Manufacturing-Retread Technician

Boulevard Tire Center; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

401(k) plan

Advancement opportunities

Job summary

Boulevard Tire Center in Jacksonville, FL is seeking a Manufacturing Retread Technician to join our team. This hands-on role involves inspecting, buffing, repairing and rebuilding tires from rubber components using specialized machines, with emphasis on safety and quality.

Forklift experience is a plus; we prefer candidates with one year of manufacturing/production experience. We offer training, paid vacation, 401(k) and clear opportunities for advancement as we grow.

Qualifications

• 1 year manufacturing/production experience preferred.
• Forklift experience a plus.
• Excellent attention to detail with good attendance and safety record; willing to learn and advance.

Responsibilities

• Inspect worn tires for faults to determine retread suitability.
• Operate buffing machine to remove tread per depth/width specs.
• Measure diameter and cross section to set tread width.
• Build semi-raw rubber treads onto casings for retreading.
• Program curing temperature and monitor chamber process.
• Inspect cured tires for defects and perform repairs as needed.
• Finish tires with tread design, paint, and stock placement.

Skills

Attention to detail

Flexibility

Good attendance

Safety minded

Forklift experience

Willing to learn

Job description

BOULEVARD TIRE CENTER DUNDEE, FL Boulevard Tire Center is growing! We are looking for Manufacturing Retread Technician for our Jacksonville, FL location. Forklift experience a plus. We prefer 1 year manufacturing and production experience and must have excellent attention to detail, be flexible, have a good attendance and safety record, but if you a willingness to learn and interested in advancement we are willing to train!

JOB SUMMARY

Perform repetitive work to inspect, buff, repair, build, heat, seal tires through operating machines to re-build tires from rubber components.

Essential Functions

• Inspect worn tires for faults, cracks, cuts and nail holes, and to determine if tires are suitable for retreading.
• Operates a buffing machine to remove treads from tires to be retreaded, following specifications for depth and width removal.
• Measures diameter and cross section to determine correct tread width.
• Build semi-raw rubber treads onto buffed tire casings in order to prepare tires for vulcanization in recapping and retreading processes.
• Places tire in chamber and programs correct curing temperature according to specification.
• Inspects tires to determine defects in curing, (soft cures, ply separation, repairs missed, etc.).
• Trims and paints finished retread.
• Repairs tires found defective during the process.
• Makes final inspection of repair, cuts tread design with re-grooving iron, paints tire and places in finished stock.

Other Duties

• Maintains a stock of tread rubber and repair materials, advising manager when replenishment is necessary.
• Ability and flexibility to perform other duties as assigned by Manager

Benefits

• We offer an excellent earning potential, benefit package including paid vacation and 401 k along with advancement in position level and pay. "We love homegrown talent!"

EOE/DFC