Tire Builder

Position Title: Tire Builder

Wage: $21/hour

Shift: 3rd

Hours: 10pm-6am Sunday-Thursday Every Other Weekend

Do you have great work longevity and/or prior operating experience but find yourself looking for a new career? Look no further! Great pay, great benefits, great company! This company is located in Charles City, IA and is hiring for 3rd shift Tire Builders. This is a labor-intensive job. This company is a Japan-based manufacturer of off-road tires (agricultural, industrial, and motorcycle). They are a company that is very career driven and employee centered. They offer performance bonuses and incentives. Apply today if you are looking for a new career opportunity with amazing opportunities for your future!

Tire Builder Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Adjust functional parts of devices and control instruments
• Operate machinery and equipment
• Activate bead setters that press prefabricated beads onto plies
• Align treads with guides, start drums to wind treads onto plies, and slice ends
• Brush or spray solvents onto plies to ensure adhesion and repeat process as specified, alternating direction of each ply to strengthen tires
• Build semi-raw rubber treads onto buffed tire casings in order to prepare tires for vulcanization in recapping or retreading processes
• Cut plies at splice points and press ends together to form continuous bands
• Depress pedals to collapse drums after processing is complete
• Depress pedals to rotate drums and wind specified numbers of plies around drums to form tire bodies
• Fill cuts and holes in tires, using rubber
• Fit inner tubes and final layers of rubber onto tires
• Measure tires to determine mold size requirements
• Position ply stitcher rollers and drums according to width of stock, using hand tools and gauges
• Position rollers that turn ply edges under and over beads or use steel rods to turn ply edges
• Pull plies from supply racks and align plies with edges of drums
• Start rollers that bond tread and plies as drums revolve

Tire Builder Requirements:

• A proven track record of several years of solid work history
• High manual dexterity and problem-solving ability
• Hands-on approach/mechanically inclined
• Good communications skills
• Occasional lifting of up to 50lbs
• Detail-oriented and quality minded
• Work well in a team environment

QPS Employment Group is a full-service staffing firm comprised of dedicated and passionate people with over 50 offices throughout the Midwest. We place great people with great companies in industrial, skilled trades, administrative, manufacturing, general labor and professional employment.

Why Work with QPS?

• Access to sought-after positions with leading employers
• Dedicated placement specialists who will guide you through every step of the job search process
• Over 30 years of staffing experience

Best of all, our services are 100% free to job seekers!
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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