Production Machine Operator

Fontana CA

Description

RUBBER RECOVERY, INC. 10672 Calabash Ave. Fontana, CA 92337 Office: 909-428-3200 Fax: 909-428-3232 We currently have several open positions at our fast growing Tire Recycling/Rubber Manufacturing location in Fontana. Please see the job description and feel free to apply. Job Summary: The Production Machine Operator will provide the necessary support in operations and maintenance to the associated equipment, so the team is able to produce raw feedstock for granulation production and clean steel in the safest, most efficient manner. This technician role is key to the optimization for the equipment to run efficiently. Supervisory Responsibilities: • None. Duties/Responsibilities: • Comply with all safety requirements • Schedules and performs maintenance with or without mechanic on all equipment • Schedules and performs knife changes on Rasper or Granulators • Optimize production • Loading of feed hoppers • Moving product finished and staged with forklifts • Daily housekeeping responsibilities • Maintain production area • Keep equipment clean and orderly following prescribed safety regulations • Assist with all aspects of R & G as needed. • Performs any unskilled job at the plant. • Reports any issues to supervisor or higher-level employee. • Performs other related duties as assigned. Required Skills/Abilities: • Good verbal and written communication skills. • Ability to listen, understand, and follow directions. • Must be able to lift up to and including fifty (50) pounds on a routine basis and (75+) pounds occasionally (assisted only). Education and Experience: • Previous experience preferred. • High school diploma or equivalent preferred. • Mechanical background in production Physical Requirements: • The physical demands described here represent 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. • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee frequently is required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. • The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 30 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 40 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds (The maximum lifting weight that employees may lift unassisted is 50 lbs.). Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Work Environment: • The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. • While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts. • The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud when operations are in process. Light levels will be experience during periods in which the machines are not operational. Employee will be subject to weather conditions, not limited to rain, wind and heat and cold. Employees are required to wear protective equipment (PPE) as assigned by their designated work area.