Status: This is a full-time; hourly position
Hours: Monday – Thursday: 4:50am – 3:20pm & Friday: 4:50am – 9:00am; overtime as needed

Benefits Offered to Full-time Employees: Health, Dental, Optical, Medical FSA/HSA, Dependent Care (FSA), Basic Life Plan, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, 401K with Company Match, Profit Sharing (ROA), PTO (Vacation), Holidays, Jury Duty, and Funeral Leave

JOB SUMMARY: The Hand Polisher 2 is responsible for applying a polished surface to a wide variety of very complex stone work using a variety of hand tools.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

• Interpret production tickets to ensure the stone meets quality and order specifications.
• Operate overhead crane and hydraulic lift table to move and turn stone as necessary.
• Layout stone using patterns and a tape measure according to the production ticket to ensure the correct profiles, angles and drill holes have been applied.
• Drill holes in stone with a 30-pound hammer drill or handheld core drill machine.
• Use chalk to clearly mark all edges of the stone and identify where grinding and polishing needs to be completed. 
• Shape the edges of the stone by blunting or rounding them with an 8-pound angle grinder.
• Grind and polish a wide variety of complex stone with rounded edges, molding and more detailed shapes using a 21-pound hand tool for a large portion of the day.
• Polish the edges and flat areas of the stone with a 12-pound buffer while simultaneously applying a buffing compound.
• Apply knowledge of the various polishing and grinding tools and pads to ensure correct equipment is used to prevent damage to the stone.
• Use a handheld torch to apply a thermal finish to stone when required.
• Apply acquired knowledge of unique stone characteristics and associated process requirements to achieve a proper polish.
• Clean stone with chemical cleaning agent and brush at various points of the process.
• Inspect stone when finished to ensure work has been completed according to production ticket.

• Must have good hand-eye coordination.
• Ability to perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another, to avoid interruptions in production.
• Ability to work independently, with little or no supervision.
• Excellent problem solving and critical thinking skills, with an emphasis in time management, improving efficiencies and exercising independent judgment to determine work priority and urgency.
• Mechanically inclined.
• General math skills.
• Must be able to read work orders or production tickets, which may include dimensional drawings.
• Ability to read a tape measure, imperial and metric.
• Work as a self-motivated team member who adheres to all safety protocols and is willing to cross-train as needed.