Setter​/Drawer

Setter / Drawer

Location:

Worcester, MA Pay Rate: $25.00 per hour

Schedule:

1st Shift | 4:30 AM – 1:00 PM (30-minute lunch)

The Setter/Drawer II is responsible for planning, building, loading, unloading, and inspecting ceramic or abrasive products as part of the kiln firing process. This role supports production operations by ensuring products are properly configured, fired, and prepared for further processing, while adhering to manufacturing instructions and safety standards.

• Plan and build kiln car configurations and stack products in specified patterns on racks, platforms, or tunnel kiln cars
• Prepare products for loading into periodic or tunnel kilns, ovens, or furnaces
• Follow manufacturing instructions using deck batts, blocks, clamps, fillers, and other materials
• Select products by burn type and firing schedule dates
• Draw finished products from kilns manually or using hoists and truck cars
• Transport products to stripping areas for visible inspection
• Perform additional related duties as assigned

• High school diploma or GED (or equivalent experience)
• General manufacturing experience preferred
• Ability to read blueprints and work from written manufacturing instructions
• Intermediate math skills, including measuring in standard and metric units
• Experience using measuring devices such as calipers, micrometers, and measuring tapes
• Basic computer skills
• Typically requires up to three (3) months of experience to become proficient and work independently

• Ability to repetitively lift and/or move up to 50 pounds without assistance
• Frequent standing, walking, reaching, and use of hands and arms
• Occasional sitting, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling

• Close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus are required

• Manufacturing environment with frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts
• Occasional exposure to heat, fumes, and airborne dust
• Moderate noise levels

Use of personal protective equipment (PPE) may be required, including gloves, safety shoes, respirators, dust masks, hard hats, hearing protection, and safety glasses.