Why Join Our Team?
Do you want to be part of a team that is making a positive difference in lives all across the globe? Do you want to be part of a culture where you are recognized, respected, and rewarded for a job well done? U.S. Pipe has been providing quality water and wastewater products since 1899, and for the past 120 years we have proudly supported local governments, municipalities, water departments, and businesses all across the United States, and the world.
What We Offer:
Team Collaboration: Join a team-oriented environment where collaboration is not just a buzzword but a priority.
Career Growth: Be part of an industry leader renowned for world-class design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, and take your career to the next level.
Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package with options tailored to meet your needs and those of your family.
Job Description:
U.S. Pipe and Foundry is seeking a Production Supervisor. The successful candidate will play a key role in leading the production operations in the assigned department through the daily execution of processes and procedures. Ensuring the effective supervision of the assigned hourly employees engaged in the production process and focusing on safety, people, production, quality, and delivery standards of U.S. Pipe and Foundry.
Essential Functions:
Leads the work of hourly production employees to ensure that working procedures are followed in a manner that provides safe operation while maximizing quality and productivity as well as managing labor cost.
Ensures that daily production schedules are met, and if not, captures the reasons for missing the daily plan.
Uses daily Leader Standard Work to manage the process and quickly identify process deviations.
Uses root cause analysis to determine action items to prevent reoccurrence of issues that cause gaps to standards.
Must have experience in working on mechanical equipment/tooling.
Should have the ability to trouble shoot/diagnose mechanical problems - especially on the Core making equipment.
To supervise both production and craft employees to ensure quality cores are made, tooling is properly maintained and check at appropriate intervals.
Ensures that work is conducted safely, that safety rules are adhered to, and that work areas are maintained in a safe and orderly fashion.
Conducts regular area safety inspections and 5S audits.
Investigates incidents fully and documents in the accident investigation system in a timely manner.
Ensures that any corrective actions that arise from accident investigations are implemented in a timely manner.
Communicates frequently with crew members to maintain awareness regarding unsafe conditions and behaviors.
Maintains open communication with assigned crew on a daily basis to address any safety, quality, production, maintenance, housekeeping, or personnel issues.
Uses Key Performance Indicator (KPI) data to understand sources for driving performance and work on improvements when results are not meeting targets.
Ensures that production equipment is set up properly and is maintained in good operating condition.
Ensures that all material and equipment required to perform daily work is available.
Maintains direct contact with maintenance supervisors to communicate equipment conditions and to aid in developing a priority for maintenance activities.
Develops and executes a documented plan to make sure assigned hourly employees are properly trained and qualified to perform their assigned position within their job classification.
Works with Area Manager and Continuous Improvement personnel to identify, document, communicate, and implement process improvements, including participation in and sustaining 5S and Kaizen improvements.
Fills in for other Production Supervisors when needed for vacation, planned outage or any other scenario. Fill in work can be on any shift.
Perform other duties as assigned
Skills and Other Requirements:
Minimum of 5 years previous supervisory or management experience in a heavy union or non-union fast paced manufacturing and/or construction environment is required.
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering such as Industrial, Electrical. Mechanical and Manufacturing and/or related field desired.
Previous ductile iron products experience with a good understanding of production operations or similar manufacturing operation is a plus.
Lean Manufacturing and/or Six Sigma experience is a plus.
Foundry experience highly desired.
$46k-71k yearly est. 6d ago
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Operations Excellence Manager
United States Pipe and Foundry Company, Inc. 4.5
United States Pipe and Foundry Company, Inc. job in Bessemer, AL
Why Join Our Team? Do you want to be part of a team that is making a positive difference in lives all across the globe? Do you want to be part of a culture where you are recognized, respected, and rewarded for a job well done? U.S. Pipe has been providing quality water and wastewater products since 1899, and for the past 120 years we have proudly supported local governments, municipalities, water departments, and businesses all across the United States, and the world.
What We Offer:
* Team Collaboration: Join a team-oriented environment where collaboration is not just a buzzword but a priority.
* Career Growth: Be part of an industry leader renowned for world-class design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, and take your career to the next level.
* Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package with options tailored to meet your needs and those of your family.
About the Role:
U.S. Pipe is seeking an Operation Excellence Manager to join our team. You will be responsible for supporting the manufacturing operations in the assigned region. This position responsibilities will include identifying and driving improvement opportunities for Quality practices and Operational Excellence techniques. Duties include collection and analysis of manufacturing and customer data to improve safety, product quality, customer delivery, and cost reductions. 50% travel is expected.
Specific Responsibilities:
* Develop and execute plant specific OPEX and Quality roadmaps.
* Understand, Train, mentor and coach Quality standards and Lean / Six Sigma principles, tools, and practices.
* Ensure adherence to company Quality standards.
* Investigation of any Customer Complaint including RCA report.
* Compliance with all ISO, NSF, and UL standards.
* Work with and manage the various different inspection entities that interact with the plants (WSNY, FM, UL, etc.).
* Working with the Production Manager, acts as a change agent to drive improved quality, reduce manufacturing costs, and increase productivity by eliminating waste, reducing variation, streamlining key value streams, and optimizing business processes.
* Create, train and monitor performance of Standard Work program.
* Define, assemble, and lead improvement project teams, Kaizen events, Just-do-it's, etc.
* Support CapEx projects related to OPEX & Quality improvements.
* Assist Engineering with equipment maintenance using PM and CMMS systems.
* Ensure the manufacturing procedures follow safety and environmental regulations.
Qualifications:
* 3 to 5 years' Operational Excellence experience in a manufacturing environment.
* Degree in Engineering, such as Industrial or Mechanical is required.
* Proficient in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, with specific ability to use advanced features such as macros.
* Technical knowledge and facilitation skills in continuous improvement to lead 5S and Kaizen events.
* Bilingual English / Spanish.
* Demonstrated competency in Lean / Six Sigma principles, tools, and practices.
* Familiarity with manufacturing processes, quality assurance techniques and business operations while demonstrating a customer-centric and flexible problem-solving approach.
* Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of an organization and tailor messaging to appropriate audience.
* Ability to present complex concepts via presentations for senior level audiences is highly preferred.
* Self-starter who can develop effective networks with internal customers and external stakeholders
* Strong time management, prioritization, analytical, and organizational skills, with ability to meet deadlines, achieve desired results, and manage multiple initiatives, both collaboratively and independently.
$42k-74k yearly est. 12d ago
Quality Control Technician
U.S. Pipe 2024 4.5
U.S. Pipe 2024 job in Alabama
Why Join Our Team?
Do you want to be part of a team that is making a positive difference in lives across the globe? Do you want to be part of a culture where you are recognized, respected, and rewarded for a job well done? U.S. Pipe has been providing quality water and wastewater products since 1899, and for over the past 125 years we have proudly supported local governments, municipalities, water departments, and businesses across the United States, and the world.
What We Offer:
Team Collaboration: Join a team-oriented environment where collaboration is not just a buzzword but a priority.
Career Growth: Be part of an industry leader renowned for world-class design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, and take your career to the next level.
Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package with options tailored to meet your needs and those of your family.
About the Role:
U.S. Pipe is seeking a Quality Control Technician for our U.S. Pipe plant in Bessemer, Alabama. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring that the product meets customer's requirements (both internal and external) at each stage of its manufacturing process, carrying out relevant testing and where necessary take corrective action to rectify non-conformance issues. Report quality issues data, ensuring the Quality Management System is adhered to at all stages.
Specific Responsibilities:
Check dimensions of pipe spigots, grind spigots and cut and taper pipe spigots when required.
Ensure that pipe bells are of good quality and within specifications by visual inspection, gauging, and by performing minor salvage work.
Weigh pipe on pipe weighs scales and marks pipe accordingly or applies label.
Perform many or all of the following duties on in-process (WIP) pipe, depending upon the job assignment: visually inspect gauges, record data, calipers, measure, tape, mark, labels.
Perform inspection duties on finished products and accessories (both incoming and outgoing) on the shipping yard. Perform inspection duties on pipe linings at the cement lining facility and general inspection duties on products in the packaging department.
Inspect pipe spigot visually and with calipers to ensure that pipe spigot is acceptable and within specifications.
Skills and Qualifications:
High School diploma or GED, basic math skills, and a minimum of 1 year manufacturing experience is required.
Previous foundry knowledge around melting, casting, annealing, inspection and testing procedures is desired.
Why Join Our Team?
Do you want to be part of a team that is making a positive difference in lives across the globe? Do you want to be part of a culture where you are recognized, respected, and rewarded for a job well done? U.S. Pipe has been providing quality water and wastewater products since 1899, and for over the past 125 years we have proudly supported local governments, municipalities, water departments, and businesses across the United States, and the world.
