1st Shift Finished Wire Operator - $19.96.hour at Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc. — East Longmeadow, MA

Monday-Friday: 5am-3:30pm

(Training Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:00am - 3:30pm)

Make Your Mark. Shape Your Future.

What You’ll Do

As a Finished Wire Operator, you’ll be part of our Stanley Black & Decker team located in East Longmeadow, MA. You’ll get to:

Perform a variety of duties involved with cleaning, setting up, operating and maintaining rolling and sizing equipment to finish various types of high-speed wire into final rectangular shapes and sizes as well as maintaining cleaning tanks and operating neutralizing and purifying cleaning solutions following standard established methods, practices and procedures.

Responsibilities: Use overhead electric hoist to mount coils of round wire on bar for dipping in various cleaning solutions.

• Set up straightening rolls and rolling mills to flatten round wire to predetermined thickness. Feed materials from coil through machine and onto spool. Transfer spools to finishing machines.
• Set up and adjust turk's head to reduce wire to finished thickness and width. Change rolls in tuck's head as necessary.
• Obtain ground rolls from Tool Room, grind edge chamfer using special equipment and diamond wheel. Rebuild turk's heads as necessary, assembling new rolls and making required adjustments following established methods.
• Use trivotester to confirm type of material in all coils, maintain "Daily Sample Log" and inventory records of produced, in-process and finished items.
• Maintain cleaning solutions, conducing specified tests, making additions, and recording as necessary and emptying and recharging tanks on a regular established schedule.
• Use computer wand to transfer daily production data from master sheet to computer. Data includes quantity, item, machine, process, other information.
• Maintain work area in a clean and orderly condition. Detect and report defective materials, equipment malfunctions, unsafe conditions, other problems or unusual situations to the supervisor. Perform all TPM duties and maintain records.
• Follow all safety rules, regulations and practices and employ all safety devices and equipment.
• Perform other similar or related duties as assigned or directed.

Who You Are

• You always strive to do a good job...but wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? You care about quality – at every level. You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. In fact, you embrace it. You also have:
• Knowledge of charts, specifications, and micrometers
• 1-2 years experience preferred
• Use of numbers including decimals
• Light physical effort required, equivalent to lifting, pushing, pulling 5 to 25 pounds
• High School Diploma or GED Equivalent

What You’ll Receive

• Medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off and tuition reimbursement.
• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.

What’s more, you’ll get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors and everyday heroes all over the world. We’re more than the #1 tools and storage company, with a leading presence in engineered fastening. We’re visionaries. Industry 4.0 innovators. As successful as we’ve been in the past, we have so much further to go. That’s where you come in. Join us!


The Salary range for this position is $19.96 - $20.47


• This is the lowest to highest hourly rate we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. The hourly rate offered within the range may vary depending on multiple factors including job level, geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience and in compliance with local wage requirements.
• The hourly rate range listed in this job posting reflects the range for the primary location specified. The hourly rate range may vary for other locations.
• The successful candidate may be eligible for general wage increases.
• Medical, dental, life, vision, disability,401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs & benefits in support of your well-being.

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