Blake Equipment Wastewater Pump Apprentice - East Windsor, CT
Blake Equipment is part of the largest national wholesaler (a division of Headwater Companies www.headwaterco.com ) in the United States, specializing in water equipment components for the residential, commercial, and irrigation systems installed by our customer, the professional contractor. (no homeowners). We are known in our local markets as having quality service, long term quality people, and only representing the top manufacturers in the industry. Headwater Companies is a Division of Franklin Electric, a publicly-traded company on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol FELE.
Blake is currently in search of a Wastewater Pump Apprentice for the East Windsor location.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Maintain cleanliness of warehouse and machinery
- Pull parts for orders following S.O.P. (Standard Operating Procedures)
- Learn procedures on how to build all pumps
- Assist in building pumps when necessary
- Tests pumps in established testing center
- Use forklift/pallet jacks to move materials, parts, finished product or load/unload trucks
- Conduct preventive maintenance before operating machinery
- Lift 50 lbs. repeatedly throughout an eight-hour workday
- Stand and work for extended periods of time during work hours
- Machine parts to specifications according to work orders, keeping within branch Q.C. requirements
- Responsible for maintaining and using precision measuring tools in accordance to shop requirements
- Interact with customers with a professional attitude
- Use table saw/skill saw to crate finished product for shipping purposes
- Perform other related duties as needed
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:
Skills and Abilities:
- Good reading and writing skills
- Ability to conduct job duties with minimal supervision
- Able to read, understand, and calculate fractional dimensions (i.e. add/subtract fractions, fraction to decimal conversions)
- Ability to operate forklift/pallet jack within safety guidelines
- Able to communicate and work well with others
- Ability to use various hand and power tools
- Ability to consistently produce quality work
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Ability to apply common sense to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form
- Ability to apply problem solving techniques to moderately complex issues
PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES:
While performing the functions of this job, the employee is:
- Regularly required to sit and to talk or hear
- Regularly required to stand or walk
- Regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
- Frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and to reach with hands and arms
- Frequently required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl
- Occasionally lift and/or move over 50 pounds
- Occasionally required to sit
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision
The company will make reasonable accommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $22.00 - $25.00 per hour
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