Mold Machine Operator (1st Shift) - Chicago, IL

Company: S&C Electric
Location: Chicago
Posted on: March 2, 2025

Job Description:

At S&C Electric Company, a 100% employee-owned company, we help keep the lights on for people and businesses worldwide. Our manufacturing roles build the equipment that protects the critical infrastructure of the power grid, and each of our team members lends their unique skills tothis crucial mission. We empower our people by providing pathways to a long-term career and support them in their professional growth by sustaining a culture founded on respect, strengthened by collaboration, and measured by our shared successes. The manufacturing industry is booming with opportunities to learn new things, expand your skills, and build a long-term career.

Join S&C to make an impact on tomorrow's energy challenges and become an employee-owner!

Available Shifts

• 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM (Monday - Friday)
• Mandatory overtime required as needed for each shift
  Compensation
  
  At S&C, we are dedicated to providing competitive and equitable compensation for all our team members, with a commitment to transparency in our pay practices. The estimated hourly base pay rate for this position in US - Chicago can be found in the JOB INFO section below This role is also eligible for S&C's annual short-term incentive bonus, subject to eligibility criteria.
  
  Join Our Team as a Mold Machine Operator!
  
  In this job you will mold a variety of epoxy parts and may perform other tasks such as sandblasting and painting of molded epoxy parts. You will work in a production environment, engage in continuous productive activity, and must meet requirements within time constraints driven by machine cycles ranging from 7 minutes to 22 minutes. Tasks require a high degree of eye-hand coordination, manual dexterity, and the use of both hands and arms on a repetitive basis for a full range of motion. You will frequently use hand and power tools such as knives, scrapers, engravers and air-impact tools.As a Mold Machine Operator, you'll be crucial in ensuring smooth operations and supporting our diverse team.
  
  Key Responsibilities:
  
  • Cleaning molds to prepare them for production cycle.
  • Using a variety of rods, spacers and inserts to set up molding machines to produce epoxy insulators ranging from 21 lbs. to 40 lbs. in weight. (Lengths range from 2 inches to 2 feet.).
  • Cycling molding machine and monitoring its progress while performing secondary operations such as deflashing, inspection, visual and mechanical application of lubricating grease, and packaging of finished product.
  • Transporting tubs of inserts and finished molded parts.
  • Sandblasting and paint parts.
  • Proficiency in using simple material handling equipment, hand tools, power tools, and simple gauges and instruments to check critical dimensions.
  • In this job, you must participate in a medical surveillance program coordinated by S&C's health service professionals.
    What you'll Need To Succeed:
    
    • Ability to use basic math.
    • Ability to work from ordinary drawings and specifications.
    • Ability to use a variety of hand-held tools and air-impact tools.
      Relevant Experience Required:
      
      • Less than one year experience.
        
        S&C Electric is committed to equal-opportunity employment. All employees and applicants will be considered without regard to age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation to complete the application, please email us at ...@sandc.com .
        
        No fixed Deadline
        
        About Us
        
        In 1909, S&C Electric Company transformed the delivery of safe, reliable electricity with the invention of the Liquid Power Fuse. Today, as the world faces extreme weather events and the demand for electricity grows, S&C continues to innovate and advance the electrical grid, ensuring reliable and resilient power for homes, communities, and critical infrastructure around the world.
        
        With a diverse, global workforce and core values around integrity, safety, and quality, S&C is a trusted industry leader and top workplace that offers meaningful careers to more than 3,500 team members. As a people-first organization, S&C is committed to fostering an inclusive and collaborative workplace where team members advance their careers through robust talent-development programs and involved leadership.
        
        S&C's deeply rooted belief diversity fosters greater creativity, innovation, and success guides the company to advance and sustain a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace culture.
        
        S&C provides a comprehensive and competitive benefit package that includes the following (eligibility requirements apply):
        
        • Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical & Prescription, Dental, Vision, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, , Health Savings Account (HSA), Group Life Insurance, optional Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance, Wellbeing Resources including Employee Assistance Program and Family Forming Benefits (i.e., Adoption and Fertility support)
        • Leave Benefits: Vacation Time, Sick Time, Paid Holidays and Company Shutdown days, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Other Leaves, Paid Parental Time and Military Leave
          Retirement Benefits: 401(k) Retirement Savings and Employee Stock Ownership Plan (KSOP) offering traditional and Roth 401(k) options and an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) component; KSOP participants can receive annual ESOP company contributions of over 11% of eligible earnings (3% Core, up to 3.5% Match, Variable Periodic).
          
          About the Team
          
          Thank you for your interest in S&C Electric Company.
          
          S&C has a proud and longstanding tradition of providing equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or marital status.
          
          Further, S&C is committed to taking affirmative action to ensure that qualified females, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities can pursue equal employment opportunities. For information regarding equal employment opportunity, please see

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