Production Associate - Tire Builder

FULL-TIME

$21/hr, plus $2000 new hire bonus, see details below

Pay for these positions starts at $20.00. At 6 months, pay increases to $22.00 for 3rd shift with yearly raises there after and at 6 months of employment a $2,000 bonus.

Daily activities:

- Adjust functional parts of devices and control instruments

- Operate machinery and equipment.

- Activate bead setters that press prefabricated beads onto plies.

- Align treads with guides, start drums to wind treads onto plies, and slice ends.

- Brush or spray solvents onto plies to ensure adhesion, and repeat process as specified, alternating direction of each ply to strengthen tires.

- Build semi-raw rubber treads onto buffed tire casings in order to prepare tires for vulcanization in recapping or retreading processes.

- Cut plies at splice points, and press ends together to form continuous bands.

- Depress pedals to collapse drums after processing is complete.

- Depress pedals to rotate drums, and wind specified numbers of plies around drums to form tire bodies.

- Fill cuts and holes in tires, using rubber.

- Fit inner tubes and final layers of rubber onto tires.

- Measure tires to determine mold size requirements.

- Position ply stitcher rollers and drums according to width of stock, using hand tools and gauges.

- Position rollers that turn ply edges under and over beads or use steel rods to turn ply edges.

- Pull plies from supply racks and align plies with edges of drums.

- Start rollers that bond tread and plies as drums revolve.

Shift start: 7:30PM
Shift length: 10.5 hours

• Health, dental, vision insurance - available after 30 days
• Paid time off
• 401(k) plan

• Must pass drug screen
• Must pass background check
• Can lift 50 lbs
• Must be at least 18+ years old

Must have be self motivated

This position requires continuous work.

$2000 new hire incentive

Paid at 6 months of successful employment, 3 weeks of PTO per year.

Trelleborg is a provider of engineered polymer solutions that seal, damp, and protect critical applications. Trelleborg is a publicly-traded company and is headquartered in Sweden.