INTERN - PRODUCTION (Painter) - 1st Shift at Altec, Inc. in Duluth, Minnesota

Job Description:

Why Join Altec?

• Ability to earn a living while attending school
• Continuous training and learning opportunities to enhance your skills and enjoyment of work
• Settle in with a secure essential industry (supporting Utilities & Telecom)
• Maintain a career focus with growth & development encouragement within Altec
• You will have a safety conscious, team oriented, stable work environment
• Potential to work overtime to support the customer

Our Vision:

Altec continues to pursue a singular vision: To be recognized by customers as the preferred supplier of products, services, and solutions in all markets we serve. Our values sustain that vision, our goals build upon it and our associates help to achieve it. Altec's values are the cornerstone of our corporate culture and every Altec associate is considered an integral part of Team Altec.

Our Values:

Customer First, Enjoyment of Work, Family, Financial Stability, Integrity, People Are Our Greatest Strength, Quality, Spiritual Development and Teamwork

About Our Duluth Location: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vat8hSgO-cQ

Meet Our Associates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKhcOWjgppY&t=15s

Welding At Altec: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbRDMaR-rKk

Purpose Of Position:

Perform welding and metal preparation tasks such as sanding and grinding configurations.

Responsibilities

• Operate painting system
• Spray paint truck bodies and/or components using handheld spray gun
• Apply paint to obtain consistent dry film thickness
• Perform quality checks and ensures paint application meets paint standards
• Check paint viscosity during shift and adjust as necessary
• Change solvent and paint drums
• Fill hardener and paint drums
• Perform paint booth housekeeping and filter maintenance
• Maintain proper care of guns for minimum painting downtime
• Ensure and occasionally assist with proper surface preparation prior to painting
• Load and unload parts/components to be painted
• Monitor temperature gauges in booth and oven
• Maintain daily time records

• Support APS (Altec Production System) initiatives. May participate in continuous improvement events
• Move to other work areas to support production needs (cross-train)
• Follow established safety, environmental and quality policies, procedures, and practices to include proper use and care of PPE
• Maintain work area and shop tools/equipment
• Shows commitment to Altec core values
• Other job duties as assigned

Basic Qualifications

Applicants must:

• Currently be enrolled in a paint program
• Have a high school or GED education level
• Have experience with computer systems
• Have the ability to read, write, and comprehend

Education, Experience, and Skills desired:

• Knowledge in one of the following areas:
  
  
  • Manufacturing/Production processes

EEO Statement

Altec Industries, Inc. and its affiliates are equal opportunity employers and maintain affirmative action plans to recruit, retain, develop, and promote qualified individuals without unlawful consideration of race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Altec strives to maintain a work environment free from unlawful discrimination and harassment, where associates are treated with respect and dignity.

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