Production Assistant jobs in Davenport, IA

Production Assistant

Location: 301 E Front Street, Buffalo, IA 52728

Compensation: 32.27 per hour

Ready for a fast-paced job where you can provide the literal groundwork that connects communities together? Join Summit Materials – a construction materials company leading the industry – where we build the foundation for a better tomorrow.

Summit Materials consists of more than a dozen local companies that supply aggregates, cement, ready-mix concrete, asphalt paving, and construction services in the United States and western Canada. At Summit Materials, we support our teammates who lay the groundwork for our communities and live by our core values: Safety, Integrity, Sustainability, and Inclusivity. We’re passionate about our teammates, our work, and our communities. Each of Summit’s companies celebrates their individual legacies, but together - we are Summit Materials.

Benefits

We care for you and your family: We offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans to support the health of you and your family.

We prepare for the unexpected: We offer life insurance, long-term disability, and short-term disability coverage at no cost to you.

We invest in your career growth with Summit Materials and beyond: Get access to our Discover Learning catalog with thousands of available courses to support your professional and personal development. You can learn on-demand, at your own pace, and from any device.

We embrace your well-being: We know that your well-being is more than just physical. We’re here to provide teammates with the resources and tools they need to stay healthy and feel supported, including an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with free counseling, financial resources, and more.

We support your personal goals: We provide a financial foundation as you plan for the future. Our programs, like our 401(k) plan where we match up to 4% of your annual income, are designed to help you prepare and reach your goals for you and your family.

We give you time to recharge: We offer our teammates Paid Time Off (PTO) so they can recharge and relax with family and friends.

Overview

The Production Assistant role will provide general labor that is necessary to support the cement manufacturing process. This role is a utility role that combines duties assigned to the former Production Utility, Kiln Assistant and Equipment Attendance classifications. The Production Assistant does not perform the duties assigned to the Control Room Operator and M&E repair classifications. This role is expected to uphold all safety, environmental and workplace standards. Supports a good standing in the community, sustainable operations, and adheres to and upholds all company policies, safety standards and federal / state regulations.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Performs all tasks in a safe and professional manner in conformance with company policies and quality standards.
• Inspects mobile equipment to ensure safe and reliable operation and operates mobile equipment as needed.
• Uses basic hand tools such as shovels, brooms, squeegees, scrapers, etc as well as operate mechanic’s hand tools.
• Performs general utility work including pushing up piles of rock and coal with front end loader and other equipment, unplugging belts, and general labor work as directed.
• Provides operational oversight for all plant equipment from the rock storage building through the finish mill operations.
• Provides process operations support including changes, sets up and adjusts equipment as required by current operating procedures.
• and cleans pre-heater tower riser and associated ductwork during the shift.
• Troubleshoots process problems associated with field operations and equipment and may adjust equipment as directed or as dictated by circumstance.
• Advises when immediate shutdown of equipment is necessary to minimize damage or when temporarily continued operation will have no harmful effect.
• Responds to all incoming communications via phone, radio, and other verbal inputs. Keep logs and daily reports current and accurate.
• Keeps the Lab informed of changes affecting product quality.
• Keeps abreast of all changes that are made in the control systems while keeping the control room involved and informed of changes.
• Must maintain a full understanding of proper operations of all plant equipment and optimizes the performance of it on an ongoing basis.
• Responds to all alarms and assures that they are taken care of appropriately.
• Fills out daily checklist for operations of all plant equipment and for environmental compliance on all operating equipment.
• Responsible assisting in controlling and reducing emissions from the process.
• Attends and participates in department and team meetings and training classes and may be utilized to train other employees.
• Keeps the work area clean and orderly.
• Must remain on the job until properly relieved; must have a proper shift change in that the incoming Production Assistant is informed of existing situations and changes that are occurring or expected.
• Responds to reasonable emergency call outs on an as needed basis.
• Other duties may be required and will be assigned as necessary.

Skills & Experience

• High School Diploma.
• Ability to perform mathematical functions for determining silo volumes, material flow rates, etc.
• Computer literacy.
• Good mechanical aptitude.
• Ability to remain alert and responsive.
• Proficient in the English language.
• Ability to physically work both indoor and outdoor in various weather conditions with or without accommodations.
• Ability to work 12 hour rotating shifts (days, nights, weekends) to support a 24/7 operation.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, while building rapport with team members and external departments.
• Must have a high level of integrity and commitment to comply with all applicable federal / state / industry compliance, record keeping, regulations and standards.
• Due to the nature of this position, it is essential that the teammate be available to report to the designated work site / office and be ready to begin work when scheduled,
• Must be able to pass pre-employment screening which may include a physical, background check, and drug screen.

The physical demands and work environment described herein are representative of those that must be met by a teammate to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this position, the teammate will be regularly required to talk and hear, use fingers and hands to handle and/or feel, use eyesight for depth perceptions, close, distant, peripheral and color vision; stand, walk, sit, reach, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl. Frequent exposure to walking on rocky, irregular surfaces that may be muddy and in reduced lighting conditions, moving mechanical parts, electrical equipment, high and/or confined spaces, fumes, airborne particles, outside weather conditions and explosives. Occasionally be able to lift and/or move up to fifty (50) lbs. independently and tolerate moderate noise levels.