Job Description
- Molding Supervisor/Operator
Location:
- De Kalb, TX
Reports to:
- Production Manager
Subordinates:
- All those who work on molding equipment.
Job:
- Molding Supervisor/ Operator
- Production Manager
- 2-3 employees
- Molder operators
- Wenig
- Radius
- Shaper
- Molder assistant
- Floaters
- Sets up and operates molder to plane, shape, and groove wood stock.
- Reads work ticket and examine pattern shape to determine molder setup procedures and type of wood stock to be cut.
- Selects and installs cutting heads on machine according to the pattern to be cut and inserts and bolts specified knives in slots of cutter heads already in the machine, using wrenches and gauges.
- Positions pattern on molder and turns handwheel to adjust cutting knives flush with the pattern.
- Removes pattern and turns handwheel to adjust guides, pressure bars, and table levels according to depth, the position of cuts, and stock dimensions.
- Starts machine, places stock on the feed table, and turns handwheels to press feed rollers against the stock for feeding stock through the machine; or inserts stock into the hopper of automatic feed mechanism that carries stock through the machine.
- Inspects stock being cut to determine defects.
- Verifies dimensions of cut material, using gauges, rules, or caliper.
- Provides quality control for the finished products following AWI quality guidelines.
- Reads and interprets drawings to manufacture moldings accordingly.
- Helps with setup and grinding of knives when needed
- Maintains molding room equipment as required.
- Keeps tooling neat and organized and in good condition
- Must Know the Difference between molding profiles and T&G Products.
- Be able to work 40 hours a week plus overtime
- Assign helper duties to aid in the streamlined production of Wood Molding
- Make sure the assigned helper stays busy at all times. If they’re not stacking wood, they need to be cleaning.
- If a helper is not busy catching wood from the molder, they must be cleaning or performing some other function.
- Makes sure helper takes only allotted amount of break time
- Be responsible for checking on wood for molder order and reporting any lags in production to the supervisor.
Kaizen (Continuous Improvement) is a strategy where employees at all levels of a company work together proactively to achieve regular, incremental improvements to the manufacturing process. In a sense, it combines the collective talents within a company to create a powerful engine for improvement
- High school diploma or GED
- Experience working in the architectural millwork industry
- Experience working with a molder.
Required Education and Skills:
- Strong desire to develop a career in the Architectural Millwork industry
- Ability to follow instructions and take initiative when necessary
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent time management skills
MUST MAINTAIN GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER EMPLOYEES
About The Historic Phillips Forest Products.:
For over sixty years, Phillips Forest Products has supplied the architect, the interior designer, the contractor, the home owner, and the industrial sector with the highest quality architectural millwork and wood products. Located in North East Texas, between the White Oak forests along the Sulphur River and the great Pecan groves along the mighty Red River, just outside the quiet town of De Kalb, TX. We produce rough sawn wood beams, kiln dried lumber, T/G wood siding, kiln dried live edge wood slabs, engineered wood flooring, molding, butcher blocks, and more.