Distribution Cutline Operator 1st Shift

Cut and strip cable, chain, and other wire products to specific lengths while working closely with a team.

Responsibilities

• Operates coiling line, rim drive, and spooling line equipment to make cuts
• Loads and unloads master reels onto cutline equipment in preparation for cuts
• Respools and cuts cable, wire rope, and whisper-flex to specified lengths
• Logs all cuts into computer system
• Strips a required length of jacket off of traveling cable, flat cable, and whisper-flex chain
• Packages and pushes cut reel off of take-up for further processing
• Performs quality checks for correct operation of counter and fault
• Assists with cycle counts, physical inventories, and other inventory control activities

Requirements

• High School Diploma; machine operator/warehouse/distribution experience
• Basic machine and tool knowledge and understanding
• Proficient in reading, writing, and verbal English communication
• Ability to learn and understand basic computer functions to enter cutting information
• Good physical condition; ability to stand the majority of the day
• Ability to exert up to 100 pounds of force
• Physical endurance for pushing, pulling, and cutting cables with manual cutters
• Attention to detail required
• Ability to understand and follow special instructions for the cutting process
• Material identification skills to detect quality issues
• Basic computer skills required to log cuts
• Basic math skills required to calculate footages
• Initiative to work independently and follow leadership instructions
• Ability to learn and operate cutstands (payoffs, takeups), respool line (payoffs, takeups), cable cutters, various small hand tools, SAP, and calculator