Saw Operator

Seeking a Saw Operator who is responsible for utilizing the machines in the service center to cut material using one or more plate and bar saws.

Responsibilities and Duties:

As a minimum, the following is a basic description of typical duties and responsibilities expected of the Saw Operator. These duties are not exhaustive and are subject to change as the needs of the organization require.

• Become an expert in the mechanical operation of one or more saws in the service center.
• Process orders according to customer cut to size specifications.
• Ensure orders are processed per specification and on time without exception.
• Pull and stage material to be processed at saw.
• Retrieve material from the plate racks using a fork truck.
• Measure material to exact requirements.
• Enter data for the exact specifications onto the appropriate form for data entry into the computer.
• Safely and properly operate cranes, fork trucks and apply safe rigging.
• Assist in the packaging and receiving of shipments.
• Assist in weekly inventory cycle counts.
• Use precision when operating tools such as tape measures, micrometers, nibblers and calipers.
• Keep immediate work area clean and organized throughout the day.

Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Two or more years of related experience or training working with saw and/or machinery
• One or more years in the metals service center industry
• Basic Microsoft Office proficiency, including Work, Excel, and Outlook
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Good organizational, problem solving, and time management skills
• Ability to measure using different tools
• Ability to read and calculate numbers and data
• Ability to work independently on assigned tasks as well as to accept direction
• Operate with high integrity, maintaining positive relations with co-workers, customers, and suppliers.
• Strong work ethic; self-motivated

Preferred Qualifications:

• One or more years in the metals service center industry

Physical Requirements:

• Sitting
• Standing
• Use of hands or fingers
• Kneeling/Crawling/Twisting/Balancing
• Bending/Climbing
• Speaking and Listening
• Close vision (clear vision at 36 inches or less)
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to push or pull 50lbs.

Good working conditions. Frequent visual/auditory attention to recognize needs for repair and service to facilities, machines, and vehicles.
Exposure to hazardous machinery, sharp tools, proximity to moving objects, noise, heat, humidity.
The physical demand and the work environment characteristics 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.

Shifts:
1st - Mon. - Fri., 6 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
*2nd - Mon. - Fri., 2 to 10:30 p.m. (1 opening)
*3rd - Mon. - Fri., 10 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. (1 opening)