Maintenance Laborer

Our Foundation:

Mission: We shape timeless and functional designs from simple, natural materials to elevate everyday life.

Vision: To celebrate the beauty of objects with real, authentic character.

Values: Dignity & Respect | Ownership & Initiative | Commitment to Quality & Craft | Learning & Growth Together

Position Summary:

The Maintenance Laborer is an opportunity for a motivated individual to get started and grow as a professional in the building and maintenance trades in a fast paced manufacturing environment. This is an entry level physical job that includes the responsibility of working with heavy machinery (hoist, crane, mixer, crusher) and operating a forklift. Maintaining a clean, safe and functional work environment is critical in this role. All training will be provided.

We offer competitive pay and a benefit package that includes: medical, dental, and vision coverage, employer paid life & disability, paid time off, flexible holiday time, 401k retirement plan with employer match, and tuition reimbursement assistance. Additionally, we offer exclusive employee discounts on both our glass and pottery products and at our restaurant.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performing routine maintenance as needed with support from other members of the maintenance team (e.g. changing filters, drain cleaning, shoveling, etc.)
• Emptying trash and recycling from and throughout the facility into dumpsters
• Preparing and loading the glass pellet mix used in the production of our glass
• Recycling of glass into the glass melting process, as well as removal of waste glass from the facility
• Use a forklift and material handling equipment on a daily basis
• Perform regular inspections on hoist and forklift to ensure safe operating conditions
• Operating a floor cleaner weekly to help keep the facility clean
• Supporting snow removal and seasonal landscaping efforts
• Comply with safety regulations and maintain clean and orderly work area

Secondary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform occasional general labor as needed, in support of maintenance staff

Qualifications Required:

• Motivated to learn
• Must be able to lift up to 100 lbs
• Using material handling equipment such as forklifts, hoists and pallet jacks, the employee will lift and move up to 2500 pounds safely at a time
• Must be motivated and able to work independently
• Interest in and some experience in a trade, such as painting, cleaning, carpentry or plumbing
• Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation
• GED required – High School Diploma preferred

Success Factors/Job Competencies:

• Consistency and reliability
• Ability to follow directions and processes
• Listening
• Technical Learning

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places and extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Simon Pearce is committed to the policy of equal employment opportunity and to provide all employees with the work environment necessary to enable them to advance on merit as far as their talents and skills will take them, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, status as a protected class of veteran, or any other legally protected status.