Tire Manufacturing Technician

Job Posting – Tire Manufacturing Technician

Headquartered in Southeast Houston, TX, TreadWright Tires is a recycling company that manufactures and distributes the most environmental light truck & SUV tires in the industry.  We are looking for candidates with previous experience handling and manufacturing tires or working with injection molding presses.  Have you worked in a retail tire shop mounting and dismounting tires (experience with Corghi balancers is a plus)?  Have you worked in an injection molding shop running presses and changing molds?  Have you worked in a retread plant with mold cure technology (NDT machines, automated buffers, orbitread equipment and CIMA Presses)?  If you have answered yes to any of these jobs, we need you to apply!

Essential Skills:

• Experience in the following industries: Injection molding (presses, molds or any quality control position), retail tire store (mount, dismount or balancing of tires) and retread manufacturing plant (running a NDT, automated buffer, orbitread or CIMA press). 
• Basic mechanical aptitude for a variety of tire manufacturing equipment.
• Experience working within a quality control environment with exact measurements and visual inspection processes.
• Technician’s must be willing to learn the whole tire remolding process: inspecting tires, repairing tires, operating retreading equipment, measuring tires for mold fitment, and identify the highest quality remolded tires to ship to our customers.
• Ability to read English and interpret standard operating procedures.
• Experience working with daily goals and objections to ensure you production meets plant standards.
• Experience with basic lean manufacturing principles (5S, Quality, Continuous Improvement, Etc.)
• Understanding of basic plant safety and OSHA requirements. You must want to be part of a safe plant that priorities activities in the following order:  1-Safety  2-Quality  3-Production
• Excellent time management – Employees must be committed to showing up for work on time.
• Good math skills. Technicians are required to keep basic counts of what was produced or rejected during each shift

Education and/or Experience:

Technical degree or certificate is strongly preferred with specializations in an automotive or engineering field.  In lieu of a strong educational background, a proven track record in automotive, injection molding or retread production will be considered.

Salary Requirements/ benefits)

Depends on experience.  $13/hr., to $17/hr. (depends on experience and what shift you are working).  TreadWright offers competitive medical insurance and monthly bonus opportunities.

Job Conditions / Working environment:

Work is performed in a normal manufacturing/distribution environment with lifting requirements up to 75lbs.  Work conditions are hot and uncomfortable in the summer months.

To Apply:

Email your resume to Chris@treadwright.com with the job title in the subject line.