Production Operator

Description

Job Summary: Valmet is seeking a Production Operator to prepare and assemble components and operate industrial sewing machines, ensuring product quality. Key Highlights: 1. Opportunity for committed professionals who enjoy challenges. 2. Work in a dynamic environment that values innovation and personal development. 3. Contribute to the success of a global leader in technology and services. **Production Operator \- Position exclusively for Persons with Disabilities (PCD)** **Are you looking for a new career opportunity?** Are you an enthusiastic, committed professional who enjoys challenges and aspires to be the protagonist of your own career? This may be the ideal environment for you. Valmet in Belo Horizonte has this opportunity for you! **Your main tasks and responsibilities include:** * Fabric preparation and cutting: work with various types of fabrics and materials according to provided patterns and specifications. * Assembly of cut pieces: after fabric cutting, assemble the cut pieces and perform required sewing steps to transform them into filter elements. * Operation of machines and equipment: operate various types of industrial sewing machines and other related equipment—such as cutting machines—according to production line requirements. It is essential to preserve equipment/machine integrity, ensuring proper operating condition and usability. When corrective maintenance is required, issue a maintenance work order. * Verify production orders and priorities with your supervisor to plan production execution. * Perform machine setup on sewing machines to initiate production. * Sew filter elements and accessories as specified in the production order and as directed by your supervisor. * Ensure use of components requested for part production, as specified in the production order. * Conduct self-inspection during the production process to ensure product quality. * Identify and segregate defective parts during the production process to avoid compromising final product quality. * Preserve integrity of equipment, materials, and tools used in production. * Maintain a clean and organized workplace. * Comply with company-established safety regulations. * Be familiar with procedures, instructions, and standards of the Quality Management System, striving to apply them daily to ensure company and service quality. **To succeed in this position, it is important to have:** * Completed or ongoing high school education (mandatory). * Knowledge of single-needle and double-needle sewing machines. * Knowledge of 5-thread overlock machines and monofilament/multifilament piece finishing. * Knowledge of 3-needle chainstitch machines. * Knowledge of the entire straight-stitch sewing process, including use of auxiliary devices. * Experience in 3-needle gusseting and the full press filter process, including rubber stitching onto screens. * Knowledge of operating production machines/equipment. * Availability to work rotating shifts. * Location requirement: reside in Vespasiano, Belo Horizonte (North, Pampulha, or Venda Nova regions), or municipalities in the northern corridor of Greater Belo Horizonte. **What We Offer** We offer a dynamic work environment that values innovation and suits individuals with a development mindset who enjoy working in a fast-paced and dynamic setting. We are seeking team-oriented individuals eager to learn and contribute to our customers’ success. This position enables you to contribute to organizational success as well as provides opportunities for personal development. **Who We Are** At Valmet, the best talents from diverse backgrounds come together. With more than 19,000 professionals worldwide, we are global leaders in developing and delivering technologies, automation, and services for the pulp, paper, and energy industries. Our commitment to enhancing our customers’ performance demands creativity, innovative technologies, service expertise—and above all, teamwork. ***Join the team!*** ***www.valmet.com/careers***