Press Operator

We are seeking an energetic and motivated Metal Stamping Machine Operator to join our growing team at Blum USA. This is a great opportunity to link your career with an established international company.

Job Responsibilities

As a Stamping Operator, you will be responsible for operating the presses and monitoring their associated computer systems.

Additional responsibilities for this position include:

• Monitoring, loading and unloading presses
• Measuring quality of output
• Material handling functions of the job including loading and unloading presses
• Reporting error messages and order paperwork
• Completing visual and measurable QC checks
• Complete product changeovers (to include emptying the press, changing gripper rails, changing cutting blades and oil filling)
• Complete housekeeping and machine cleaning activities
• Perform assigned tasks during maintenance activities, set up and overhauls
• Work 3rd shift hours (Sunday – Thursday 11pm – 7am) with flexibility to adjust hours when necessary
• May have to train on alternate shift before transferring to 3rd shift work schedule
• Work overtime (including weekends) as needed
• Complying with all company policies, procedures and safety guidelines (including reporting unsafe practices and safety hazards)

Job Requirements

To be successful in this type of position, we need team players who bring a positive attitude to the work place and enjoy being around and working with others. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience preferably working with Metal Stamping machines in an industrial manufacturing environment.

Additional requirements for this position include:

• Must possess a High Scholl diploma or GED from an accredited institution
• Ability to communicate issues, concerns and problems effectively both within the workgroup and with members of other departments
• Ability to stand for extended periods of time
• Ability to lift up to 75lbs
• Ability to read product specification drawings
• Ability to work effectively as a team member and individually
• Must be detail oriented and have the ability to manage multiple tasks effectively
• Ability to learn and apply the Metric measurement system
• Ability to use small hand tools
• Ability to acquire and maintain forklift certifications (standup and sit down forklifts)
• Can use computers, programs and their applications as needed

Benefits

Blum USA believes in offering their employees an excellent benefits package that includes:

• Hourly position with overtime
• Base rate $15.50 per hour to start
• Additional $.75 cents per hour premium for 2nd shift
• Possible bonus opportunities
• Health (Medical and Dental)
• 401(k) with employer matching
• Flexible spending account to cover eligible out of pocket health, dental, vision expenses
• Three weeks vacation starting your second year on the job
• Term life insurance equal to annual salary at no cost to employee
• And more!

Company Overview

For more than 60 years Blum has been manufacturing superior quality hinge systems, drawer runners, and lift systems that create emotion and enhance user convenience in the kitchen. With every product, we strive to develop solutions to ensure that cabinet doors and drawers open with ease, close softly and effortlessly, and make workflow and everyday kitchen use easier.

Over the decades our product range has grown and so has the company. Today, Blum has seven production plants in Austria, and manufacturing sites in Brazil, Poland and the United States. Approximately 7300 Blum employees all over the world concentrate on the vision of “perfecting motion” to satisfy the specific requirements of the end user, whether it is in the kitchen or in another living area of the home. This prerequisite is the source of all our product development and innovation.