IKO Industries Ltd. is a market leader in the manufacturing of roofing and building materials. IKO is a Canadian owned and operated business with production facilities worldwide and has many years of unparalleled success in the roofing materials industry. Quality, integrity, and trustworthiness are the values that underlie this success, and we have built this company by hiring people who hold these values. People like you!
Job Description
IKO Industries Ltd. is a market leader in the manufacturing of roofing and building materials. IKO is a Canadian owned and operated business with production facilities worldwide and has many years of unparalleled success in the roofing materials industry. Quality, integrity, and trustworthiness are the values that underlie this success, and we have built this company by hiring people who hold these values. People like you!
Job Description
IKO is a global leader in manufacturing roofing products with production facilities worldwide, we are currently seeking Production Operators to join our team of skilled professionals based at our Ennis, Texas plant. This plant produces premium roofing shingles and in a high speed, continuous, asphalt shingle manufacturing process environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Follow standard operating procedures and specifications or instructions of higher level technical
personnel and monitor meters, gauges, valves, flow ratios, temperatures, pressures, and related
controls and guidelines to ensure adherence to production/process specifications.
• Maintain production records and logs of equipment and product performance.
• Adjust set up and process operations accordingly.
• Follow coating formulas to weigh and prepare coating solutions for application to substrates
(paper, poly, etc.).
• Inspect and examine printed products for print clarity, color accuracy, conformance to
specifications, and external defects.
• Ability to test coat weights, and functional properties after coating to ensure quality product.
• Load raw material into machine and unload finished product.
• Perform tests and check product routinely for multiple characteristics using standard measuring
devices and making some judgments against not readily measurable standards.
• Reposition printing plates, adjust pressure rolls, or otherwise adjust machines to improve print
quality, using knobs, hand wheels, or hand tools.
• Set and adjust speed, temperature, ink flow, and positions and pressure tolerances of
equipment.
• Examine job orders to determine details such as quantities to be printed, production times,
stock specifications, colors, color sequences, and anilox BCM (Billion Cubic Microns).
• Select and install printing plates, rollers, feed guides, gauges, screens, stencils, dies, and
cylinders in machines according to specifications, using hand tools.
• Monitor feeding, printing, coating, and racking processes of presses to maintain specified
operating levels and to detect malfunctions, making adjustments as necessary.
• Pour or spread ink, color compounds, and other materials into reservoirs, troughs, hoppers, or
color holders of printing units, making measurements and adjustments to control color and
viscosity.
• Blend and test inks, stains, and solvents according to types of material being printed and work
order specifications.
• Clean and lubricate printing and coating machines and components, using oil, solvents, brushes,
rags, and hoses.
• Measure screens and use measurements to center and align screens in proper positions and
sequences on machines, using gauges and hand tools.
• Other duties as assigned.
Benefits of Employment: IKO recognizes that its success is due to the strength of its employees. A primary goal of IKO is to promote individual employee's sense of accomplishment and contribution so that employees enjoy their association with IKO. The Company invests in its employees so that they are the most knowledgeable in the industry, and undertakes great efforts to nurture loyalty to, and teamwork at, IKO. We are pleased to offer competitive compensation, health care, a progressive and challenging workplace and a commitment to teamwork and integrity.
Diversity and Equal Opportunity Employment: IKO Industries Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability. IKO Industries Ltd. encourages and welcomes applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
Benefits of Employment: IKO recognizes that its success is due to the strength of its employees. A primary goal of IKO is to promote individual employee's sense of accomplishment and contribution so that employees enjoy their association with IKO. The Company invests in its employees so that they are the most knowledgeable in the industry, and undertakes great efforts to nurture loyalty to, and teamwork at, IKO. We are pleased to offer competitive compensation, health care, a progressive and challenging workplace and a commitment to teamwork and integrity.
Diversity and Equal Opportunity Employment: IKO Industries Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability. IKO Industries Ltd. encourages and welcomes applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
Benefits of Employment: IKO recognizes that its success is due to the strength of its employees. A primary goal of IKO is to promote individual employee's sense of accomplishment and contribution so that employees enjoy their association with IKO. The Company invests in its employees so that they are the most knowledgeable in the industry, and undertakes great efforts to nurture loyalty to, and teamwork at, IKO. We are pleased to offer competitive compensation, health care, a progressive and challenging workplace and a commitment to teamwork and integrity.
Diversity and Equal Opportunity Employment: IKO Industries Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability. IKO Industries Ltd. encourages and welcomes applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.