• Job Description

  Req#: 124778

  Job Details

  Level: Experienced

  Job Location: Jackson TN - Jackson, TN

  Position Type: Full Time

  Education Level: High School Diploma or Equivalent

  Salary Range: Undisclosed

  Job Shift: Night Shift

  Job Category: Manufacturing

  Description

  Job Purpose Statement:

  The Carlstar Group Tire Builder is an hourly position responsible for continuous performance of assembling tires according to assigned specifications. The successful candidate will be committed to safety, good housekeeping, and a willingness to learn.

  Summary of Responsibility:

  • Ongoing movement of depresses pedals to rotate drums, and winds specified numbers of plies around drums to form tire bodies
  • Starts rollers that bond tread and piles as drums revolve
  • Activates bead setters that press prefabricated beads onto plies
  • Cuts plies at splice points, and press ends together to form continuous bands
  • Aligns treads with guides, starts drums to wind treads onto plies, and slice ends
  • Position tires (up to 50 lbs) on rack
  • Positions ply stitcher rollers and drums according to width of stock, using hand tools and gauges
  • Pulls plies from supply racks, and aligns plies with edges of drums
  • Maintain housekeeping the Tire Building Area
  • Eager to be a Team Player and open to be assigned other duties, as needed

  Skills and Abilities :

  The employee should hold the following abilities:

  • Work at an effective and productive pace while operating heavy equipment
  • Be a safety advocate for self and other team members
  • Apply common sense to carrying out instructions and procedures
  • Use problem-solving skills to deal with issues in process as they arise

  Education and/or Experience:

  The employee should have the following:

  • High school diploma or general education degree (GED);
  • Applicants seeking GED: Enroll in our program to help you get a GED while working
  • Manufacturing experience preferred but not required, candidate will be trained for this position in-house
  • Basic math skills a must: measurements (tape measure, gauge, protractor), division, adding, subtracting, etc.

  ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT

  To perform the essential functions of this job, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions

  The employee should possess the ability to:

  • Work safely around continuous moving mechanical parts
  • Work in a hot environment while meeting production rates
  • Be exposed to a noisy environment and comfortable with PPE requirements
  • Maintain regular attendance and punctuality for 8-12 hour shifts
  • Be comfortable standing, stooping, leaning, and working around rotating equipment
  • Be comfortable lifting up to 50 lbs.

  Other job duties will be required, as needed, to be performed by the employees in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. Employees often cover other jobs, and may be assigned other functions outside the job role to support the continuation of operation of the Jackson Plant facility. This job description is not all-encompassing, and duties may change and be adjusted as needed.

  This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.

  Qualifications

  
  

• About the company

  The Carlstar Group offers leading brands including Carlisle® brand tires, ITP®, Cragar®, Black Rock®, Unique® wheels, and Marastar® tires.

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