What are the responsibilities and job description for the Truss Builder position at The Building Center Inc?
The Building Center, Inc.
Job Title: Truss Builder
Department: Production
Reports To: Production Manager
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
EOE STATEMENT
We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Summary: Performs all duties required to manufacture roof and floor trusses on the shop floor by performing the following duties.
Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Responsible for material handling of lumber and truss plates.*
- Cuts lumber per shop drawings.*
- Sets jig templates and truss geometry per shop drawings.*
- Assembles parts to produce trusses per shop drawings.*
- Stacks and bands finished goods per order.*
- Conforms to all safety requirements while working in the shop.*
- Keeps the shop work area clean.
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Computer Skills:
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of MUP programs.
Certificates and Licenses:
Valid forklift license
Equipment:
- Forklift
- Skill saw
- Miter saw
- Component saw
- Linear saw
- Tape measure
- Hammer
- Wrench for jig hardware
Knowledge, Skills, and Other Abilities:
- Knowledge of manufacturing specifications and tolerances
- Ability to build to manufacturing specifications and tolerances
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here represent those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing this job's duties, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and move up to 70 pounds.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here represent those employees encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing this job's duties, the employee is regularly exposed to work near moving mechanical parts and outdoor weather conditions. The employee is frequently exposed to wet or humid conditions (non-weather). The employee is occasionally exposed to work in high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; and vibration.
The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION
The Building Center Inc., founded in the Charlotte metro market in 1977, has grown into one of the largest non-publicly traded lumber and building products dealers in the US, ranked # 47 over all in Pro Sales 2017 industry rankings.
'We've built our business on providing excellent and consistent service to our builder customers,' said CEO and founder, Ed Norris. Accordingly, The Building Center maintains a fleet of over 100 trucks to service the Carolina's, with lumberyards in Columbia SC, Rock Hill SC, Pineville NC, Gastonia NC, and Greensboro NC.
The Building Center leverages its sizable regional presence to purchase and sell branded and commodity products at competitive market prices. Inventories are maintained and managed to meet the needs of individual markets, regional building practices, and metro architectural trends.
'Our mission is to be our customer's most valued building partner,' said Skip Norris, president. 'That means we have products he or she needs on hand, trucks to deliver, and manufacturing support throughout every inch of the Carolina's.'
This level of ready product availability and service includes truss plants in north and central North Carolina, and mill work/door shops in both the Triad and Charlotte metro locations. Additionally, custom millwork and prefab components are built in Pineville, which also sources and fabricates exotic wood products like reclaimed lumber flooring, siding, cabinetry and mantles.
'At the end of the day, construction is a people business,' said Skip Norris. 'We're here to provide assistance and solutions to the hard-working customers we serve.'
