Machine Operator - 2Nd Shift

Machine Operator - 2nd Shift

About Us

Insteel Industries, established in 1953, started from humble beginnings, embraces strong values, and has its Home Office in Mount Airy, NC. We are the nation's largest manufacturer of steel wire reinforcing products for concrete construction applications. We manufacture and market prestressed concrete (PC) strand and welded wire reinforcement, including engineered structural mesh, concrete pipe reinforcement, and standard welded wire reinforcement for concrete reinforcement applications. The company operates ten manufacturing facilities in eight states.

About You

The person we are looking for performs set-ups, changeovers, adjustments, and quality checks for producing products consistent with company and customer standards.

Position Snapshot

An equipment technician is commonly expected to learn to read and understand a wire build sheet, demonstrate safety awareness, willingness, and ability to operate equipment and train others, and troubleshoot. To be successful in this role you will:

• Demonstrate safety equipment and machine safety awareness.

• Always maintains good housekeeping / neat work area.

• Must be able to read a micrometer.

• Reads and understands the wire build sheet.

• Safely and correctly loads coils with crane or forklift.

• Obtains forklift operator's license.

• Adjusts rolling cassette/change dies to keep wire at desired size. Must have a good understanding of how to correctly size the wire.

• Fully understands automatic spooler, manipulator and manual spooler and their functions.

• Demonstrates all manual and automatic operations of the rolling/drawing line.

• Completes the required quality inspections: diameter and roundness, micing and correctly tagging every spool produced; provides the required samples to Quality Assurance.

• Completes production reporting in computer with accuracy.

• Effectively troubleshoots when problems occur.

• Demonstrates a willingness and ability to perform the operator preventative maintenance checklist.

• Maintains efficient and quality production.

• Demonstrates a willingness and ability to train others.

Education:

• High School diploma or equivalent; ability to complete simple forms and understand simple written instructions.

Experience:

• A minimum of 3 months work-related experience is required.

• An equivalent combination of education and work-related experience may be acceptable.

For your hard work, you receive:

• Competitive base pay

• Bonus eligibility based on organizational performance

• Paid time off including holidays and vacation

• Excellent benefits to include medical, dental, vision, company paid life/short-term disability/long-term disability insurance, flexible spending accounts (FSA), health savings account (HSA), 401(k) with match, company paid tele-health, stock purchase plan, tuition reimbursement assistance, and Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)

Do you like working with machinery? Are you familiar with working in a manufacturing environment? If so, we are building our future one hire at a time. Join in on our success.