Sander Operator Helper

Company Overview

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Wilsonart is a world leading manufacturer and distributor of engineered surfaces with approximately $1.4b in annual revenue and a global workforce of more than 4,500. Wilsonart surfaces are used in the office, education, healthcare, residential, hospitality and retail markets. Wilsonart, operating under the Wilsonart®, Resopal®, Polyrey®, Arborite®, Laminart®, Bushboard™, Mermaid™, Shore®, Ralph Wilson®, KML®, NewLeaf®, Wetwall®, Durcon® and Technistone® brands, manufactures and distributes High Pressure Laminate, Quartz, Solid Surface, Coordinated TFL and Edgebanding and other engineered surface options. Wilsonart does business in more than 100 countries with manufacturing operations in North America, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Czech Republic.

Positioned for Future Growth

An extensive global manufacturing footprint, state-of-the-art process technologies, and scalable Global distribution capabilities provide a meaningful competitive advantage with excellent brand recognition and a reputation for product innovation and superior service which allow for strong and stable margin performance and robust cash flow conversion.  We have a strong company culture and extremely talented employee base as well as a dedicated and invested core Executive Leadership Team.

Our History

For more than 60 years, Wilsonart has honored our founders' promise to provide our customers with industry-leading products and service.  In November 2012, Wilsonart became a new, independent company when Clayton, Dubilier & Rice ("CD&R") and Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW) completed a transaction for the sale of ITW's Decorative Surfaces business unit. CD&R acquired a majority stake in the new freestanding business and ITW retained an ongoing ownership stake. 

Founded in 1978, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice is a private equity firm with an investment strategy predicated on producing financial returns through building stronger, more profitable businesses. The Firm’s partners and advisors include a combination of skilled investment decision-makers and seasoned corporate leaders from major global enterprises. Since inception, CD&R has managed the investment of more than $18 billion in 56 businesses with an aggregate transaction value of approximately $90 billion. The Firm has offices in New York and London. For more information, please visit http://www.cdr-inc.com/. 

Illinois Tool Works or ITW (NYSE: ITW) is a Fortune 200 company that produces engineered fasteners and components, equipment and consumable systems, and specialty products. It employs more than 50,000 people, and is based in Glenview, Illinois, with operations in 57 countries. 

Our Mission and Values 

Wilsonart is driven by a mission to create surfaces people love, with service you can count on, delivered by people who care. Wilsonart is driven by providing beautiful, hard-working, on-trend and high performing engineered surfaces for whatever you need to cover. For decades, our companies worldwide have given designers and builders the right tools for the job, no matter how specialized. Today, we bring you a portfolio of solutions, both decorative and functional, that spans retail, hospitality, healthcare, education, office and institutional applications. 

Service You Can Count On.

Wilsonart is dedicated to getting our customers what they want, when and how they want it. From a North American fleet of trucks, to strategically located distribution centers around the world, we can service the globe with our expanding range of products and services.

People Who Care.

Over 4,500 people strong, Wilsonart is made up of dedicated people who care about doing the right thing, every day. Whether it’s making a flawless sheet of high pressure laminate, volunteering at a community house raising or sourcing sustainable materials, Wilsonart people care deeply about what they do, who they do it for, and how they do it.

Sander Helper

Wilsonart, Temple has an immediate opening for a Sander Helper. This individual will feed the laminate through the sander and layoff the material from the sander under direction of Sander Operator.  Performs other tasks as required.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Retrieve the pressed material from the breakdown holding area.
• Operate table lift to position the material to be sanded
• Activate feed line, edge routing and end cut.
• Insert individual laminate into the sander.
• Cut material to specific sizes.
• Adjust machine controls.
• Lay off exiting laminate sheets individually to the lay off table.
• Conduct visual quality check of completed laminate during the process
• Inspect material against set specifications and pattern defects.
• Pull from process any imperfect product onto defect table.
• Place the finished product in the holding area to be delivered to the Finished Goods Department.
• Transfer production schedule to the layoff table.
• Document the amount of material waste.
• Place a new table at the sander to continue the process.
• Perform lock-out/tag-out procedures and preventative maintenance checks.
• Initiate corrective action if production operations are not to standard.
• Insure employees are wearing protective equipment as required or when handling hazardous materials.
• Provide on the job training to department personnel.
• Evaluates the pending order. 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of safety standards applicable to the work area and other pertinent rules/regulations governing work standards.
• Knowledge of the level of quality material must meet.
• Knowledge of basic mathematics sufficient to add and subtract.
• Skill in hand eye coordination.
• Skill in reading a tape measure.
• Skill in using a micrometer.
• Skill in operating a lift truck.
• Skill in establishing effective working relationships with other personnel
• Ability to retain information.
• Ability to learn to read and accurately record information on a production schedule/logs.
• Ability to understand and follow directions.
• Ability to work independently without close supervision, an as a team member
• Ability to be safety conscious when operating machinery
• Ability to identify colors and shades.
• Ability to visually detect product imperfections and defects.
• Ability to learn to monitor machine operations and operate a computer.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

EXPERIENCE

1+ years

One year of work experience required 

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:  Continuous physical exertion is required, such as walking/pushing/climbing and lifting material or equipment of heavy weight 50-100 lbs.

Position consists of working rotating shift work to include week-ends.

Wilsonart is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.