What We Offer:
Team Collaboration: Join a team-oriented environment where collaboration is not just a buzzword but a priority.
Career Growth: Be part of an industry leader renowned for world-class design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, and take your career to the next level.
Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package with options tailored to meet your needs and those of your family.
About the Role:
U.S. Pipe is seeking a Quality Control Technician for our U.S. Pipe plant in Bessemer, Alabama. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring that the product meets customer's requirements (both internal and external) at each stage of its manufacturing process, carrying out relevant testing and where necessary take corrective action to rectify non-conformance issues. Report quality issues data, ensuring the Quality Management System is adhered to at all stages.
Specific Responsibilities:
Check dimensions of pipe spigots, grind spigots and cut and taper pipe spigots when required.
Ensure that pipe bells are of good quality and within specifications by visual inspection, gauging, and by performing minor salvage work.
Weigh pipe on pipe weighs scales and marks pipe accordingly or applies label.
Perform many or all of the following duties on in-process (WIP) pipe, depending upon the job assignment: visually inspect gauges, record data, calipers, measure, tape, mark, labels.
Perform inspection duties on finished products and accessories (both incoming and outgoing) on the shipping yard. Perform inspection duties on pipe linings at the cement lining facility and general inspection duties on products in the packaging department.
Inspect pipe spigot visually and with calipers to ensure that pipe spigot is acceptable and within specifications.
Skills and Qualifications:
High School diploma or GED, basic math skills, and a minimum of 1 year manufacturing experience is required.
Previous foundry knowledge around melting, casting, annealing, inspection and testing procedures is desired.
$31k-40k yearly est. 5d ago
Safety Coordinator
U.S. Pipe 2024 4.5
U.S. Pipe 2024 job in Alabama
Why Join Our Team?
Do you want to be part of a team that is making a positive difference in lives all across the globe? Do you want to be part of a culture where you are recognized, respected, and rewarded for a job well done? U.S. Pipe has been providing quality water and wastewater products since 1899, and for the past 120 years we have proudly supported local governments, municipalities, water departments, and businesses all across the United States, and the world.
What We Offer:
Team Collaboration: Join a team-oriented environment where collaboration is not just a buzzword but a priority.
Career Growth: Be part of an industry leader renowned for world-class design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, and take your career to the next level.
Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package with options tailored to meet your needs and those of your family.
:
U.S. Pipe and Foundry is seeking a Safety Coordinator. The successful candidate will play a key role in implementing company safety policies and continuously monitor the workplace for hazardous safety and health conditions to maintain a safe work environment.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Conduct safety training within the department for all shifts including Daily Safety Huddles, Weekly Single Points, Monthly Safety Meeting and EHS Alerts.
Conduct regular safety and housekeeping audits within the department.
Discuss findings from audit with both Department Supervisor and Safety.
Work with Safety to ensure deficiencies are addressed in a timely manner.
Perform safety walks throughout the shift and observe performance of job tasks to ensure safe job procedures are being followed.
Counsel employees on safe job procedures when necessary.
Report observations to Safety.
Participation in New Hire Orientation.
Work with Supervisors on periodic reviews of JSA's, LOTO procedures and Hazard Analysis within the department
Provide input to Safety on improvements/additions to training for new hires/transferring employees.
Skills & Other Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in safety or environmental is preferred.
Graduate Safety Practitioner -BCSP Certified is preferred.
3-5 years of safety experience outlining and implementing programs regarding employee safety procedures, practices, and accident prevention in a heavy manufacturing industry.
Current OSHA 30 or OSHA 10 Certified.
Confined Space training.
First Aid CPR Trained.
Why Join Our Team?
Do you want to be part of a team that is making a positive difference in lives all across the globe? Do you want to be part of a culture where you are recognized, respected, and rewarded for a job well done? U.S. Pipe has been providing quality water and wastewater products since 1899, and for the past 120 years we have proudly supported local governments, municipalities, water departments, and businesses all across the United States, and the world.
What We Offer:
Team Collaboration: Join a team-oriented environment where collaboration is not just a buzzword but a priority.
Career Growth: Be part of an industry leader renowned for world-class design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, and take your career to the next level.
Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package with options tailored to meet your needs and those of your family.
Job Description:
U.S. Pipe and Foundry is seeking a Safety Coordinator. The successful candidate will play a key role in implementing company safety policies and continuously monitor the workplace for hazardous safety and health conditions to maintain a safe work environment.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Conduct safety training within the department for all shifts including Daily Safety Huddles, Weekly Single Points, Monthly Safety Meeting and EHS Alerts.
Conduct regular safety and housekeeping audits within the department.
Discuss findings from audit with both Department Supervisor and Safety.
Work with Safety to ensure deficiencies are addressed in a timely manner.
Perform safety walks throughout the shift and observe performance of job tasks to ensure safe job procedures are being followed.
Counsel employees on safe job procedures when necessary.
Report observations to Safety.
Participation in New Hire Orientation.
Work with Supervisors on periodic reviews of JSA's, LOTO procedures and Hazard Analysis within the department
Provide input to Safety on improvements/additions to training for new hires/transferring employees.
Skills & Other Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in safety or environmental is preferred.
Graduate Safety Practitioner -BCSP Certified is preferred.
3-5 years of safety experience outlining and implementing programs regarding employee safety procedures, practices, and accident prevention in a heavy manufacturing industry.
Current OSHA 30 or OSHA 10 Certified.
Confined Space training.
First Aid CPR Trained.
$31k-42k yearly est. 5d ago
Maintenance Technician - 3rd Shift
U.S. Pipe 4.5
U.S. Pipe job in Bessemer, AL
Job Description
Why Join Our Team?
Do you want to be part of a team that is making a positive difference in lives across the globe? Do you want to be part of a culture where you are recognized, respected, and rewarded for a job well done? U.S. Pipe has been providing quality water and wastewater products since 1899, and for the past 120 years we have proudly supported local governments, municipalities, water departments, and businesses across the United States, and the world.
What We Offer:
Team Collaboration: Join a team-oriented environment where collaboration is not just a buzzword but a priority.
Career Growth: Be part of an industry leader renowned for world-class design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, and take your career to the next level.
Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package with options tailored to meet your needs and those of your family.
About the Role:
U.S. Pipe is seeking a 3rd shift Maintenance Technician to join our team. The Maintenance Technician is responsible for ensuring equipment/machinery is functioning properly and performing routine preventative maintenance of equipment system prioritizing work based on need. The Maintenance Technician will perform routine adjustments and calibrations to machinery and will follow up with a Production Technician on any diagnostics needed to perform a needed repair.
Specific Responsibilities:
Receives instructions or participates in team decisions regarding scheduled and emergency repairs, installation, and inspection tasks.
Inspects plant equipment for defects such as misalignment, wear, insufficient lubrication, etc. and repairs such defects.
Dismantles, cleans, repairs, replaces, installs, maintains, assembles, adjusts, and lubricates all plant mechanical equipment and machinery.
Performs preventive maintenance tasks to maximize effectiveness of plant equipment.
Perform precision maintenance duties.
Fabricate and weld for projects, routine maintenance jobs, emergency jobs, etc.
Interpret blueprints, drawings, sketches, etc.
Makes and seals various types of joints such as expansion, flange, nipple, coupling, union, lead wiped, soldered, flared, caulked, banded, and welded. Installs gaskets, packing, and tests joints for leaks or tightness.
Tests, inspects, dismantles, repairs, replaces, or installs any type of high or low-pressure piping, tubing, fittings, fixtures and parts for the installation, maintenance and repair of pipelines for air, water, steam, oils, gases, acid, and caustics.
Ability to troubleshoot, repair, install, etc. hydraulic and pneumatic equipment.
Utilize a CMMS to obtain work orders, document information, close work orders, etc.
Keeps work area in a neat and orderly condition and performs all work in a safe and efficient manner.
Performs any other duties assigned by supervisor.
Cleans all work areas.
Qualifications:
High School diploma or G.E.D. and minimum of 3 years of experience as an industrial millwright or maintenance technician and/or successful completion of an apprenticeship program or a vocational course of study related to industrial maintenance at a recognized vocational institution.
Requires interpersonal skills in dealing with coworkers, contractors and vendors, mechanical aptitude.
Strong mechanical aptitude.
Ability to read drawings, schematics, and blueprints.
Industrial manufacturing maintenance experience
Strong interpersonal and communications skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment with people of varying skills and backgrounds.
Must be a self-starter and have excellent troubleshooting skills.
Knowledge of safety policies and procedures (e.g., lock out/tag out) etc.
