Are you looking for a career, and not just another job? Look no further. Kemper Equipment will empower you to grow personally and professionally. When you join Kemper Equipment, you are not joining a company, you are joining a team of professionals with a history of success. Kemper Equipment has an immediate opening for a full time Machine Operator that will be responsible for operating steel pre-fabrication equipment to produce parts for fabrication and production of material handling equipment.
Job duties include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Maintain and promote a safe work environment and attitude for yourself and all others you work around.
- Use and safe operation forklift, telehandler, overhead crane, and other material handling equipment
- Operate vertical bandsaw and other machines when required
- Maintain above fabrication equipment through equipment manufacturer recommended PM service and troubleshoot/repair the equipment when needed.
- Ability to learn to program the CNC drill and angle lines
- Good understanding of fabrication detail drawing reading and layout practices to achieve a quality product.
- Ability to MIG weld using flux core and hard wire welding machines on carbon steel shapes, plates and sheet material is beneficial, but not required.
- Comfortable working with others.
- Owns basic hand tools, layout tools, speed square and framing square required to perform operations.
- Understanding of 5S principles and lean manufacturing practices to reduce and eliminate waste in the process
- Willingness to learn all equipment in the shop as cross training is a company policy for shop employees.
- Participate in quality assurance policies to assure items are built per the supplied detail drawings.
Requirements:
- Steel fabrication and processing experience
- Proficiency with reading fabrication drawings
- Strong organizational and communication skills
- Lifting up to 50lbs
- Working knowledge of fabrication equipment
- Must be detail oriented and willing to learn
- Capable of working 5-6 days a week and having dependable transportation to and from work
- Working in a team atmosphere
The right candidate will receive a competitive hourly rate and benefits based on experience. A shift differential will apply once training on first shift is completed.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $20.50 per hour
Expected hours: 40 – 50 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 10 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
- Overnight shift
- Overtime
Education:
- High school or equivalent (Preferred)
Experience:
- Vertical Band Saw: 2 years (Required)
- Reading Fabrication Drawings: 2 years (Required)
- Steel Fabrication and Processing: 2 years (Required)
Shift availability:
- Overnight Shift (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- Honey Brook, PA (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Honey Brook, PA: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person