Multiwire Operator

Multiwire Operator Job Highlights

Company Profile

Southwire Company is a leading wire and cable producer. Southwire and its subsidiaries manufacture building wire and cable, metal-clad cable, portable and electronic cord products, OEM wire products, and engineered products.

Job Profile

The company is recruiting a Multiwire Operator who will set up and produce a quality and acceptable multiwire cable.

Educational Qualification

• Applicants require a High School Diploma or Equivalent

Work Experience

• Possess work-related experience
• The operator should be able to perform satisfactorily in 3 to 6 weeks

Duties/Responsibilities

• Responsible for set-up and operation of the multiwire drawing machine.
• Responsible for correct wire sizes, lengths, and directions of lays of multiwire cable.
• Responsible for loading and unloading sets of bobbins/reels whether they are matched lengths or matched sets.
• Responsible for making all pay-off bobbin/reel changes and take-up reel changes.
• Responsible for making hot welds and cold welds
• Responsible for maintaining a layer wound package
• Responsible for a correct inventory of WIP tags daily
• Responsible to observe Southwire safety rules, maintaining good housekeeping, and perform all other duties assigned.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Must be able to read and write
• Math encountered is in addition, multiplication, fractions, and decimals

Preferred Qualifications

• Must be able to anticipate when payoff bobbins/reels are running low
• Must be able to read and interpret production orders
• Must make judgments concerning the quality of individual wires, finished cables, and bobbins/reels
• Must be able to follow instructions
• Be in good physical condition

Working Conditions

• Normal plant conditions
• Constantly exposed to fairly high levels of noise. Hearing protection is required
• Standing, bending, or walking continuously
• Some effort is required to position full bobbins/reels
• Constantly walking, climbing, bending, and pushing
• Rolling and set-up of reels requiring a force of 140 pounds are required

Safety Measures

• Follow all company environmental rules/procedures and handle all materials in a manner designed to minimize environmental impact.
• Follow prescribed safety rules/procedures so as to prevent injury to self and others and to maintain safe equipment and conditions in the entire area of responsibility.
• Seek the assistance and advice of safety representatives on matters concerning safe practices, policies, or procedures and give personal support to all safety activities and procedures.
• Use the company’s ISO Quality System documentation to help guide all daily quality activities.

Benefits/Perks

• 401k with Matching and Pension Plan (eligible for pension after 1,000 hours worked)
• Advancement and Professional Growth opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Referral Program
• Family and Individual Insurance Packages (health, life, dental, and vision)
• Long and Short-Term Disability
• Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave
• Supplemental Insurance Plans
• Tuition Reimbursement Programs

Employer’s Statement

Southwire is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.