$30k-42k yearly est. 6d ago
Lathe Operator
U.S. Pipe 2024 4.5
U.S. Pipe 2024 job in Alabama
Why Join Our Team?
Do you want to be part of a team that is making a positive difference in lives across the globe? Do you want to be part of a culture where you are recognized, respected, and rewarded for a job well done? U.S. Pipe has been providing quality water and wastewater products since 1899, and for over the past 125 years we have proudly supported local governments, municipalities, water departments, and businesses across the United States, and the world.
What We Offer:
Team Collaboration: Join a team-oriented environment where collaboration is not just a buzzword but a priority.
Career Growth: Be part of an industry leader renowned for world-class design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, and take your career to the next level.
Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package with options tailored to meet your needs and those of your family.
About The Role:
Responsible for measuring, threading adjusting flange fit, and facing the flange on piece of pipe. Work also includes operation of the machine and a crane to move pipe in and out of machine.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Identify fabrication requirements on the job card.
Identify fabrication requirements written on each piece of pipe.
Place pipe in machine, center the pipe, and tighten for work.
After the pipe is in place, the operator will machine tapered threads into the pipe.
During this process, the machine operator is responsible for verifying measurements, such as thread depth and correct taper.
After the threads are cut the operator tests the flange to make sure it screws onto the pipe properly. Adjustments are made to the threads if an issue occurs.
Applies glue on pipe and flange and uses the machine to tighten the flange onto the pipe.
Runs the cutting tool across the surface of the flange to flush fit the flange onto the pipe.
Remove pipe from machine and place on boards.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Good with math, able to read a tape measure and micrometer.
Ability to understand machinery processes.
Consistent attendance, ability to get to work on time, every day.
Team player, willingness to work when needed, help out and volunteer for extras.
Positive, enthusiastic and helpful.
Qualifications:
High school diploma or equivalent desired.
Previous experience with machinery is desired.
Physical Requirements/Working Conditions:
Since this is a heavy industrial environment there will be exposure to Fabrication Shop operations.
The employee will be exposed from time to time to the following working conditions: Extreme Heat and Cold, Noise, Vibration, Oils, and Atmospheric Conditions such as Dust, Fumes.
Must be able to lift and carry 50 lbs.
The employee will be required to perform the following actions (from time to time): Standing, Walking, Balancing, Stooping, Kneeling, Reaching, Talking, Seeing, Hearing, Driving and Sitting.
When in the Shop Production Area the employee will be required to wear PPE including (steel toed shoes if conducting any work-related activity), safety glasses and hearing protection where required.
Why Join Our Team?
Do you want to be part of a team that is making a positive difference in lives across the globe? Do you want to be part of a culture where you are recognized, respected, and rewarded for a job well done? U.S. Pipe has been providing quality water and wastewater products since 1899, and for over the past 125 years we have proudly supported local governments, municipalities, water departments, and businesses across the United States, and the world.
What We Offer:
Team Collaboration: Join a team-oriented environment where collaboration is not just a buzzword but a priority.
Career Growth: Be part of an industry leader renowned for world-class design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, and take your career to the next level.
Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package with options tailored to meet your needs and those of your family.
About The Role:
Responsible for measuring, threading adjusting flange fit, and facing the flange on piece of pipe. Work also includes operation of the machine and a crane to move pipe in and out of machine.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Identify fabrication requirements on the job card.
Identify fabrication requirements written on each piece of pipe.
Place pipe in machine, center the pipe, and tighten for work.
After the pipe is in place, the operator will machine tapered threads into the pipe.
During this process, the machine operator is responsible for verifying measurements, such as thread depth and correct taper.
After the threads are cut the operator tests the flange to make sure it screws onto the pipe properly. Adjustments are made to the threads if an issue occurs.
Applies glue on pipe and flange and uses the machine to tighten the flange onto the pipe.
Runs the cutting tool across the surface of the flange to flush fit the flange onto the pipe.
Remove pipe from machine and place on boards.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Good with math, able to read a tape measure and micrometer.
Ability to understand machinery processes.
Consistent attendance, ability to get to work on time, every day.
Team player, willingness to work when needed, help out and volunteer for extras.
Positive, enthusiastic and helpful.
Qualifications:
High school diploma or equivalent desired.
Previous experience with machinery is desired.
Physical Requirements/Working Conditions:
Since this is a heavy industrial environment there will be exposure to Fabrication Shop operations.
The employee will be exposed from time to time to the following working conditions: Extreme Heat and Cold, Noise, Vibration, Oils, and Atmospheric Conditions such as Dust, Fumes.
Must be able to lift and carry 50 lbs.
The employee will be required to perform the following actions (from time to time): Standing, Walking, Balancing, Stooping, Kneeling, Reaching, Talking, Seeing, Hearing, Driving and Sitting.
When in the Shop Production Area the employee will be required to wear PPE including (steel toed shoes if conducting any work-related activity), safety glasses and hearing protection where required.
$27k-36k yearly est. 5d ago
Melting Manager
U.S. Pipe 2024 4.5
U.S. Pipe 2024 job in Alabama
Why Join Our Team?
Do you want to be part of a team that is making a positive difference in lives across the globe? Do you want to be part of a culture where you are recognized, respected, and rewarded for a job well done? U.S. Pipe has been providing quality water and wastewater products since 1899, and for over the past 125 years we have proudly supported local governments, municipalities, water departments, and businesses across the United States, and the world.
What We Offer:
Team Collaboration: Join a team-oriented environment where collaboration is not just a buzzword but a priority.
Career Growth: Be part of an industry leader renowned for world-class design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, and take your career to the next level.
Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package with options tailored to meet your needs and those of your family.
About the Role:
U.S. Pipe is seeking a Melting Manager for our U.S. Pipe plant in Bessemer, Alabama. The Induction Melting and Holding Furnace Manager oversees the daily operations of the Melt Center with three-40-ton induction melting furnaces and two-185-ton channel holding furnaces, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality metal production. This role involves managing supervisors, coordinating with production, maintenance and vendors while maintaining metallurgical standards, and ensuring compliance with safety and environmental regulations.
Specific Responsibilities:
Operational Management: Plan, schedule, and supervise furnace operations to meet iron delivery targets.
Quality Control: Ensure melt chemistry, temperature, and metallurgical properties are in specifications, evaluate substitute metallic and non-metallic, and evaluate melt trends.
Team Leadership: Hire, train, mentor, and manage furnace supervisors, develop a culture of adhering to operational procedures and use of Daily Standard Work.
EHS Compliance: Develop a Team with a strong safety culture, enforce safety rules, OSHA and environmental regulations, and complete inspections timely.
Maintenance Coordination: Coordinate with maintenance teams to ensure preventive and predictive maintenance activities are completed timely.
Process Improvement: Identify and implement efficiency opportunities, and develop a culture of continuous improvement.
Cost/Analysis: Maintain accurate records, actively manage department cost and labor, evaluate energy efficiencies, and pursue material trials.
Skills and Qualifications:
BS in Metallurgy, Materials Science, Engineering, Operations Management or related field a plus.
Minimum 5 years of experience in foundry melting operations, with at least 2 years in a managerial role.
Direct experience with a 15 ton or larger induction furnaces and 150 ton or larger channel furnace a plus.
Why Join Our Team?
Do you want to be part of a team that is making a positive difference in lives across the globe? Do you want to be part of a culture where you are recognized, respected, and rewarded for a job well done? U.S. Pipe has been providing quality water and wastewater products since 1899, and for over the past 125 years we have proudly supported local governments, municipalities, water departments, and businesses across the United States, and the world.
What We Offer:
Team Collaboration: Join a team-oriented environment where collaboration is not just a buzzword but a priority.
Career Growth: Be part of an industry leader renowned for world-class design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, and take your career to the next level.
Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package with options tailored to meet your needs and those of your family.
About the Role:
U.S. Pipe is seeking a Melting Manager for our U.S. Pipe plant in Bessemer, Alabama. The Induction Melting and Holding Furnace Manager oversees the daily operations of the Melt Center with three-40-ton induction melting furnaces and two-185-ton channel holding furnaces, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality metal production. This role involves managing supervisors, coordinating with production, maintenance and vendors while maintaining metallurgical standards, and ensuring compliance with safety and environmental regulations.
Specific Responsibilities:
Operational Management: Plan, schedule, and supervise furnace operations to meet iron delivery targets.
Quality Control: Ensure melt chemistry, temperature, and metallurgical properties are in specifications, evaluate substitute metallic and non-metallic, and evaluate melt trends.
Team Leadership: Hire, train, mentor, and manage furnace supervisors, develop a culture of adhering to operational procedures and use of Daily Standard Work.
EHS Compliance: Develop a Team with a strong safety culture, enforce safety rules, OSHA and environmental regulations, and complete inspections timely.
