production worker

electrician

manufacturing associate

technical engineer

product specialist

U.S. Pipe

The two managers are totally over their heads in their jobs. Neither has a clue how to fix or maintain anything and they will not take advice from someone like myself who has done repairs forever. They're right, you're wrong shut up and do as your told. The equipment is not maintained at all. Machines are blowing breakers and overloading the systems everyday. Ball bearings are bone dry and when they do grease them, they are using the wrong grease. Parts sit around on managers desk for days until someone gets the new one. They had an electric motor and gear box that was not working properly. I spent three hours taking it down, putting it on a skid waiting for further instructions, assuming I was going to fix the thing. It sat for three hours and then I was told to put it back up. Unfixed. I almost blew a gasket, but did as I was told. I took the weekend to think about things and decided if this was how it was going to be, I was quitting. Asked if the manager had a few minutes to talk the next morning he said not really. Wouldn't even get off his machine to talk to me, called me a few expletives and said I broke the machine! Needless to say I told him what I thought of him and where he could go and left. It was a shame. It was a good paying job and I didnt want to give it up, but I can't work with someone like that. It's a wonder that plant is profitable with that kind of mismanagement. I told HR about it because I wanted to make sure the little twit put in my pay slip, but I would be surprised if anything is done about it. I could have had the place on a maintenance schedule and running like a top in relatively short order, but I'll find a place that appreciates my skills.

A lot of work. Long hours. The comprehension of the electrician determined state of technology. Great friends bad benefits. Real crazy management, six sigma eliminated capital expenditures to make money off depreciation. Plant got real old with nutty decisions with new management. Constant new management from up north, rarely from local state. Closed down 3 plants, chatt valves was shut down so they could buy from china at HIGHER PRICES, closing North Bham big mistake. New management from Chicago real lost,extremely selfish and self centered. They eliminated free vendor lunches except for themselves. Took away bonus and went back a year and made old managers pay it back. One Chicago exec was standing in middle of road yelling and screaming at the sky. Plant managers scared of their on shadows. Cancelled retiree insurance just to be mean.

If you like being micro-managed for a position that you are overly qualified for...if you like getting written up for spending the night in the ER and not being able to work the next day (with a dr note that restricted work for 4-5 days). If you like having to use vacation days for bad weather when the plant and shop are shut down...if you like to feel stuck in your position with little to no training...

By all means. Work here.

Make sure dr appointments are during your lunch break or after shift unless you want to have "attendance issues" thrown in your face.

I loved my co-workers, who were equally as stressed and underappreciated but did not complain and were told to get over it when they voiced their concerns.

Great place to work in general with very competitive salary/wage offerings, wonderful benefits and team oriented culture direction. Location has a rich history at this location with many hourly employee tenure above 20 years. 

 I started as what they call a red hat. Everybody starts that way. It's for safety and training and it's as far as I know for 120 days. The pay rate was $14 an hour. As long as you pass your days as a red hat he will advance and automatically get it a raise of up to $18 an hour depending on what you're doing and if you're lucky enough you can bid on a job they can pay up to 25 sometimes $30 an hour depends on the job and the bids and being that it's a union backed company. I was making $27 an hour in a year and a half there. That's a strong climb from 14 dollars an hour. Overall I think it's a great place to work. President would always come by and wish everybody happy birthdays personally a lot of guys you know a lot of emotions it's a hot foundry. I would work there again.

I begin my begin my day typicall at 3 a.m. and it ends maybe at 3p.m.. but your schedule is subject to change very often. Working ther I have learned alot about the steel industry. I have learned how to have the best eye coordination when inspecting pipe and its entirety. The mangers there ar e very nice and they show compassion towards everyone. My co-workers are the best they are very team oriented they will never  put you in harms way we are all each other ears and eyes. The hardest part of the job is working with lazy people (slackers, clock watchers,etc. The most enjoyable part of my job is the challenges that iI encounter each day with the different size pipes.

Corporate have no idea about anything. Corporate would sell you dreams on how much business would be coming your way and then they would come in and permanently close down your plant. Happened to a few plants including the one I worked for. Oh and did so with no type of notice. It was lie after lie after lie with them. The pay rate for the work you do, the fumes and junk you breath in, and the shops being so disgustingly dirty is a joke. My manager was a very good guy and cared about his employees that's about the only good thing I can say about the company, unfortunately he was axed along with the rest of us (some who put in more than 10 years of their lives for this company.)

A typical day would consist of taking machines apart with the overhead crane, then pulling molds out of machine. Once that was done I would place new molds in the machine for the next day.

I learned how to operate an overhead crane and operate a forklift,and  a casting machine while I worked here.

Management do a good job of making sure production never stopped. Management would have meetings periodically to let you know how the company was doing.

My co-workers were great. They taught you how to run the equipment the proper way, so that nobody got hurt.

The hardest part of the job was getting use to the heat , from the molten iron.

In the early morning test machinery to make sure it was ready for production. Followed by employees group meetings to discuss work orders and appropriate actions to be taken.

I learned how to manage time and make employees more efficient for the company,to solve problems with employees . I was also send to training to be more efficient in computer because I also did the ordering for the maintenance dept.

The hardest part was terminated an employer.

Hardest part of my job was terminating and employer.

I enjoy assembly machinery and reading blue prints. Putting machinery from the beginning.

Hard work gets you no where. Drug and alcohol policy and attendance policy  aren't worth the paper they are printed on. Allow you too come to work under the influence of drugs and alcohol as long as you don't get hurt. Attendance policy is enforced only on certain employees others get free rein on infractions. Don't expect to be promoted. Raises only come once a year when they decide to give them out and then it is only 2 or 3 percent so it's like $.20 a year. No bonus program for hourly employees but salaried get Xmas bonuses among other bonuses. In the nutshell if you're job is other then office help you don't mean anything to them.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Production worker 22 salaries reported	$29.17 per hour
Electrician 5 salaries reported	$54.73 per hour
Manufacturing associate 9 salaries reported	$22.09 per hour
Technical engineer 1 salary reported	$115,000 per year
Product specialist 19 salaries reported	$137,500 per year

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