Tipper Operator - 3rd Shift

The employee will become part of the Purdy paintbrush manufacturing team in the bristle department. Purdy manufactures professional painting tools of the highest quality. This position will be required to setup and run the tipper machine.

Additional Information

3rd Shift 10:00pm-6:15am

.75 per hour shift differential

This position is also eligible for bonus based on performance and subject to the terms of the Company's applicable plans.

Job duties include contact with other employees, operating heavy machinery, and access to proprietary information, raw materials, finished merchandise, and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's staff, employees, and vendors.

• Use scanner to scan on and off orders. Input accurate data into scanner.
• Retrieve materials.
• Tare the weight of empty bins with cardboard and record tare weight.
• Setup the tipper machine and run test bundles.
• Wrap bundles with rubber bands to hold them together in the machine.
• Load the machine by pressing bundles over the splitter in the cup. Secure the bundles by using an air chuck to increase air pressure in the cup.
• Unload the bundles after they are processed in the machine by releasing the air pressure in the cup and pulling the bundle out.
• Stack bundles into a bin and weigh the bin. Only fill a bin up to 25 pounds.
• Fill out a color card for each bin and record bin weight on the card.
• Constantly monitor quality of tip and flag on bundles.
• Keep work area clean during each shift and thoroughly clean machine and area at the end of each shift.
• Maintain Accurate Metrics: Weight Produced, Downtime, Maintenance, Idle Time etc.
  Fill out Tipper Production Sheet, Tipper Data Sheet, and update weight on the dry erase board.

Minimum Requirements

• Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age
• Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future

Preferred Qualifications

• Have at least one (1) year of work experience operating machinery in a manufacturing and/or distribution environment