Job Title: Grinding Wheel Operator ($1500 Sign on Bonus!)
Chicago, IL, US, 60618
At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.
Position Summary
Our dental segment, HuFriedyGroup, enables dental professionals to reduce risk, improve efficiencies, drive compliance, and enhance patient and staff safety. At HuFriedyGroup, we are committed to helping dental professionals perfect their craft and deliver the highest level of care to each patient.
Dental instrument makers and finishers will utilize eye-to-hand coordination and attention to detail to perform various critical finishing operations on the working ends of dental instruments such as buffing, sharpening, grinding, shaping, polishing, and other operations as needed.
Job Details
$18hr Starting
Schedule: 1st Shift
6:00 am - 2:30 pm
Monday-Friday
$1500 Sign-on Bonus! (Not applicable to internal applicants)
Healthcare, Vision, Dental, 401K Match, PTO, Company Holidays, Life Insurance, Quarterly Bonuses
Duties
- Utilize abrasive belts and wheels to finish hardened dental instrument
- 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.
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, protractors, and have basic blueprint reading ability. Prior work requiring manual dexterity 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 helpful but not necessary
Working Conditions
STERIS is a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention. WE HELP OUR CUSTOMERS CREATE A HEALTHIER AND SAFER WORLD by providing innovative healthcare, life sciences and dental products and services. STERIS is a $5 billion, publicly traded (NYSE: STE) company with approximately 17,000 associates and Customers in more than 100 countries.
If you need assistance completing the application process, please call 1 (440) 392.7047. This contact information is for accommodation inquiries only and cannot be used to check application status.
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Chicago, IL, US, 60618
Nearest Major Market: Chicago
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