Maintenance Coordination: Coordinate with maintenance teams to ensure preventive and predictive maintenance activities are completed timely.
Process Improvement: Identify and implement efficiency opportunities, and develop a culture of continuous improvement.
Cost/Analysis: Maintain accurate records, actively manage department cost and labor, evaluate energy efficiencies, and pursue material trials.
Skills and Qualifications:
BS in Metallurgy, Materials Science, Engineering, Operations Management or related field a plus.
Minimum 5 years of experience in foundry melting operations, with at least 2 years in a managerial role.
Direct experience with a 15 ton or larger induction furnaces and 150 ton or larger channel furnace a plus.
$59k-94k yearly est. 5d ago
Cold Side Technician
United States Pipe and Foundry Company, Inc. 4.5
United States Pipe and Foundry Company, Inc. job in Bessemer, AL
Why Join Our Team? Do you want to be part of a team that is making a positive difference in lives all across the globe? Do you want to be part of a culture where you are recognized, respected, and rewarded for a job well done? U.S. Pipe has been providing quality water and wastewater products since 1899, and for the past 120 years we have proudly supported local governments, municipalities, water departments, and businesses all across the United States, and the world.
What We Offer:
* Team Collaboration: Join a team-oriented environment where collaboration is not just a buzzword but a priority.
* Career Growth: Be part of an industry leader renowned for world-class design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, and take your career to the next level.
* Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package with options tailored to meet your needs and those of your family.
Job Description:
This position will be responsible for cleaning and preparing the trough to maintain an adequate supply of molten metal in the machine ladle; to pour molten metal from treating ladles into transfer ladles and relieve oven charger in accordance with scheduled relief breaks.
Key Responsibilities:
* Ensure that slag is cleaned from molten metal in the machine ladle and prevented from flowing off the machine ladle with molten metal during casting process.
* Perform relief duties trough man, oven charger, and ladle car operator.
* Charge pipe in the annealing oven; operate casting machine to produce good quality pipe; assist casting machine operator with set-up for cast cycle and with other duties related to casting of large diameter pipe.
* Maintaining dry spray and blackening levels.
* Maintaining alloy levels for the large diameter and transfer ladles.
* Provide relief for iron pourers as needed as well as perform trough man duties, if needed.
* Maintain water cooler levels.
* Operate fork truck for various lifts as required as well as operate scrap truck as needed.
* Line and repair linings for ladles, trough chutes, ducks nest, stirrer beams, stirrer beam covers and burner top covers.
* Produce good quality cores for the large diameter pipe casting process, coat cores with blacking mixture; visually inspect cores for defects and maintain a proper mixture.
* Load finished cores into baskets; operate light forklift to deliver baskets of cores to the casting machines in casting department and furnish core pick-off operators with empty baskets and place full core baskets in stock.
* Assist with the core tooling cleaning operations in small diameter and large diameter core rooms; perform as well as general clean-up duties in the core rooms.
* Set up and operate machine to produce cores; visually inspect cores for defects, remove fins from core surface when present and record core production and delays per hour and per shift on standard forms.
Qualifications:
* High school diploma or GED required
* Some Production experience preferred.
* Possess good written and verbal communication skills.
$22k-35k yearly est. 4d ago
Quality Assurance Supervisor
U.S. Pipe 4.5
U.S. Pipe job in Bessemer, AL
Why Join Our Team?
Do you want to be part of a team that is making a positive difference in lives all across the globe? Do you want to be part of a culture where you are recognized, respected, and rewarded for a job well done? U.S. Pipe has been providing quality water and wastewater products since 1899, and for the past 120 years we have proudly supported local governments, municipalities, water departments, and businesses all across the United States, and the world.
What We Offer:
Team Collaboration: Join a team-oriented environment where collaboration is not just a buzzword but a priority.
Career Growth: Be part of an industry leader renowned for world-class design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, and take your career to the next level.
Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package with options tailored to meet your needs and those of your family.
Job Description:
U.S. Pipe is seeking a 2nd shift Quality Assurance Supervisor in Bessemer, Alabama. The primary purpose is to execute the quality plans as developed, ensure the Quality Management System (QMS) remains compliant through auditing, develop & lead the internal audits at the Alabama Works, manage the Corrective Action Response Process, train supervisors on the QMS. Other primary functions will include but not limited to internal audits, creating action items, following up to completion of actions items, implementing preventive measures, etc.
Essential Functions:
Ensures that the products furnished to customers comply with company, industry, national and/or international standards and special customer requirements by developing and leading internal audits at the Alabama Works and to audit procedures and work instructions.
Audit the mechanical property testing of manufactured product to ensure compliance with ISO, industry and Federal standards and regulations.
Ensure maintenance of all test and inspection equipment.
Responsible for reporting to the management team the status of the quality management system including audit findings, corrective actions, and follow-up activities.
Responsible for assisting in the investigation and reporting on customer complaints.
Ensure that employees and supervisors are properly trained on the QMS.
Serves as a representative for on-site customer visits and inspections.
Reviews nonconforming products to determine final status and recommend rework as required.
Responsible for the audits of raw materials, processes, procedures, to confirm the compliance with ISO, AWWA, internal specifications of materials as well as include working with 3rd party to test materials.
Work in a group setting to create, track, and complete corrective actions.
Participate and lead 3rd party internal audits.
Implement preventive measures to ensure compliance to AWWA, ISO, and internal standards.
Issuing and monitoring non-conformance reporting for products and/or processes from internal and external audits.
Supervise Chemical Lab as needed and perform other duties as assigned.
Skills and Other Requirements:
High School diploma or GED equivalent is required.
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business, and/or related field is preferred.
A minimum of 2 - 5 years of quality assurance/control experience in a fast-paced heavy union or non-union manufacturing environment and advanced knowledge of, and experience in quality management systems is desired.
Previous foundry knowledge around melting, casting, annealing, inspection, and testing procedures is desired.
Self-directed, facilitator experience is desired.
Ability to plan, train and develop the workforce in quality principles/techniques.
Training and experience leading quality assurance initiatives such as ISO and 8D problem solving methodology.
Good leadership and team building skills in manufacturing environment.
Good oral and written communication skills.
Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
Good presentation and public speaking skills.
Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks/projects and meet all required deadlines.
Strong sense of urgency in meeting customer needs.
Good understanding of safety and the desire to following all established procedures.
Must have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint software.
Previous JDE, Minitab, SharePoint knowledge is a plus.
$55k-78k yearly est. 6d ago
Quality Control Technician
U.S. Pipe 4.5
U.S. Pipe job in Bessemer, AL
Job Description
Why Join Our Team?
Do you want to be part of a team that is making a positive difference in lives across the globe? Do you want to be part of a culture where you are recognized, respected, and rewarded for a job well done? U.S. Pipe has been providing quality water and wastewater products since 1899, and for over the past 125 years we have proudly supported local governments, municipalities, water departments, and businesses across the United States, and the world.
What We Offer:
Team Collaboration: Join a team-oriented environment where collaboration is not just a buzzword but a priority.
Career Growth: Be part of an industry leader renowned for world-class design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, and take your career to the next level.
Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package with options tailored to meet your needs and those of your family.
About the Role:
U.S. Pipe is seeking a Quality Control Technician for our U.S. Pipe plant in Bessemer, Alabama. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring that the product meets customer's requirements (both internal and external) at each stage of its manufacturing process, carrying out relevant testing and where necessary take corrective action to rectify non-conformance issues. Report quality issues data, ensuring the Quality Management System is adhered to at all stages.
Specific Responsibilities:
Check dimensions of pipe spigots, grind spigots and cut and taper pipe spigots when required.
Ensure that pipe bells are of good quality and within specifications by visual inspection, gauging, and by performing minor salvage work.
Weigh pipe on pipe weighs scales and marks pipe accordingly or applies label.
Perform many or all of the following duties on in-process (WIP) pipe, depending upon the job assignment: visually inspect gauges, record data, calipers, measure, tape, mark, labels.
Perform inspection duties on finished products and accessories (both incoming and outgoing) on the shipping yard. Perform inspection duties on pipe linings at the cement lining facility and general inspection duties on products in the packaging department.
Inspect pipe spigot visually and with calipers to ensure that pipe spigot is acceptable and within specifications.
Skills and Qualifications:
High School diploma or GED, basic math skills, and a minimum of 1 year manufacturing experience is required.
Previous foundry knowledge around melting, casting, annealing, inspection and testing procedures is desired.
$31k-40k yearly est. 7d ago
Safety Coordinator
U.S. Pipe 4.5
U.S. Pipe job in Bessemer, AL
Why Join Our Team?
