Manual Machinist

Manual Machinist

Catawba Mill - Catawba, SC 29704

Overview

Salary Range $30.00 - $45.00 Hourly Position Type Full Time Education Level High School Diploma or Equivalent Travel Percentage None Category Skilled Labor - Trades

Description

SUMMARY: Working with a Machinist Master Craftsman while developing skills required for repairing and maintaining plant equipment for a world-class pulp and paper manufacturing facility mill.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Example duties could include, but are not limited to:

• Operate power tools.
• Operate a manual milling machine.
• Operate a manual lathe.
• Learn various mechanical duties.
• Prepare rigging for hoisting rolls, gear boxes, motors, etc.
• Perform routine machine maintenance and repair minor damage.
• Assist Mechanical Master Craftsmen during shutdowns and outages.

Qualifications

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Associate degree in Machine Tool or a related field preferred.
• Minimum of (5) years related industry experience with a stable work history.
• Ability to operate industrial machinery (such as fork trucks, riggings, come-along) and other power tools.
• Ability to read blueprints, schematics, and manuals.
• Must have functional knowledge of basic computer systems (i.e. Microsoft Office products).
• Knowledge of the properties of metal and other materials.
• Team-oriented and self-directed.
• Must show proficiency in mathematics, to take precise measurements and make calculations.
• Ability to pass a drug screen and background check.
• Comfortable working in a Union environment.
• Ability to work at various height elevations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit and use hands to handle or feel.
• The employee frequently is required to talk or hear.
• The employee is required to reach with hands and arms.
• Employee must regularly climb up and down multiple levels of stairs.
• Employee is subject to working from ladders, scaffolds and roof to install, maintain or repair equipment and fixtures.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• The noise level in the work environment can be loud at times.
• Regular exposure to moving mechanical parts.
• May be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions.
• Frequently exposed to hot and/or cold conditions.
• Occasionally exposed to high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, vibrations.