Mold Operator Swing

Mold Operator 1 Swing

Fruita CO | Fruita CO

Full time

Johns Manville is a leading manufacturer and marketer of premium-quality insulation and commercial roofing, along with glass fibers and nonwovens for commercial, industrial and residential applications. Our products are used in a wide variety of industries including building products, aerospace, automotive and transportation, filtration, commercial interiors, waterproofing and wind energy.

A proud member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies, we serve customers in more than 80 countries around the globe. We are committed to delivering positive and powerful experiences, because we are successful only when our employees and customers thrive. We are passionate, we care about people, we perform at a superior level and we protect others and our environments.

The base hourly rate for this position is $24.70.

The anticipated Final date to receive applications for this position is Friday, February 13, 2026. This deadline is Johns Manville's "good-faith estimate" of when the application will close. Johns Manville may extend the deadline and will update this posting promptly if it is extended.

This is an entry-level production position working to perform the tasks associated with the manufacturing of Thermo-1200 Calcium Silicate Insulation. Employee must be dependable, able to follow instructions and directions according to established operating procedures, perform the following duties while cooperating with all levels within the organization in support of the four Johns Manville core values:
People, Passion, Perform and Protect:

• Supports and promotes safe practices and environmental commitments in alignment with company commitments, policies, and compliance requirements.
• Wears all personal protective equipment as required by management, including but not limited to protective shoes, glasses, ear plugs, bump cap or hard hat, gloves, dust mask or respirator.
• Must know, understand, and perform all plant and departmental safety regulations and procedures and immediately report any hazards conditions.
• Perform safety observations and complete training assignments.
• Must know and understand company policies, regulations and procedures regarding employee conduct and attendance.
• Excellent attendance, attitude and motivation must be demonstrated to advance to the next level.
• Must know and understand all Work Instructions (WI) for job tasks.

• Perform wipe off and take off work on a sustained (full shift) basis when running the full mold line (12 ejection molded stations) on a cycle.
• Wipe off wiping slurry into the mold cavities; stirring the molds with a stick as required; wipe mold cavities to level.
• Take off lift green pipe sections off of the mold table and place onto the mold cars; lift sections of pipe by hand; lift sections with assistance of an air hoist.
• Process Housekeeping, Cleanup and Upkeep Eliminate process debris on the mold line by placing calcium silicate processed material in wheelbarrows and emptying the wheelbarrows when full. Clean the mold line using high pressure washers. Manually sweep. Participate in annual maintenance turnaround activities including, but not limited to, turntable cleanout, tugger trough cleanup, indurator cleanup, and oven cleanup. Cleanup process walls (scraping) and walking/working surfaces.
  
  Participate in the upkeep of visual workplace features including painting and labeling.
• Shuttle Car #1 Operations retrieve empty mold cars from return tracks; position empty cart in shuttle care #1; move shuttle car and position empty mold cart on the mold line; push (in teams of two) a loaded mold cart onto shuttle car #1. Count sections by size and document (by writing) the product counts on documentation; identify mold station of origin, time and steam tunnel on the product and assigns cart number.
  
  Pushes full mold carts into steam tunnel, advances steam tunnel pusher.
• Shuttle Car #2 Operations Move cars from the indurator discharge tracks onto the shuttle car; record car number and station on the Load Ovens forms; move the shuttle car to the correct oven tunnel and move the car onto the oven tunnel load tracks.
• Shuttle Car #3 Operations Lubricates mold cart bearings. Verifies and documents counts, timing and weight/density of individual pieces; moves mold cart to unload when weights are as anticipated; communicates with supervisor or lead when weights are not as anticipated; unloads mold carts into WIP stacks by product sku. Returns empty mold cart to return tracks and advances empty mold carts back to mold line.
• Responsible for operating in conformance with the ISO certification held by the Fruita facility.
• Performs other duties as directed.

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or up to one-month related experience and/or training; or…