Get ready to grow with us!

Northwest Pipe Company is the nation’s leading manufacturer of water infrastructure products and with over 50 years of experience, we’re just getting started! Our business is growing, and we’re looking for great people to grow with us. We’re immediately seeking a Mill Operator I to join our Northwest Pipe team in Washington, WV.

We Offer

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D Insurance
• Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Time
• 401k Retirement Savings Plan with Employer Match
• Bonus Potential (2x per year)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Safety Footwear and Eyewear Voucher (Day 1 of Employment)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Opportunities for Career Advancement
• Values-Driven Culture Committed to Diversity, Inclusion, and Safety

Our Values

• Accountability is evident when we do what we say we are going to do and people accept responsibility for their actions. We do not point fingers and blame others. We own our actions.
• Commitment is not only promising to do something, but actually investing in the necessary effort and actions to make it happen.
• Teamwork is essential for competing in a challenging and constantly changing business environment. Working together across all job functions is critical to achieving our success.

SUMMARY OF JOB PURPOSE:

The Mill Operator specializes in operating various mill equipment for steel pipe production.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Follow all safety and company policies / procedures and promotes a safe culture.
• Complies with all OSHA safety requirements, work rules and regulations.
• Wear all required personal protective equipment.
• Operator various mill equipment.
• Weld and splice pipe.
• Break down coils.
• Maintain housekeeping within all production, storage and waste areas.
• Follow all work instructions, procedures, and job safety (JSA’s)
• Properly identify (mark) pipe with the use of spray paint
• Effectively communicates issues to management
• Regular, reliable, predictable attendance and performance of the essential functions

SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Safely operate machinery certified to use – overhead crane, forklift
• Propose standard operating procedures (SOPs) and job safety analysis (JSA’s)
• Other duties may be assigned as necessary
• Sub arc welding

JOB SCOPE:

This position provides support to the Mill department with the primary focus on equipment operation.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

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, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

• Overhead Bridge Crane
• FCAW/Semi Welding
• Welding machines (wire & stick)
• Grinders
• Arc Gouging Equipment
• Lock-Out Tag-Out
• SMAW qualified
• Torches
• Small Forklift
• Shear

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or three to six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• One year certificate from college of technical school; or three to six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

MILL OPERATOR I – this level of Mill Operator is responsible for operation of mechanical mill, and requires minimum experience. Additionally, individuals in this position operate, work with and around various hand tools and welding equipment. Duties are routinely carried out under close supervision; however, supervision is not always available for routine and repetitive tasks, which can be carried on without difficulty once they are learned. As work experience is gained and additional welding certification are obtained, the employee may be assigned to tasks that are more difficult in nature and require more responsibility.

MILL OPERATOR II – this level of Mill Operator is responsible for performing duties described for a Mill Operator I. This level of Mill Operator requires additional training, skills, certification, and experience. Work normally is performed under limited to close supervision. As additional experience is gained, the employee may be assigned to tasks that are more difficult in nature and require more responsibility.

MILL OPERATOR III – this level of Mill Operator is responsible for performing duties described for a Mill Operator II. This level possesses advanced qualifications, experience. Work normally is performed under minimal supervision. Employees in this position may be responsible for providing on-the-job training to new employees.

Full list of anticipated physical demands for this position and detail on our work environment is available on our application portal. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Our organization maintains a drug-free workplace. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successful passing of a drug test and background check.

Northwest Pipe Company is committed to equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. Minorities, females, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Northwest Pipe Company reserves the right to close the position, with or without notice, if a qualified candidate is identified prior to the close date.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be meet 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.

Project timelines and work volume / deadlines may often require working outside of standard office hours, weekend, or evening work.

Regular, reliable and predictable attendance is necessary in order to perform the essential functions of this position.

Physical Activity

Over 2/3 of the time:

• Standing/Sit: Remaining upright in a stationary position, particularly for sustained periods.
• Walking: Moving about to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site another.

Up to 2/3 of the time:

• Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. (This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion.)
• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces. (This factor is important if the amount and kind of balancing the amount and kind of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium)
• Stooping: Positions self to checking pipe this factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Kneeling/Crouching: Position self to checking pipe.
• Reaching: Grabbing things from a distance above or from the side.
• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward downward or outward.
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw drag haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Lifting: Raising object from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position (This factor is important if it occur to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.
• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm to hammers grinders welding lead.
• Communicating: Expressing or exchanging ideas and information accurately, in written or diagram form
• Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists hands, and /or fingers such as grinding.

Less than 1/3 of the time:

• Crawling: Moving about to check pipe.
• Feeling Perceiving attributes of objects such as size shape temperature or texture by touching with skin particularly that of fingertips.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately loudly or quickly
• Hearing: perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correct, having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sounds.

Physical Requirements

• Heavy work: Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally and /or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Visual Acuity

• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: operating machines such as lathes, drill presses, power saws and mills where the seeing job is at or within arm’s reach; performing mechanical or skilled trades tasks of a non-repetitive nature such as ones by carpenters, technicians, service people, plumbers, painters, mechanics, etc.

Vision Requirements:

Over 2/3 of the time:

• The worker is required to have close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less)

Up to 2/3 of time:

• The worker is required to have distance vision (clear vison at 20 feet or more)
• The worker is required to have peripheral vision (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point)
• The worker is required to have the ability to adjust visual focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus)

Less than 1/3 of the time

• The worker is required to have color vision (ability to identify and distinguish color
• The worker will not be required to have any special vision.
• The worker is required to have depth perception (three dimensional vision, ability to judge distances and spatial relationships)

Weather Conditions

Over 2/3 of the time:

• The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions: Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.
• The worker is subject to noise: There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level.
• The worker is subjects to hazards: Includes a variety of physical conditions such as proximity to moving mechanical parts moving vehicles electrical current working on scaffolding and high places exposure to high heat or exposure to chemical.

Up to 2/3 of the time:

• The worker is subject to extreme cold: Temperatures typically below 32 degrees for periods of more than one hour (Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions such as wind and humidity.)
• The worker is subject to extreme heat: Temperatures above 100 degrees for periods of more than one hour. Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions such as wind and humidity.
• The worker is subject to atmospheric conditions: One or more of the following conditions that affects the respiratory system of the skin: Fumes odors, dusts mists gases or poor ventilation.

Less than 1/3 of the time:

• The worker is subject to outside environmental conditions: No effective protection from the weather.
• The worker is subject to both environment conditions: activities occur inside and outside.
• The worker is subject to vibration: Exposure to oscillating movements of the extremities or whole body.
• The worker is subject to oils: There is air and/or skin exposure to oils and other cutting fluids.
• The worker frequently is in close quarters crawl spaces, shafts man holes small enclosed rooms, small sewage and water line pipes, and other areas which could cause claustrophobia.

Noise Levels:

Over 2/3 of the time:

• Loud noise (Examples metal can be manufacturing department large earth-moving equipment

Less than 1/3 of the time:

• Very loud noise (example jack hammer work front row at rock concert.

Supervision Received:

• Close Supervision: The incumbent is assigned duties according to specified procedures and receives detailed instructions. Work is checked frequently.

Personal Protective Equipment is required when in the Plant, Yard or Construction Areas:

• Hard Hat
• Safety Glasses
• Steel-toed Boots
• Hearing Protection
• Reflective Vest