Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Lou-Rich is seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Metal Finisher to join our team. As a Metal Finisher, you will be a key player in our production process by working with machinery to sand and buff prior to hanging on the paint line. Your primary responsibilities will be ensuring the smooth and efficient sanding of various components and products, adhering to high quality standards. Your precision and attention to detail will contribute to the overall success and continued customer satisfaction of our organization.

Innovance, Inc.

Innovance is the holding company for a family of four, 100% employee-owned, Minnesota-based manufacturing companies (Lou-Rich, ALMCO, Panels Plus, Mass Finishing). Our mission is to lead, nurture, and grow a team of industrial manufacturing companies committed to making our OEM customers’ products better.

About Lou-Rich

Lou-Rich is a fully integrated contract manufacturer specializing in complex projects. We provide precision machining, metal fabrication, assembly, and sourcing solutions to a variety of industries, including some of North America’s largest OEMs. Companies of all sizes from Fortune 500 companies to small, fast-growing operations trust Lou-Rich with their most vital and complex manufacturing projects.

Position Description:

The Metal Finisher will be responsible for sanding and buffing pieces prior to hanging on paint line. The process involves grinding, filing, or sanding surfaces of metal parts using hand tools, power tools, and knowledge of metal finishing techniques. They will also examine and feel surface to detect defects, such as dents, scratches or breaks in metal; as well as remover surface defects such as burrs and pits using hand sanding machine, sandpaper or file. Additionally, the Metal Finisher will smooth and polish surfaces or parts to specified finishes, and wipe surfaces clean. May be trained in to rotate as a painter dependent on performance.

Essential Functions:

· Prepares surfaces by grinding, filing or sanding.

· Maintains and services equipment and hand and power tools.

· Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those encountered in the course of the work.

· A respirator fit test and examination may be required.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

· High school diploma or equivalent.

· The Metal Finisher is required to be on their feet for up to twelve hours using their hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear around machinery. They will also be required to frequently walk, stoop, kneel or crouch.

· The Metal Finisher must be able to work in repetitive motion with hands, wrist, shoulders, etc. 

· The Metal Finisher must be capable of lifting and moving up to 15 pounds; frequently lift and move up to 50 pounds. 

· Individuals will work near moving mechanical parts of machinery and electrically activated devices. 

· Individuals are occasionally exposed to airborne particles.

· Perform math skills of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division

· Knowledge of decimals, fractions, and metric/English conversions

· Participate in continuous improvement activities that result in reducing variation and waste in the manufacturing process

· Overtime is typically voluntary. However, during busy production periods overtime will be required.

· Other duties as assigned

Lou-Rich Training Requirements:

· Applicable training will be completed by following the syllabi (Human Resources, Safety, IFS – Time clock, IFS - Navigation, ISO, Inspection Hand Tools, Inspection Forms, CMM, and Technical) for each new hire and that will be verified by the Employee Orientation & Job Qualification form within the first 60 days of employment. Additional applicable training will be completed by following the individual’s assigned department training matrix, Paint Line (F4400-355).

· Follow training syllabus (Technical from above list). The effectiveness of training guidelines will be determined by employee knowledge and demonstration of learned concepts. Additional training after the first several weeks of on the job training will be determined by the Supervisor in preparation for them to operate on their own as needed. Any follow-up training will be evaluated and provided at the 60-day review or as deemed necessary for the position.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands or fingers, and talk and hear. 

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those and employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Americans with Disabilities Act:

If you are a qualified individual with a disability, you have a right to request that the Authority make reasonable accommodations in order to help you accomplish your work, which must still be performed in all essential functions

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