What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cold End Technician position at Cardinal Glass Industries?
Cardinal FG, a float glass manufacturer for residential windows, is looking for Cold End Technicians who work safely, have a strong work ethic, are dependable, have a positive attitude, and work effectively in a team environment.
Cardinal offers a 12-hour rotating every 2 weeks (day/night), working on 2, 2, 3 days. Working half the days of the year, this schedule provides every other weekend off.
May need to start as a part-time employee and could transition to full-time employment, pending availability and performance.
What Cardinal-Mooresville has to offer:
- Competitive Starting Base Wage with increases after 90 days.
- Day Shift Base Wage -
- Night Shift Base Wage -
- Rotating Day/Night Shift Base Wage - average
- Paid at day and night rates appropriately when worked
- Monthly Profit-Sharing plan - through 401(k) savings and/or check.
- Safety rewards –
- Excellent Health and Wellness Benefits including:
- Health Insurance
- Health Savings Account with employer contribution match
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Company Paid Life and Disability Insurance
- On-site Wellness Services free to all employees
- Nurse practitioner
- Participation in a Proactive Safety Culture
- Paid Breaks - Three ½ hour breaks
- Paid Holidays PLUS premium pay when working the holiday
- Paid Time Off - Float time and vacation
- Cross-Training and Job Rotation practices
- Advancement Opportunities from within
- On-Site Cafeteria – Full-service kitchen
Position Summary:
In a float glass manufacturing plant that runs 24/7, a Cold End Technician packs glass in proper orientation onto racks to prepare it for customer shipment.
- The Technician maintains a count of the number of lites (pieces of glass) placed on the rack.
- Checks for defects or bad cuts. Communicates with cutter lab and supervisor as needed.
- Sweeps and cleans the work area. Cleans the photo eyes and TV screens. Notifies supervisor and others as appropriate if there is a problem.
- The Technician must demonstrate a solid work ethic through diligent effort, good decision-making, functioning as a good team member, and improving Cold End operations.
- The Technician works collaboratively with coworkers on own and other shifts, supervisors, and management.
- Completes duties to assist Cold End team. Completes other duties as assigned.
Helps accomplish department goals in these areas (specific targets should be produced by department):
- Safety - incident rate, improvements in safe acts and conditions, PPE use, plant damage, housekeeping guidelines followed.
- Quality/Customer needs- quality of work, internal reject rate; customer needs met - may include customer reject rate, customer visits, effectiveness of corrective actions, on time delivery.
- Production - work accomplished per hour, effectiveness in your work area, cost
- Teamwork - employees respect and support each other and function together well. Norms are in place and job rotation occurs as planned. Conflict is handled swiftly and skillfully. Verified by Engagement Survey.
- Initiative and Development- improvement projects identified and completed with employees taking active role; results verify impact. Training in job procedures and cross-training complete; back-ups are in place. Learning events attended; employees take on increasing responsibilities.
- Attendance - absentee and tardy rates.
Requirements:
- High school diploma or GDE equivalent
- Tape measure reading and basic math skills needed
- Ability to read, write, and communicate in English
- 1 year of manufacturing experience prefer
- Desire to work in a team environment
- Read customer specs.
- Adjust to changing
- Make decisions consistent with company guidelines regarding non-conforming
- Must be 18 years of age to apply
- Able to safely lift at least 50 pounds
- Pass a pre-employment physical ability test, background and drug screen
