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Metal Finisher - 2nd Shift ($23.51/hr+)

Pierce Manufacturing
Appleton, WI Full Time
POSTED ON 3/28/2025 CLOSED ON 3/30/2025

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Metal Finisher - 2nd Shift ($23.51/hr+) position at Pierce Manufacturing?

About Pierce, An Oshkosh Company

At Pierce Manufacturing, we build trucks that protect people and communities around the world. To our team, there is no room for anything less than providing the absolute best. Since 1913, building truck bodies on Model T Ford chassis in an old converted church has evolved to creating highly customized, carefully designed and engineering pumpers, aerials, tankers and rescue units that have no equal. Today, you'll find more than 30,000 Pierce apparatuses on the road that are making a difference in people's lives, every day. To us, every step in the process of building our trucks is personal. From innovation and expertise, to the customization and service. Our trucks are designed to perform under the toughest conditions.

Job Description

With a career at Pierce Manufacturing, you can expect:

  • Competitive Pay – pay based on experience and education, minimum starting rate $21.51 per hour
    • 2nd & 3rd Shift premium: $2.00 per hour
    • Early Weekend Shift premium: $5.00 per hour
    • Weekend Shift $6.50 per hour
    • Merit increases at 6 months, 12 months, and then annually
  • Comprehensive Benefit Package - Effective Day 1
    • Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Disability benefits, 401k plan & company match, tuition reimbursement, wellness programs, paid vacation, paid holidays
  • Relocation bonus of $2,500 when relocating from outside a 50 mile radius
  • Job Stability
  • Opportunities for Career Growth
  • Hands-On Approach
  • Customer Focus
  • Culture for Fostering Teamwork
  • Respected Leaders
  • People First Culture
  • Hiring Immediately

Shift Overview

  • Openings on all shifts with a majority of positions on 2nd shift and the Early Weekend Shift
  • Shift times and overtime hours vary dependent on position, department, and location
  • 2nd shift: Monday – Thursday, four 10 hour days, overtime worked at the end of shift and on Friday’s with occasional Saturdays
  • 3rd shift: Sunday – Thursday, five 8 hour days. Overtime worked before the start of the shift and on Fridays with occasional Saturdays
  • Early Weekend shift: Thursday - Saturday, 12-hour days, work 36 hours, on average work 130 days per year, potential overtime during the week
  • Weekend shift: Friday - Sunday, 12-hour days, work 36 hours, on average work 130 days per year


Summary Of Job Description

The job within a Metal Finisher performs general labor duties and assists with preparing parts for painting such as sanding and taping. They use basic hand tools and must maintain a clean and safe environment.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

  • Disassemble truck parts (essential if assigned to this task).
  • Grind and sand surfaces of parts, cabs and bodies.
  • Perform quality checks of work performed.
  • Communicate verbally with co-workers to keep a safe working environment
  • Lift light or heavy truck parts on and off a cart
  • Use basic hand tools to prepare work for the painting process
  • Use of a cart to push/pull equipment and parts to and from designated areas
  • Follow written and verbal instructions in order to keep a safe working environment to complete a task
  • Hanging or unhanging of parts
  • Assist co-workers with lifting parts off of and onto carts or hangers
  • Record inventory of parts that may be moved in and out of the paint department
  • Assist with sanding, caulking, and taping of truck parts for the painting process
  • Understand the differences in parts and tools
  • Use of a computer to locate parts
  • Sweep, paint, and clean shop area
  • Maintain a clean and safe working environment


Marginal Work Functions

  • These functions may be considered essential based on location, position, and other factors.
  • Review daily paperwork*
  • Work overtime if needed*
  • Operate a materials cart or forklift to transport truck parts to and from designated areas*


Basic Qualifications

  • 1 or more years of relevant experience OR High School Diploma or equivalent.


Preferred Qualifications To Complete Essential Functions

  • Experience within a manufacturing or operational environment.


Key Abilities Needed To Complete Essential Functions

  • All positions require the ability to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations. Detailed physical job analysis available upon request.
  • Perform all assigned tasks
  • Demonstrate strong interpersonal communication skills
  • Recognize and react to abnormal operating conditions
  • Use and wear personal protective equipment as indicated by the task or environment
  • Hear safety alarms and other co-workers
  • Follow instructions from supervisors and other co-workers
  • Understand and identify safety issues
  • Maintain balance when walking and standing on potential slippery work floor
  • Maintain balance when climbing on a portable step, ladders, and trucks
  • Individually lift and manipulate parts/equipment weighing up to 75 pounds
  • Tolerate constant standing while performing tasks along with occasional awkward positions to complete the tasks
  • Have good hand eye coordination
  • Use both hands for tool operation, carrying of parts, and assisting co-workers with heavy lifting of parts
  • Distinguish the difference in various parts and equipment
  • Operate and access heavy equipment safely and effectively
  • Remember task sequence and safety constraints


Oshkosh is committed to working with and offering reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability for any part of the recruitment process, please contact our talent acquisition team by email corporatetalentacquisition@oshkoshcorp.com.

Oshkosh Corporation is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. This company will provide equal opportunity to all individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Information collected regarding categories as provided by law will in no way affect the decision regarding an employment application.

Oshkosh Corporation will not discharge or in any manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with Oshkosh Corporation's legal duty to furnish information.

Certain positions with Oshkosh Corporation require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations or the Export Administration Regulations. Applicants for these positions may need to be "U.S. Persons," as defined in these regulations. Generally, a "U.S. Person" is a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or an individual who has been admitted as a refugee or granted asylum.

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