Wheelabrator Operator​/C

Job Title

Under supervision set up and operate power-press machines in accordance with specifications, plans, and safety standards.

• Regular attendance at work and the ability to work flexible hours, including overtime, weekends and holidays.
• Conduct safety inspections and operate equipment daily.
• Troubleshoot equipment and make repairs/adjustments as needed.
• Under supervision perform all necessary quality checks during production and ensure finished product meets specifications and standards set forth by Company.
• Assist with recording and completing all documentation including, but not limited to blast profile reading, atmospheric weather condition reading, and paint thickness reading.
• Work with minimal supervision.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Education/

Experience:

High school diploma or GED equivalence plus working knowledge of the equipment, work processes, procedures, and techniques used in shot blasting and painting metal desired. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered. Requires knowledge of ship terminology, safety, and OSHA regulations.

Skills:

Ability to demonstrate effective trouble shooting and problem-solving skills. Ability to read and understand blueprints. Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and written. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from management, supervisors and employees. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Knowledge of safe operation and use of hand and power tools.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure. Ability to read a tape measure.

Behavioral Attributes:
Integrity, ethics, flexibility/adaptability, initiative, interpersonal skills, attention to detail, safety conscious, and multi-tasking. Maintain the confidential integrity of details pertaining to Eastern Shipbuilding Group.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing throughout the workday. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. The employee must be physically and medically qualified to wear all required personal protective equipment, as prescribed under Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards. The employee must be able to work above ground at heights of a minimum of 50 feet aloft and/or working from scaffolding and/or man-lifts while working with machinery;

in confined spaces and withstand extreme heat and cold in an outside climate or confined space.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The employee may be exposed to the risk of electrical shock, moving mechanical parts, vibration, fumes, airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, continual loud noise, and other hazards found in a heavy industrial shipyard environment. Rigorous compliance with safety procedures, policies, and personal safety equipment requirements is therefore mandatory.

We are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers, committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under state or local law.