sex, ancestry, order of protection status, physical or mental disability, military status, pregnancy, unfavorable discharge status, genetic information), (In IA - gender identity), (In CA- gender identity or expression, and genetic information) or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.