Shift Lead Wax

Title:                          Shift Lead, Wax

Status:                        Hourly

Shift: 3rd shift 

Location:                   Mentor, OH

Education:                 A high school diploma or equivalent is preferred, and may be substituted by experience.

Personal Characteristics:        Able to meet deadlines and be accountable for quality/ quantity.  Able to work flexible hours with a history of dependability as demonstrated with strong attendance record.  Comfortable using a team approach to problem solving.  Have strong sense of urgency.  Individual must be a motivated self-starter with the ability to work independently. Maintain a positive work atmosphere by behaving and communicating in a manner that gets along with customers, clients, co-workers and supervisors.

Work Experience:    Minimum of 1 year experience as an operator in a manufacturing environment. Previous casting experience is a plus. Must have experience with misc. hand tools, tables, racks, boxes, safety guidelines, feeds, grinders, inspection tools, etc.

Principal Area of     

Responsibility:          The Leadperson must possess a fundamental working knowledge of the Wax Dept. to provide shift support in the areas of quality and productivity improvement.  This is a “hands on” position with the following key responsibilities:

Specific Duties:

• Check production schedules and assign work as required.

• Oversee processing of special lots and assign as appropriate for expeditious processing.

• Using forklifts/carts, stage parts for following shifts.

• Take daily parts inventories; locate in production cycle and report totals and discrepancies from the Report to the area manager.

• Maintain daily production quantity and quality as assigned.

• Assist with the administrative duties such as production schedule updates, time card review, and training documentation.

• Perform other duties as outlined in home base job description.

• Assist in maintaining proper product flow through Wax Dept.

• Maintain a positive work atmosphere by behaving and communicating in a manner that gets along with customers, clients, co-workers and supervisors.

• Any and all additional responsibilities as required or assigned.

Physical and Mental Demands:

• Incumbent must physically and mentally perform the job demands as listed below.

• The ability to handle high stress associated with high activity with tight deadlines.

• Must pass Jaeger vision test.

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability – not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.