Manufacturing-Retread Technician - WILL TRAIN
Boulevard Tire Center
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- Pay
- $18 to $19
- an hour
- Location
- Miami, FL
- Work style
- On-site
- Job type
- Full time
- Posted
- Oct 7
- 12 days ago
Career path
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About the company
Boulevard Tire Center
Transportation/trucking/railroad · 501 to 1,000 employees
What you'll do
- Maintains a stock of tread rubber and repair materials, advising manager when replenishment is necessary.
- Ability and flexibility to perform other duties as assigned by Manager
What you need
- Inspect worn tires for faults, cracks, cuts and nail holes, and to determine if tires are suitable for retreading.
- Operates a buffing machine to remove treads from tires to be retreaded, following specifications for depth and width removal.
- Measures diameter and cross section to determine correct tread width.
- Build semi-raw rubber treads onto buffed tire casings in order to prepare tires for vulcanization in recapping and retreading processes.
- Places tire in chamber and programs correct curing temperature according to specification.
- Inspects tires to determine defects in curing, (soft cures, ply separation, repairs missed, etc.).
- Trims and paints finished retread.
- Repairs tires found defective during the process.
- Makes final inspection of repair, cuts tread design with re-grooving iron, paints tire and places in finished stock.
Key skills
Forklift experienceattention to detailflexiblesafety record
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Perks
- paid vacation
- 401 k
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Boulevard Tire Center is growing! We are looking for Manufacturing Retread Technician for our Miami, FL location. Forklift experience a plus. We prefer 1 year manufacturing and production experience and must have excellent attention to detail, be flexible, have a good attendance and safety record, but if you a willingness to learn and interested in advancement we are willing to train! JOB SUMMARY : Perform repetitive work to inspect, buff, repair, build, heat, seal tires through operating machines to re-build tires from rubber components. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Inspect worn tires for faults, cracks, cuts and nail holes, and to determine if tires are suitable for retreading. Operates a buffing machine to remove treads from tires to be retreaded, following specifications for depth and width removal. Measures diameter and cross section to determine correct tread width. Build semi-raw rubber treads onto buffed tire casings in order to prepare tires for vulcanization in recapping and retreading processes. Places tire in chamber and programs correct curing temperature according to specification. Inspects tires to determine defects in curing, (soft cures, ply separation, repairs missed, etc.). Trims and paints finished retread. Repairs tires found defective during the process. Makes final inspection of repair, cuts tread design with re-grooving iron, paints tire and places in finished stock. OTHER DUTIES Maintains a stock of tread rubber and repair materials, advising manager when replenishment is necessary. Ability and flexibility to perform other duties as assigned by Manager We offer an excellent earning potential, benefit package including paid vacation and 401 k along with advancement in position level and pay. "We love homegrown talent!" EOE/DFW