Do you want to be part of a team that is making a positive difference in lives all across the globe? Do you want to be part of a culture where you are recognized, respected, and rewarded for a job well done? U.S. Pipe has been providing quality water and wastewater products since 1899, and for the past 120 years we have proudly supported local governments, municipalities, water departments, and businesses all across the United States, and the world.
What We Offer:
Team Collaboration: Join a team-oriented environment where collaboration is not just a buzzword but a priority.
Career Growth: Be part of an industry leader renowned for world-class design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, and take your career to the next level.
Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package with options tailored to meet your needs and those of your family.
Job Description:
U.S. Pipe and Foundry is seeking a Safety Coordinator. The successful candidate will play a key role in implementing company safety policies and continuously monitor the workplace for hazardous safety and health conditions to maintain a safe work environment.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Conduct safety training within the department for all shifts including Daily Safety Huddles, Weekly Single Points, Monthly Safety Meeting and EHS Alerts.
Conduct regular safety and housekeeping audits within the department.
Discuss findings from audit with both Department Supervisor and Safety.
Work with Safety to ensure deficiencies are addressed in a timely manner.
Perform safety walks throughout the shift and observe performance of job tasks to ensure safe job procedures are being followed.
Counsel employees on safe job procedures when necessary.
Report observations to Safety.
Participation in New Hire Orientation.
Work with Supervisors on periodic reviews of JSA's, LOTO procedures and Hazard Analysis within the department
Provide input to Safety on improvements/additions to training for new hires/transferring employees.
Skills & Other Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in safety or environmental is preferred.
Graduate Safety Practitioner -BCSP Certified is preferred.
3-5 years of safety experience outlining and implementing programs regarding employee safety procedures, practices, and accident prevention in a heavy manufacturing industry.
Current OSHA 30 or OSHA 10 Certified.
Confined Space training.
First Aid CPR Trained.
$31k-42k yearly est. 6d ago
Operations Excellence Manager
U.S. Pipe 4.5
U.S. Pipe job in Bessemer, AL
Job Description
Why Join Our Team?
Do you want to be part of a team that is making a positive difference in lives all across the globe? Do you want to be part of a culture where you are recognized, respected, and rewarded for a job well done? U.S. Pipe has been providing quality water and wastewater products since 1899, and for the past 120 years we have proudly supported local governments, municipalities, water departments, and businesses all across the United States, and the world.
What We Offer:
Team Collaboration: Join a team-oriented environment where collaboration is not just a buzzword but a priority.
Career Growth: Be part of an industry leader renowned for world-class design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, and take your career to the next level.
Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package with options tailored to meet your needs and those of your family.
About the Role:
U.S. Pipe is seeking an Operation Excellence Manager to join our team. You will be responsible for supporting the manufacturing operations in the assigned region. This position responsibilities will include identifying and driving improvement opportunities for Quality practices and Operational Excellence techniques. Duties include collection and analysis of manufacturing and customer data to improve safety, product quality, customer delivery, and cost reductions. 50% travel is expected.
Specific Responsibilities:
Develop and execute plant specific OPEX and Quality roadmaps.
Understand, Train, mentor and coach Quality standards and Lean / Six Sigma principles, tools, and practices.
Ensure adherence to company Quality standards.
Investigation of any Customer Complaint including RCA report.
Compliance with all ISO, NSF, and UL standards.
Work with and manage the various different inspection entities that interact with the plants (WSNY, FM, UL, etc.).
Working with the Production Manager, acts as a change agent to drive improved quality, reduce manufacturing costs, and increase productivity by eliminating waste, reducing variation, streamlining key value streams, and optimizing business processes.
Create, train and monitor performance of Standard Work program.
Define, assemble, and lead improvement project teams, Kaizen events, Just-do-it's, etc.
Support CapEx projects related to OPEX & Quality improvements.
Assist Engineering with equipment maintenance using PM and CMMS systems.
Ensure the manufacturing procedures follow safety and environmental regulations.
Qualifications:
3 to 5 years' Operational Excellence experience in a manufacturing environment.
Degree in Engineering, such as Industrial or Mechanical is required.
Proficient in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, with specific ability to use advanced features such as macros.
Technical knowledge and facilitation skills in continuous improvement to lead 5S and Kaizen events.
Bilingual English / Spanish.
Demonstrated competency in Lean / Six Sigma principles, tools, and practices.
Familiarity with manufacturing processes, quality assurance techniques and business operations while demonstrating a customer-centric and flexible problem-solving approach.
Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of an organization and tailor messaging to appropriate audience.
Ability to present complex concepts via presentations for senior level audiences is highly preferred.
Self-starter who can develop effective networks with internal customers and external stakeholders
Strong time management, prioritization, analytical, and organizational skills, with ability to meet deadlines, achieve desired results, and manage multiple initiatives, both collaboratively and independently.
$42k-74k yearly est. 12d ago
Maintenance Technician - 3rd Shift
U.S. Pipe 2024 4.5
U.S. Pipe 2024 job in Alabama
Why Join Our Team?
Do you want to be part of a team that is making a positive difference in lives across the globe? Do you want to be part of a culture where you are recognized, respected, and rewarded for a job well done? U.S. Pipe has been providing quality water and wastewater products since 1899, and for the past 120 years we have proudly supported local governments, municipalities, water departments, and businesses across the United States, and the world.
What We Offer:
Team Collaboration: Join a team-oriented environment where collaboration is not just a buzzword but a priority.
Career Growth: Be part of an industry leader renowned for world-class design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, and take your career to the next level.
Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package with options tailored to meet your needs and those of your family.
About the Role:
U.S. Pipe is seeking a 3rd shift Maintenance Technician to join our team. The Maintenance Technician is responsible for ensuring equipment/machinery is functioning properly and performing routine preventative maintenance of equipment system prioritizing work based on need. The Maintenance Technician will perform routine adjustments and calibrations to machinery and will follow up with a Production Technician on any diagnostics needed to perform a needed repair.
Specific Responsibilities:
Receives instructions or participates in team decisions regarding scheduled and emergency repairs, installation, and inspection tasks.
Inspects plant equipment for defects such as misalignment, wear, insufficient lubrication, etc. and repairs such defects.
Dismantles, cleans, repairs, replaces, installs, maintains, assembles, adjusts, and lubricates all plant mechanical equipment and machinery.
Performs preventive maintenance tasks to maximize effectiveness of plant equipment.
Perform precision maintenance duties.
Fabricate and weld for projects, routine maintenance jobs, emergency jobs, etc.
Interpret blueprints, drawings, sketches, etc.
Makes and seals various types of joints such as expansion, flange, nipple, coupling, union, lead wiped, soldered, flared, caulked, banded, and welded. Installs gaskets, packing, and tests joints for leaks or tightness.
Tests, inspects, dismantles, repairs, replaces, or installs any type of high or low-pressure piping, tubing, fittings, fixtures and parts for the installation, maintenance and repair of pipelines for air, water, steam, oils, gases, acid, and caustics.
Ability to troubleshoot, repair, install, etc. hydraulic and pneumatic equipment.
Utilize a CMMS to obtain work orders, document information, close work orders, etc.
Keeps work area in a neat and orderly condition and performs all work in a safe and efficient manner.
Performs any other duties assigned by supervisor.
Cleans all work areas.
Qualifications:
High School diploma or G.E.D. and minimum of 3 years of experience as an industrial millwright or maintenance technician and/or successful completion of an apprenticeship program or a vocational course of study related to industrial maintenance at a recognized vocational institution.
Requires interpersonal skills in dealing with coworkers, contractors and vendors, mechanical aptitude.
Strong mechanical aptitude.
Ability to read drawings, schematics, and blueprints.
Industrial manufacturing maintenance experience
Strong interpersonal and communications skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment with people of varying skills and backgrounds.
Must be a self-starter and have excellent troubleshooting skills.
Knowledge of safety policies and procedures (e.g., lock out/tag out) etc.
Why Join Our Team?
Do you want to be part of a team that is making a positive difference in lives across the globe? Do you want to be part of a culture where you are recognized, respected, and rewarded for a job well done? U.S. Pipe has been providing quality water and wastewater products since 1899, and for the past 120 years we have proudly supported local governments, municipalities, water departments, and businesses across the United States, and the world.
What We Offer:
Team Collaboration: Join a team-oriented environment where collaboration is not just a buzzword but a priority.
Career Growth: Be part of an industry leader renowned for world-class design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, and take your career to the next level.
Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package with options tailored to meet your needs and those of your family.
About the Role:
U.S. Pipe is seeking a 3rd shift Maintenance Technician to join our team. The Maintenance Technician is responsible for ensuring equipment/machinery is functioning properly and performing routine preventative maintenance of equipment system prioritizing work based on need. The Maintenance Technician will perform routine adjustments and calibrations to machinery and will follow up with a Production Technician on any diagnostics needed to perform a needed repair.
