Manufacturing-Retread Technician

Boulevard Tire Center; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

401(k) plan

Advancement opportunities

Job summary

Boulevard Tire Center in Miami, FL is seeking a Manufacturing Retread Technician. Responsibilities include inspecting tires, buffing, curing, and applying retreads with attention to detail. Forklift experience is a plus; we value safety-minded individuals with good attendance and a willingness to learn.

Training is available to promote advancement. We offer competitive pay and benefits as part of a growing team in a hands-on manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• 1 year manufacturing and production experience preferred.
• Must have excellent attention to detail.
• Be flexible, have a good attendance and safety record.
• Willingness to learn and advancement; training will be provided.

Responsibilities

• Inspect worn tires for faults to determine retread suitability.
• Operate buffing machine to remove treads per depth/width specs.
• Measure diameter and cross section to select tread width.
• Build semi-raw rubber treads on buffed casings for vulcanization.
• Place tire in chamber and program curing temperature per spec.
• Inspect curing for defects (soft cures, ply separation, missed repairs).
• Trim and paint finished retread.
• Repair tires found defective during the process.
• Perform final inspection and apply tread design with grooving iron, paint, and stock.

Skills

Attention to detail

Flexible

Good attendance

Safety-minded

Tools

Forklift experience

Job description

Boulevard Tire Center is growing! We are looking for Manufacturing Retread Technician for our Miami, 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

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/DFW