forklift operator

operations administrator

manufacturing supervisor

production worker

plant manager

JUPITER ALUMINUM CORP.

This is a great place to work! If you are a hardworking motivated person, you will enjoy it here. There is plenty of overtime always available, great benefits, and most of the people you work with are very cool. If you’re a hard worker, willing to get up every day and come to work on time, then you won’t have a problem here. This is an aluminum mill. We work a variety of different schedules, including 3-2-2, 21-turn, and 7-12s. Some positions are 8 hours a day, most are 12 hour shifts. It all depends where you are placed in the plant. As long as you are willing to work, you will be fine. Most jobs are mandatory overtime. You have your work schedule for the entire year, which allows you to plan things out. Shifts are rotating. Most production jobs work from 5a-5p and 5p-5a. Depending on your type of shift you’ll have 2, 3, or 4 days off in a row, which also rotates. We have production bonuses each month, paid vacation, personal days, health insurance with vision plan, dental, and 401k. This is a union plant, United Steelworkers Local 2003. The only big issue is manpower/attendance. There are some problems with excessive call-offs and FMLA use. This causes problems when machines must be shut down and workers stretched thin on production lines.

In the finishing department we are responsible for taking the coils that the company manufactures and preparing them according to the customers specifications. One mistake, a burr, a knicked knife, a coil slit too tight or too loose could turn a 15,000 lb coil from a $35,000 dollar sale to a pile of scrap. Although it takes the concerted effort and teamwork between the various TL's, TL flats and slitters in the finishing department to accomplish this final product, it is the slitter and the precision of its operators that are ultimately responsible for the final workmanship before shipping. I am an assistant slitter operator waiting to move up to the operator position as soon as a machine becomes available. I have been trained and qualified as an operator, however this is a union job and only my seniority has kept me from being classified as an operator. The hardest part about the job is gaining the cooperation of the other assistants who sometimes have their own agendas.   

What is the best part of working at the company?
The people you work next to and the company was not cheap about buying equipment, tools, or product needed to make work easier, faster or safer.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Managers in certain departments including mine. They would be moody, made mistakes that the workers had to "pay" for, and showed favoritism.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Work environment is very dusty, dirty, greasy, extreme heat or cold and also loud in some areas. The culture is not too far from the work environment. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Hurry up and wait. Stressful most days when there is alot to get done because of late assignments to jobs or delays in materials. Tend to feel like you are always being watched, and not in a way it would help you improve.

This is a good place to work if you need to get your bills paid. We work a swing schedule. It goes like this.
Dayshift - seven days on 5a-5p then 4 off
Nightshift - seven days on 5p-5a then 3 off
Repeat
It sounds like a lot, and it is, but I’ve been there a very long time and I love this schedule. The 4 day weekend is like a mini vacation. Plus we have personal days and vacation days we can use to augment off time. It’s good honest manufacturing work, the type we are losing too quickly in this country. I feel proud to be able to work in a rolling mill in the USA in these times. 
The only issue is there are some lazy people. Management doesn’t seem to reprimand any of them either. Some guys get away with murder. There’s also too many assistant managers being hired.

It is a very busy day if you are working which some do not so they end up complaining all day.   I learned a lot of people want pay but do not want to work for it.  It is very easy to stand out in this company if you want because a lot of the employees want something for nothing like getting the union to fight for their job after getting caught sleeping, getting caught stealing or fighting.  hard part of the job is staying away from the employees who want to drag you into their mess because they like and want to complain about stupid stuff.  mangement has they hands full trying to deal with employees doing stuff stupid.   i liked the job because it provided for my family and i think the pay is decent.

Im gonna talk in caps bc I feel like this needs to be read and no Im not screaming. This company has got to be 1 of the greatest companies if not the greatest job to work for in illinois. They literally give open arms to anyone I was working at mcdonalds before I had this job  imagine going from making 8.25 To 1900 every 2 weeks  you do the mat. The reason why its so great to work here bc everyone supports you as well and ghey care about your well being. We all went to a guys funeral 1 time  we were like family in there bc we worked a loy of overtime so the money was definitely there and the job allowed us to take 10 15 min breaks in between working every 20 min 30 minutes

a average day was come in check your work area out ,talk to the out going staff to get a jump on what's the mill acting like. I learned a little about everything at this mill. people were eager to teach you something if u aske them. the forklift was challenging because of the size of the lift and the openings throughout the mill. management could be different if they got more involved with employees. overall they were cool easy to talk to. people there at this were cool for the most part but were very competitive for other job in and around the mill. the hardest part of the job was getting use to the hours they are very odd. the job was enjoyable and dirty.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Nothing was good about it , it’s dirty equipment is ran down shouldn’t be in use.. the staff is not truthful about what they tell u about the job

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The people n using the equipment, they try to make u do job roles that’s not in your work title 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
No it is not, every thing is out date n is not safe, n the staff do not care about your well being 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Trying to make things work with lil equipment

The Hammond plant controls everything from 3 hrs away, with absolutely no knowledge of what is going on in the plant. I ran multiple positions daily with no help or compensation, not even a good job. Workforce is cut in half and HR will not hire anyone. So everyone runs multiple positions with little regard to safety or quality! Don't bother to apply. The Fairland plant isn't that bad. The Hammond facility treats everyone at Fairland as lowlife trash. Fairland deserves better. Management is just nonexistent.

Wasn’t there long, but from a maintenance perspective they are understaffed, Lots of OT due to understaff, initially you will be with someone, but ultimately there goal is to put you on shift by yourself. As an electrician, I have never worked anywhere where 1 electrician is covering a 12hr shift for a whole plant. Being that you’re more of a maintenance electrician regardless, no electrician should be alone. Hire more help and pay those with seniority more,

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Forklift operator 8 salaries reported	$17.00 per hour
Operations administrator 10 salaries reported	$24.50 per hour
Manufacturing supervisor 8 salaries reported	$70,359 per year
Production worker 1 salary reported	$63,000 per year
Plant manager 2 salaries reported	$107,120 per year

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