Specific Responsibilities:
Receives instructions or participates in team decisions regarding scheduled and emergency repairs, installation, and inspection tasks.
Inspects plant equipment for defects such as misalignment, wear, insufficient lubrication, etc. and repairs such defects.
Dismantles, cleans, repairs, replaces, installs, maintains, assembles, adjusts, and lubricates all plant mechanical equipment and machinery.
Performs preventive maintenance tasks to maximize effectiveness of plant equipment.
Perform precision maintenance duties.
Fabricate and weld for projects, routine maintenance jobs, emergency jobs, etc.
Interpret blueprints, drawings, sketches, etc.
Makes and seals various types of joints such as expansion, flange, nipple, coupling, union, lead wiped, soldered, flared, caulked, banded, and welded. Installs gaskets, packing, and tests joints for leaks or tightness.
Tests, inspects, dismantles, repairs, replaces, or installs any type of high or low-pressure piping, tubing, fittings, fixtures and parts for the installation, maintenance and repair of pipelines for air, water, steam, oils, gases, acid, and caustics.
Ability to troubleshoot, repair, install, etc. hydraulic and pneumatic equipment.
Utilize a CMMS to obtain work orders, document information, close work orders, etc.
Keeps work area in a neat and orderly condition and performs all work in a safe and efficient manner.
Performs any other duties assigned by supervisor.
Cleans all work areas.
Qualifications:
High School diploma or G.E.D. and minimum of 3 years of experience as an industrial millwright or maintenance technician and/or successful completion of an apprenticeship program or a vocational course of study related to industrial maintenance at a recognized vocational institution.
Requires interpersonal skills in dealing with coworkers, contractors and vendors, mechanical aptitude.
Strong mechanical aptitude.
Ability to read drawings, schematics, and blueprints.
Industrial manufacturing maintenance experience
Strong interpersonal and communications skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment with people of varying skills and backgrounds.
Must be a self-starter and have excellent troubleshooting skills.
Knowledge of safety policies and procedures (e.g., lock out/tag out) etc.
$30k-41k yearly est. 5d ago
Lathe Operator
United States Pipe and Foundry Company, Inc. 4.5
United States Pipe and Foundry Company, Inc. job in Bessemer, AL
Why Join Our Team? Do you want to be part of a team that is making a positive difference in lives across the globe? Do you want to be part of a culture where you are recognized, respected, and rewarded for a job well done? U.S. Pipe has been providing quality water and wastewater products since 1899, and for over the past 125 years we have proudly supported local governments, municipalities, water departments, and businesses across the United States, and the world.
What We Offer:
* Team Collaboration: Join a team-oriented environment where collaboration is not just a buzzword but a priority.
* Career Growth: Be part of an industry leader renowned for world-class design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, and take your career to the next level.
* Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package with options tailored to meet your needs and those of your family.
About The Role:
Responsible for measuring, threading adjusting flange fit, and facing the flange on piece of pipe. Work also includes operation of the machine and a crane to move pipe in and out of machine.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
* Identify fabrication requirements on the job card.
* Identify fabrication requirements written on each piece of pipe.
* Place pipe in machine, center the pipe, and tighten for work.
* After the pipe is in place, the operator will machine tapered threads into the pipe.
* During this process, the machine operator is responsible for verifying measurements, such as thread depth and correct taper.
* After the threads are cut the operator tests the flange to make sure it screws onto the pipe properly. Adjustments are made to the threads if an issue occurs.
* Applies glue on pipe and flange and uses the machine to tighten the flange onto the pipe.
* Runs the cutting tool across the surface of the flange to flush fit the flange onto the pipe.
* Remove pipe from machine and place on boards.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
* Good with math, able to read a tape measure and micrometer.
* Ability to understand machinery processes.
* Consistent attendance, ability to get to work on time, every day.
* Team player, willingness to work when needed, help out and volunteer for extras.
* Positive, enthusiastic and helpful.
Qualifications:
* High school diploma or equivalent desired.
* Previous experience with machinery is desired.
Physical Requirements/Working Conditions:
* Since this is a heavy industrial environment there will be exposure to Fabrication Shop operations.
* The employee will be exposed from time to time to the following working conditions: Extreme Heat and Cold, Noise, Vibration, Oils, and Atmospheric Conditions such as Dust, Fumes.
* Must be able to lift and carry 50 lbs.
* The employee will be required to perform the following actions (from time to time): Standing, Walking, Balancing, Stooping, Kneeling, Reaching, Talking, Seeing, Hearing, Driving and Sitting.
* When in the Shop Production Area the employee will be required to wear PPE including (steel toed shoes if conducting any work-related activity), safety glasses and hearing protection where required.
$28k-36k yearly est. 6d ago
Melting Manager
U.S. Pipe 4.5
U.S. Pipe job in Bessemer, AL
Job Description
Why Join Our Team?
Do you want to be part of a team that is making a positive difference in lives across the globe? Do you want to be part of a culture where you are recognized, respected, and rewarded for a job well done? U.S. Pipe has been providing quality water and wastewater products since 1899, and for over the past 125 years we have proudly supported local governments, municipalities, water departments, and businesses across the United States, and the world.
What We Offer:
Team Collaboration: Join a team-oriented environment where collaboration is not just a buzzword but a priority.
Career Growth: Be part of an industry leader renowned for world-class design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, and take your career to the next level.
Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package with options tailored to meet your needs and those of your family.
About the Role:
U.S. Pipe is seeking a Melting Manager for our U.S. Pipe plant in Bessemer, Alabama. The Induction Melting and Holding Furnace Manager oversees the daily operations of the Melt Center with three-40-ton induction melting furnaces and two-185-ton channel holding furnaces, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality metal production. This role involves managing supervisors, coordinating with production, maintenance and vendors while maintaining metallurgical standards, and ensuring compliance with safety and environmental regulations.
Specific Responsibilities:
Operational Management: Plan, schedule, and supervise furnace operations to meet iron delivery targets.
Quality Control: Ensure melt chemistry, temperature, and metallurgical properties are in specifications, evaluate substitute metallic and non-metallic, and evaluate melt trends.
Team Leadership: Hire, train, mentor, and manage furnace supervisors, develop a culture of adhering to operational procedures and use of Daily Standard Work.
EHS Compliance: Develop a Team with a strong safety culture, enforce safety rules, OSHA and environmental regulations, and complete inspections timely.
Maintenance Coordination: Coordinate with maintenance teams to ensure preventive and predictive maintenance activities are completed timely.
Process Improvement: Identify and implement efficiency opportunities, and develop a culture of continuous improvement.
Cost/Analysis: Maintain accurate records, actively manage department cost and labor, evaluate energy efficiencies, and pursue material trials.
Skills and Qualifications:
BS in Metallurgy, Materials Science, Engineering, Operations Management or related field a plus.
Minimum 5 years of experience in foundry melting operations, with at least 2 years in a managerial role.
Direct experience with a 15 ton or larger induction furnaces and 150 ton or larger channel furnace a plus.
$58k-94k yearly est. 6d ago
Cold Side Technician
U.S. Pipe 2024 4.5
U.S. Pipe 2024 job in Alabama
Why Join Our Team?
Do you want to be part of a team that is making a positive difference in lives all across the globe? Do you want to be part of a culture where you are recognized, respected, and rewarded for a job well done? U.S. Pipe has been providing quality water and wastewater products since 1899, and for the past 120 years we have proudly supported local governments, municipalities, water departments, and businesses all across the United States, and the world.
What We Offer:
Team Collaboration: Join a team-oriented environment where collaboration is not just a buzzword but a priority.
Career Growth: Be part of an industry leader renowned for world-class design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, and take your career to the next level.
Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package with options tailored to meet your needs and those of your family.
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This position will be responsible for cleaning and preparing the trough to maintain an adequate supply of molten metal in the machine ladle; to pour molten metal from treating ladles into transfer ladles and relieve oven charger in accordance with scheduled relief breaks.
Key Responsibilities:
Ensure that slag is cleaned from molten metal in the machine ladle and prevented from flowing off the machine ladle with molten metal during casting process.
Perform relief duties trough man, oven charger, and ladle car operator.
Charge pipe in the annealing oven; operate casting machine to produce good quality pipe; assist casting machine operator with set-up for cast cycle and with other duties related to casting of large diameter pipe.
Maintaining dry spray and blackening levels.
Maintaining alloy levels for the large diameter and transfer ladles.
Provide relief for iron pourers as needed as well as perform trough man duties, if needed.
Maintain water cooler levels.
