Job Title: Buffing/Grinding Wheel Operator (Sign on Bonus)
Chicago, IL, US, 60618
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HuFriedyGroup is a leading manufacturer of dental instruments and infection prevention products. Our 10,000-plus products, hand-crafted by highly skilled artisans, are known for their precision, performance, longevity, reliability, and quality. To help dental professionals be The Best in Practice, HuFriedyGroup provides a unique combination of world class products, value-added services, clinical education, and dental community platforms that result in superior clinician performance and enhanced safety for dental professionals and their patients. Working at HuFriedyGroup is so much more than a job, as every employee has a part in driving and supporting the organization’s inspirational vision to be a global force in advancing dental performance through Best-In-Practice dentistry that improves lives around the world.
Position Summary
This position performs various finishing operations on the working ends of dental instruments such as buffing, grinding, shaping, polishing after product has been heat treated and hardened.
Duties
- Utilize abrasive belts and wheels to finish hardened dental instruments.
- Finish instruments with technical difficulty and with excellent precision and eye/hand coordination to achieve required product dimensions/customer requirements that are unique.
- Progress to different product families as skills are mastered at each category level, usually after 1-2 years.
- Detect unacceptable quality on instruments and correct any practices or processes that do not meet established standards.
- Maintain compliance standards and specifications for products using specified measurement tools and drawings.
- Follow all OSHA and company-specific guidelines for safety.
- Record work performed via bar code reader system, or in manual log where/when appropriate.
- Complete other duties, as assigned.
Duties - cont'd
Education Degree
Required Experience
- Minimum of one year experience with machines, tools, equipment, including grinding machines and small tools for set up.
- Basic reading and writing (English); basic math skills. Minimal to moderate physical strength is needed.
- Ability to perform routine, repetitive operations while maintaining attention to detail.
- Must work well under general supervision; will be required to make some independent judgments concerning product quality and take necessary corrective action.
- Able to learn to use measuring instruments such as calipers, micrometers, and protractors, and have basic blueprint reading ability. Prior work requiring manual dexterity is helpful but not necessary.
- Ability to learn new instruments, using written specifications or an approved sample
- Ability to train others to follow established work instructions and assignments.
- Computer knowledge is helpful but not necessary.
Working Conditions
Pay range for this opportunity is $16.34 - $21.44. This position is eligible for [BONUS PARTICIPATION] OR a [INSERT COMMISSION RATE RANGE, IF APPLICABLE] commission.
Minimum pay rates offered will comply with county/city minimums, if higher than range listed. Pay rates are based on a number of factors, including but not limited to local labor market costs, years of relevant experience, education, professional certifications, foreign language fluency, etc.
Employees (and their families) may enroll in our company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, flexible spending, health savings account, voluntary benefits, supplemental life/AD&D plans and the company’s 401k plan. Employees are covered by an employee assistance program (also available to household members) and long-term disability. Full-time Employees are also eligible for short-term disability. Full-time Employees will also receive Paid Time Off (PTO) based on years of service and paid holidays. Part-time Employees working 20 or more hours receive a pro-ration of the full-time PTO allocation and paid holidays based on their standard hourly work week. Full-time Employees are eligible for four weeks of paid parental leave. Part-time Employees also receive paid parental leave, pro-rated based on their standard hourly work week.
HuFriedyGroup is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and the use of affirmative action programs to ensure that persons are recruited, hired, trained, transferred and promoted in all job groups regardless of race, color, religion, age, disability, national origin, citizenship status, military or veteran status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. We are not only committed to this policy by our status as a federal government contractor, but also we are strongly bound by the principle of equal employment opportunity.
Chicago, IL, US, 60618
Nearest Major Market: Chicago
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