Utility Aide (Wax Center)

Precision Castparts Corp.; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Precision Castparts Corp. is seeking a Utility Aide to support operators by delivering, staging and moving materials, and performing basic duties within the department.

Training is provided on the job, with forklift safety certification and hazardous materials handling training as assignments. The position requires following technique cards and instructions, loading/unloading materials, and maintaining a clean work environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to read, write, and perform mathematical calculations.
• Ability to read, interpret and follow specifications on technique cards.
• Physical ability to perform the essential job functions.

Responsibilities

• Delivers, stages, moves and stores materials, equipment and parts.
• Fills, loads and unloads materials and equipment.
• Gathers materials and equipment for use by other personnel at specified times or as needed.
• Learns and performs basic department operations, including equipment and process operations; may work from technique cards.
• Cleans work areas, machines and equipment.
• Assists schedulers and expediters.
• May wear protective gear and work with hazardous materials.
• Works with more skilled personnel as assigned.

Skills

Follow instructions

Read and interpret cards

Physical capability

Job description

We are hiring for swing shift (Monday-Thursday) and weekend shift (Fri-Sunday) schedules.

MISSION

To provide assistance to operators and other more skilled personnel as assigned to PCC departments, including delivery, staging, moving and storing materials, operating and cleaning equipment; learns the basic operations of the department; job postings identify the essential job functions for the department requiring the position.

Utility Aide is distinguished from Helper by the following:

Assists with complex operations, stages materials and parts, completes duties of multiple steps, may work from technique cards and works without close supervision once duties are learned; work environment may also be more complex and/or hazardous than that of helper.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITY

• Department/Operator assistance
• Objective: to provide assistance to departments and learn operations as assigned in order to contribute to department productivity.
• Typical Job Functions:
  • Delivers, stages, moves and stores materials, equipment and parts.
  • Fills, loads and unloads materials and equipment.
  • Gathers materials and equipment for use by other personnel at specified times or as needed.
  • Learns and performs basic department operations, including equipment and process operations; may work from technique cards.
  • Cleans work areas, machines and equipment.
  • Assists schedulers and expediters.
  • May wear protective gear and work with hazardous materials.
  • Works with more skilled personnel as assigned.
• Safety
• Objective: to take responsibility for and demonstrate safe work practices.
• Typical Job Functions:
  • Adheres to plant and department safety rules.
  • Safely operates all equipment and tools.
  • Identifies and reports safety problems.
  • Completes logs and records.
  • Performs other tasks as directed.

ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT, VEHICLES, MACHINERY AND/OR TOOLS USED:

To be identified by the department requiring the position.

TRAINING

• Training is provided on the job.
• PCC’s Forklift Driving Safety Certification Training must be completed as assigned.
• Hazardous Materials handling training ass assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Ability to follow instructions, read, writes and performs mathematical calculations.
• Ability to read, interpret and follow specifications on technique cards.
• Physical ability to perform the essential job functions.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

This position requires use of information or access to production processes subject to national security controls under U.S. export control laws and regulations (including, but not limited to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)). To comply with those regulations, this position may require applicants to be U.S. Persons (i.e., U.S. citizens, U.S. lawful permanent residents, protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain the required export authorizations from the U.S. Department of State or the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Company Profile

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability – not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.

Precision Castparts Corp. and its affiliates do not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited resumes will become the property of Precision Castparts Corp & its affiliates, and no fee will be paid.

We are constantly searching for the best talent and offer excellent development programs for recent graduates as well as meaningful work experience for those still studying.