Operate fork truck for various lifts as required as well as operate scrap truck as needed.
Line and repair linings for ladles, trough chutes, ducks nest, stirrer beams, stirrer beam covers and burner top covers.
Produce good quality cores for the large diameter pipe casting process, coat cores with blacking mixture; visually inspect cores for defects and maintain a proper mixture.
Load finished cores into baskets; operate light forklift to deliver baskets of cores to the casting machines in casting department and furnish core pick-off operators with empty baskets and place full core baskets in stock.
Assist with the core tooling cleaning operations in small diameter and large diameter core rooms; perform as well as general clean-up duties in the core rooms.
Set up and operate machine to produce cores; visually inspect cores for defects, remove fins from core surface when present and record core production and delays per hour and per shift on standard forms.
Qualifications:
High school diploma or GED required
Some Production experience preferred.
Possess good written and verbal communication skills.
Why Join Our Team?
Do you want to be part of a team that is making a positive difference in lives all across the globe? Do you want to be part of a culture where you are recognized, respected, and rewarded for a job well done? U.S. Pipe has been providing quality water and wastewater products since 1899, and for the past 120 years we have proudly supported local governments, municipalities, water departments, and businesses all across the United States, and the world.
What We Offer:
Team Collaboration: Join a team-oriented environment where collaboration is not just a buzzword but a priority.
Career Growth: Be part of an industry leader renowned for world-class design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, and take your career to the next level.
Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package with options tailored to meet your needs and those of your family.
Job Description:
This position will be responsible for cleaning and preparing the trough to maintain an adequate supply of molten metal in the machine ladle; to pour molten metal from treating ladles into transfer ladles and relieve oven charger in accordance with scheduled relief breaks.
Key Responsibilities:
Ensure that slag is cleaned from molten metal in the machine ladle and prevented from flowing off the machine ladle with molten metal during casting process.
Perform relief duties trough man, oven charger, and ladle car operator.
Charge pipe in the annealing oven; operate casting machine to produce good quality pipe; assist casting machine operator with set-up for cast cycle and with other duties related to casting of large diameter pipe.
Maintaining dry spray and blackening levels.
Maintaining alloy levels for the large diameter and transfer ladles.
Provide relief for iron pourers as needed as well as perform trough man duties, if needed.
Maintain water cooler levels.
Operate fork truck for various lifts as required as well as operate scrap truck as needed.
Line and repair linings for ladles, trough chutes, ducks nest, stirrer beams, stirrer beam covers and burner top covers.
Produce good quality cores for the large diameter pipe casting process, coat cores with blacking mixture; visually inspect cores for defects and maintain a proper mixture.
Load finished cores into baskets; operate light forklift to deliver baskets of cores to the casting machines in casting department and furnish core pick-off operators with empty baskets and place full core baskets in stock.
Assist with the core tooling cleaning operations in small diameter and large diameter core rooms; perform as well as general clean-up duties in the core rooms.
Set up and operate machine to produce cores; visually inspect cores for defects, remove fins from core surface when present and record core production and delays per hour and per shift on standard forms.
Qualifications:
High school diploma or GED required
Some Production experience preferred.
Possess good written and verbal communication skills.
$22k-36k yearly est. 3d ago
Production Supervisor
United States Pipe and Foundry Company, Inc. 4.5
United States Pipe and Foundry Company, Inc. job in Bessemer, AL
Why Join Our Team? Do you want to be part of a team that is making a positive difference in lives all across the globe? Do you want to be part of a culture where you are recognized, respected, and rewarded for a job well done? U.S. Pipe has been providing quality water and wastewater products since 1899, and for the past 120 years we have proudly supported local governments, municipalities, water departments, and businesses all across the United States, and the world.
What We Offer:
* Team Collaboration: Join a team-oriented environment where collaboration is not just a buzzword but a priority.
* Career Growth: Be part of an industry leader renowned for world-class design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, and take your career to the next level.
* Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package with options tailored to meet your needs and those of your family.
Job Description:
U.S. Pipe and Foundry is seeking a Production Supervisor. The successful candidate will play a key role in leading the production operations in the assigned department through the daily execution of processes and procedures. Ensuring the effective supervision of the assigned hourly employees engaged in the production process and focusing on safety, people, production, quality, and delivery standards of U.S. Pipe and Foundry.
Essential Functions:
* Leads the work of hourly production employees to ensure that working procedures are followed in a manner that provides safe operation while maximizing quality and productivity as well as managing labor cost.
* Ensures that daily production schedules are met, and if not, captures the reasons for missing the daily plan.
* Uses daily Leader Standard Work to manage the process and quickly identify process deviations.
* Uses root cause analysis to determine action items to prevent reoccurrence of issues that cause gaps to standards.
* Must have experience in working on mechanical equipment/tooling.
* Should have the ability to trouble shoot/diagnose mechanical problems - especially on the Core making equipment.
* To supervise both production and craft employees to ensure quality cores are made, tooling is properly maintained and check at appropriate intervals.
* Ensures that work is conducted safely, that safety rules are adhered to, and that work areas are maintained in a safe and orderly fashion.
* Conducts regular area safety inspections and 5S audits.
* Investigates incidents fully and documents in the accident investigation system in a timely manner.
* Ensures that any corrective actions that arise from accident investigations are implemented in a timely manner.
* Communicates frequently with crew members to maintain awareness regarding unsafe conditions and behaviors.
* Maintains open communication with assigned crew on a daily basis to address any safety, quality, production, maintenance, housekeeping, or personnel issues.
* Uses Key Performance Indicator (KPI) data to understand sources for driving performance and work on improvements when results are not meeting targets.
* Ensures that production equipment is set up properly and is maintained in good operating condition.
* Ensures that all material and equipment required to perform daily work is available.
* Maintains direct contact with maintenance supervisors to communicate equipment conditions and to aid in developing a priority for maintenance activities.
* Develops and executes a documented plan to make sure assigned hourly employees are properly trained and qualified to perform their assigned position within their job classification.
* Works with Area Manager and Continuous Improvement personnel to identify, document, communicate, and implement process improvements, including participation in and sustaining 5S and Kaizen improvements.
* Fills in for other Production Supervisors when needed for vacation, planned outage or any other scenario. Fill in work can be on any shift.
* Perform other duties as assigned
Skills and Other Requirements:
* Minimum of 5 years previous supervisory or management experience in a heavy union or non-union fast paced manufacturing and/or construction environment is required.
* Bachelor's Degree in Engineering such as Industrial, Electrical. Mechanical and Manufacturing and/or related field desired.
* Previous ductile iron products experience with a good understanding of production operations or similar manufacturing operation is a plus.
* Lean Manufacturing and/or Six Sigma experience is a plus.
* Foundry experience highly desired.
$46k-71k yearly est. 6d ago
Quality Assurance Supervisor
U.S. Pipe 2024 4.5
U.S. Pipe 2024 job in Alabama
Why Join Our Team?
Do you want to be part of a team that is making a positive difference in lives all across the globe? Do you want to be part of a culture where you are recognized, respected, and rewarded for a job well done? U.S. Pipe has been providing quality water and wastewater products since 1899, and for the past 120 years we have proudly supported local governments, municipalities, water departments, and businesses all across the United States, and the world.
What We Offer:
Team Collaboration: Join a team-oriented environment where collaboration is not just a buzzword but a priority.
Career Growth: Be part of an industry leader renowned for world-class design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, and take your career to the next level.
Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package with options tailored to meet your needs and those of your family.
:
U.S. Pipe is seeking a 2nd shift Quality Assurance Supervisor in Bessemer, Alabama. The primary purpose is to execute the quality plans as developed, ensure the Quality Management System (QMS) remains compliant through auditing, develop & lead the internal audits at the Alabama Works, manage the Corrective Action Response Process, train supervisors on the QMS. Other primary functions will include but not limited to internal audits, creating action items, following up to completion of actions items, implementing preventive measures, etc.
Essential Functions:
Ensures that the products furnished to customers comply with company, industry, national and/or international standards and special customer requirements by developing and leading internal audits at the Alabama Works and to audit procedures and work instructions.
Audit the mechanical property testing of manufactured product to ensure compliance with ISO, industry and Federal standards and regulations.
Ensure maintenance of all test and inspection equipment.
Responsible for reporting to the management team the status of the quality management system including audit findings, corrective actions, and follow-up activities.
Responsible for assisting in the investigation and reporting on customer complaints.
Ensure that employees and supervisors are properly trained on the QMS.
Serves as a representative for on-site customer visits and inspections.
Reviews nonconforming products to determine final status and recommend rework as required.
Responsible for the audits of raw materials, processes, procedures, to confirm the compliance with ISO, AWWA, internal specifications of materials as well as include working with 3rd party to test materials.
