About the Voith Group
The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has around 20,700 employees, sales of € 4,8 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.
Voith Paper is hiring for:
Auto Seam Tech
Florence, MS
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Reasons you’ll love working here:
- Flexibility with Work/Life Balance
- Competitive Compensation and Benefits Package
- 401K with generous company match
- Climate-Neutral Footprint Worldwide
- Tuition reimbursement
Summary
This job requires the ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Operator must have the ability to use standard or metric units of measure and have the ability to join and reinforce seams to make a forming fabric for paper machines. Operator must also be able to see very small diameter materials.
Responsibilities
- Identify information on yellow card, read work instructions, follow priority log
- Be able to identify correct fabric design
- Operate machines according to customer specifications
- Repair defects.
- Seam fabrics
- Operate, set-up, service, and maintain assigned machinery and/or equipment.
- Observe machine operation to detect defects or machine malfunction.
- Participate in process improvement, problem solving efforts and identifying the root cause of non-conformances.
- To liaison with consultants on the development and refinement of the automatic seaming machine
- Provide the maintenance and services for all automatic seaming machines
- To ensure that Preventative Maintenance schedules are current and completed accordingly
Qualifications
- Ability to work off shift (11p-7a, or 3p-11p).
- Ability to read a tape measure and measure dimensions of products.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide units of measure.
- Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
- Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Education and/or Experience
High school diploma or general degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactory. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical Demands – Standing/walking, sitting, stooping, bending, crawling, kneeling, pulling, pushing, lifting, carrying, manual dexterity, use of right and left hand, occasionally (using stairs and ladder, repetitive tasks)
Don’t meet every single requirement but think you would be a good fit for our team? We encourage you to apply – your unique skills may be just what we need for this or other roles!
Voith US Inc. is an EEO/AA/VEVRAA compliant Federal Contractor and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in the industry including people of color, LGBTQI+ community, women, individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen), Veterans, people of any age or family status. We embrace the competitive advantage that diversity brings and we strive to create a working environment that is inclusive of thought and talent.