Forming Operator

**FORMING OPERATOR**

Starting Hourly Rate: $25.77 - Full Rate: $28.13 additional Shift premiums for evening, weekends and holidays

**PRIMARY PURPOSE**

We are a company that is global in scope and human in scale. What does that mean? It’s simple, really. While we’re a large, international organization that’s leading the way, we never lose sight of the talented people who power our success. After all, their ideas, drive, and expertise enable us to develop, manufacture, and market insulation, roofing, and composites that make the world a better place. Here, you can make more possible every day.

Join an organization that believes that every employee owns a piece of our bold growth goals and ultimate success. We are a market-leading innovator that is placed on the Fortune 500®. Owens Corning delivers sustainable solutions across our three business segments while striving to ensure our people and products make the world a better place. We take pride in having an inclusive and diverse workplace with employees around the globe. We are a company that fully recognizes the importance of paving a path to a sustainable and safe enterprise through investing in our people. Our desire to make an impactful difference in the world flows from top down to all levels of the organization. By being a company that instills pride within each and every employee, we aspire to build market-leading businesses; global in scope - human in scale.

Join our team of experienced Forming Operators and learn the fascinating modern form of the ancient art of glass making. This is a hands-on job where you’ll turn molten glass into fibers thinner than a human hair and package them for our customers to be used in composite products that make our world a better place. Our manufacturing site has been supplying the world with advanced materials from the heart of Guelph around the clock for more than 70 years. If you’re looking for challenging work with competitive compensation, benefits, and opportunities for advancement, we want to meet you

**PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Participate in the safety and good housekeeping programs as established within the plant
- Understand and monitor the quality needs of our customers
- Manage the day to day production responsibilities of creating a world class glass fiber reinforcement product.
- Perform work in the finished product packaging area including Quality Testing, Packaging, Proper Product Identification and placement of finished material in the Warehouse
- Communicate with your peers and support staff to ensure effective teamwork
- Handle startup and shut down duties pertaining to packaging equipment at the beginning and end of each shift
- Maintain quality checks and ensure proper product identification and weight
- Report any problems to appropriate personnel and carry out emergency procedures
- Operate a fork lift and other related material handling machinery
- Ensure production equipment is in optimal working condition and works in accordance to regulations set by the Company
- Assist in troubleshooting positional issues related to reliability
- Participate in continuous improvement activities as we strive for long term goals
- Perform other related duties as directed by Supervision

**EMPLOYEMENT BENEFITS**
- Registered Pension Plan with employer Contributions that offers tax advantages, a wide range of investment options and company matching contributions.
- Competitive health care benefits and financial protection against significant health events.
- Wellness and Employee assistance programs

**MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS**:

- High school diploma or GED equivalency
- 1-3 years of experience working in an industrial or manufacturing environment
- Participation and successful qualification in a workplace skill assessment administered by Owens Corning and Conestoga College as a condition of employment

**KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES**:

- Ability to think under pressure and make quick decisions
- Ability to work well in a team and independently
- Good attention to detail
- Basic mechanical knowledge
- Meet team expectations such as reliability, teamwork, and process improvement
- Maintain and continuously improve productivity, quality and safety

Owens Corning will provide reasonable accommodation to all applicants during the recruitment process and employment.