Work in a group setting to create, track, and complete corrective actions.
Participate and lead 3rd party internal audits.
Implement preventive measures to ensure compliance to AWWA, ISO, and internal standards.
Issuing and monitoring non-conformance reporting for products and/or processes from internal and external audits.
Supervise Chemical Lab as needed and perform other duties as assigned.
Skills and Other Requirements:
High School diploma or GED equivalent is required.
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business, and/or related field is preferred.
A minimum of 2 - 5 years of quality assurance/control experience in a fast-paced heavy union or non-union manufacturing environment and advanced knowledge of, and experience in quality management systems is desired.
Previous foundry knowledge around melting, casting, annealing, inspection, and testing procedures is desired.
Self-directed, facilitator experience is desired.
Ability to plan, train and develop the workforce in quality principles/techniques.
Training and experience leading quality assurance initiatives such as ISO and 8D problem solving methodology.
Good leadership and team building skills in manufacturing environment.
Good oral and written communication skills.
Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
Good presentation and public speaking skills.
Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks/projects and meet all required deadlines.
Strong sense of urgency in meeting customer needs.
Good understanding of safety and the desire to following all established procedures.
Must have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint software.
Previous JDE, Minitab, SharePoint knowledge is a plus.
Why Join Our Team?
Do you want to be part of a team that is making a positive difference in lives all across the globe? Do you want to be part of a culture where you are recognized, respected, and rewarded for a job well done? U.S. Pipe has been providing quality water and wastewater products since 1899, and for the past 120 years we have proudly supported local governments, municipalities, water departments, and businesses all across the United States, and the world.
What We Offer:
Team Collaboration: Join a team-oriented environment where collaboration is not just a buzzword but a priority.
Career Growth: Be part of an industry leader renowned for world-class design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, and take your career to the next level.
Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package with options tailored to meet your needs and those of your family.
Job Description:
U.S. Pipe is seeking a 2nd shift Quality Assurance Supervisor in Bessemer, Alabama. The primary purpose is to execute the quality plans as developed, ensure the Quality Management System (QMS) remains compliant through auditing, develop & lead the internal audits at the Alabama Works, manage the Corrective Action Response Process, train supervisors on the QMS. Other primary functions will include but not limited to internal audits, creating action items, following up to completion of actions items, implementing preventive measures, etc.
Essential Functions:
Ensures that the products furnished to customers comply with company, industry, national and/or international standards and special customer requirements by developing and leading internal audits at the Alabama Works and to audit procedures and work instructions.
Audit the mechanical property testing of manufactured product to ensure compliance with ISO, industry and Federal standards and regulations.
Ensure maintenance of all test and inspection equipment.
Responsible for reporting to the management team the status of the quality management system including audit findings, corrective actions, and follow-up activities.
Responsible for assisting in the investigation and reporting on customer complaints.
Ensure that employees and supervisors are properly trained on the QMS.
Serves as a representative for on-site customer visits and inspections.
Reviews nonconforming products to determine final status and recommend rework as required.
Responsible for the audits of raw materials, processes, procedures, to confirm the compliance with ISO, AWWA, internal specifications of materials as well as include working with 3rd party to test materials.
Work in a group setting to create, track, and complete corrective actions.
Participate and lead 3rd party internal audits.
Implement preventive measures to ensure compliance to AWWA, ISO, and internal standards.
Issuing and monitoring non-conformance reporting for products and/or processes from internal and external audits.
Supervise Chemical Lab as needed and perform other duties as assigned.
Skills and Other Requirements:
High School diploma or GED equivalent is required.
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business, and/or related field is preferred.
A minimum of 2 - 5 years of quality assurance/control experience in a fast-paced heavy union or non-union manufacturing environment and advanced knowledge of, and experience in quality management systems is desired.
Previous foundry knowledge around melting, casting, annealing, inspection, and testing procedures is desired.
Self-directed, facilitator experience is desired.
Ability to plan, train and develop the workforce in quality principles/techniques.
Training and experience leading quality assurance initiatives such as ISO and 8D problem solving methodology.
Good leadership and team building skills in manufacturing environment.
Good oral and written communication skills.
Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
Good presentation and public speaking skills.
Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks/projects and meet all required deadlines.
Strong sense of urgency in meeting customer needs.
Good understanding of safety and the desire to following all established procedures.
Must have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint software.
Previous JDE, Minitab, SharePoint knowledge is a plus.
$56k-78k yearly est. 5d ago
Quality Control Technician
United States Pipe and Foundry Company, Inc. 4.5
United States Pipe and Foundry Company, Inc. job in Bessemer, AL
Why Join Our Team? Do you want to be part of a team that is making a positive difference in lives across the globe? Do you want to be part of a culture where you are recognized, respected, and rewarded for a job well done? U.S. Pipe has been providing quality water and wastewater products since 1899, and for over the past 125 years we have proudly supported local governments, municipalities, water departments, and businesses across the United States, and the world.
What We Offer:
* Team Collaboration: Join a team-oriented environment where collaboration is not just a buzzword but a priority.
* Career Growth: Be part of an industry leader renowned for world-class design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, and take your career to the next level.
* Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package with options tailored to meet your needs and those of your family.
About the Role:
U.S. Pipe is seeking a Quality Control Technician for our U.S. Pipe plant in Bessemer, Alabama. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring that the product meets customer's requirements (both internal and external) at each stage of its manufacturing process, carrying out relevant testing and where necessary take corrective action to rectify non-conformance issues. Report quality issues data, ensuring the Quality Management System is adhered to at all stages.
Specific Responsibilities:
* Check dimensions of pipe spigots, grind spigots and cut and taper pipe spigots when required.
* Ensure that pipe bells are of good quality and within specifications by visual inspection, gauging, and by performing minor salvage work.
* Weigh pipe on pipe weighs scales and marks pipe accordingly or applies label.
* Perform many or all of the following duties on in-process (WIP) pipe, depending upon the job assignment: visually inspect gauges, record data, calipers, measure, tape, mark, labels.
* Perform inspection duties on finished products and accessories (both incoming and outgoing) on the shipping yard. Perform inspection duties on pipe linings at the cement lining facility and general inspection duties on products in the packaging department.
* Inspect pipe spigot visually and with calipers to ensure that pipe spigot is acceptable and within specifications.
Skills and Qualifications:
* High School diploma or GED, basic math skills, and a minimum of 1 year manufacturing experience is required.
* Previous foundry knowledge around melting, casting, annealing, inspection and testing procedures is desired.
$31k-40k yearly est. 6d ago
Safety Coordinator
United States Pipe and Foundry Company, Inc. 4.5
United States Pipe and Foundry Company, Inc. job in Bessemer, AL
Why Join Our Team? Do you want to be part of a team that is making a positive difference in lives all across the globe? Do you want to be part of a culture where you are recognized, respected, and rewarded for a job well done? U.S. Pipe has been providing quality water and wastewater products since 1899, and for the past 120 years we have proudly supported local governments, municipalities, water departments, and businesses all across the United States, and the world.
What We Offer:
* Team Collaboration: Join a team-oriented environment where collaboration is not just a buzzword but a priority.
* Career Growth: Be part of an industry leader renowned for world-class design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, and take your career to the next level.
* Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a comprehensive benefits package with options tailored to meet your needs and those of your family.
Job Description:
U.S. Pipe and Foundry is seeking a Safety Coordinator. The successful candidate will play a key role in implementing company safety policies and continuously monitor the workplace for hazardous safety and health conditions to maintain a safe work environment.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
* Conduct safety training within the department for all shifts including Daily Safety Huddles, Weekly Single Points, Monthly Safety Meeting and EHS Alerts.
* Conduct regular safety and housekeeping audits within the department.
* Discuss findings from audit with both Department Supervisor and Safety.
* Work with Safety to ensure deficiencies are addressed in a timely manner.
* Perform safety walks throughout the shift and observe performance of job tasks to ensure safe job procedures are being followed.
* Counsel employees on safe job procedures when necessary.
* Report observations to Safety.
* Participation in New Hire Orientation.
* Work with Supervisors on periodic reviews of JSA's, LOTO procedures and Hazard Analysis within the department
* Provide input to Safety on improvements/additions to training for new hires/transferring employees.
Skills & Other Requirements:
* Bachelor's degree in safety or environmental is preferred.
* Graduate Safety Practitioner -BCSP Certified is preferred.
* 3-5 years of safety experience outlining and implementing programs regarding employee safety procedures, practices, and accident prevention in a heavy manufacturing industry.
* Current OSHA 30 or OSHA 10 Certified.
* Confined Space training.
* First Aid CPR Trained.
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