Production Assistant

Production Assistant

Location Address: 301 East Front Street Buffalo IA 52728

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

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

Benefits

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

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

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

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

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

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

Overview

Production Assistant to provide the labor necessary to support the cement manufacturing process. The Production Assistant is a utility role that combines the duties assigned to the former Production Utility, Kiln Assistant and Equipment Attendant classifications.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Must have an understanding of computers
• A thorough understanding of the plant equipment and process operation is needed
• Mechanical and electrical tools, front-end loader, lift truck, skid steer etc.
• Operates mobile equipment as needed.
• Inspects mobile equipment to ensure safe and reliable operation
• Operates hand tools (shovels, brooms, squeegees, scrapers, etc.)
• Cleans pre-heater tower riser and associated duct-work during the shift.
• Performs general utility work including pushing up piles of rock and coal with front end loader and other equipment, unplugging chutes, and general labor work as directed.
• Provides operational oversight for all plant equipment from the rock storage building through the finish mill operations.
• Makes cement silo changes when needed.
• Troubleshoots process problems associated with field operations and equipment
• Responds to all incoming communications via phone, radio and other verbal inputs.
• Keeps the control room involved and informed on changes in the plant.
• Keeps abreast of all changes that are made in the control systems.
• Keep logs and daily reports current and accurate.
• Must remain on the job until properly relieved.
• Responds to all alarms and assures that they are taken care of appropriately.
• devises when immediate shutdown of equipment is necessary to minimize damage or when temporarily continued operation will have no harmful effect.
• Collects samples and accurately performs sample testing in the Lab according to standard operating procedures.
• Performs tasks assigned by the Shift Supervisor in various operational locations during shift.

Skills & Experience

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Must be able to start on dayshift 7am-3:30pm once trained: but can be scheduled to fill in for 4 days straight on 12 hr shifts from 7am-7pm for 2 days and then on nights 7pm-7am.

Compensation Range:

Market Value Based on Work Experience