Independent Can Company IS Hiring

Employment

Independent Can Company is always looking for motivated and qualified people who understand, accept and support our Company Values. Those values apply to co-workers and customers alike.

Company strongly believes, supports, hires and manages by our employee-developed Core Values. The values are: Fairness, Flexibility, being Market and Customer and Improvement Driven, Dedication, Responsible and consistent Teamwork.

Independent Can Company will always accept resumes from individuals with the following qualifications:

Can Line Machine Operator

Press Room Operator

Can Line Mechanics

Machinists

Tool and Die Makers

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS

For ALL positions:

Resumes without complete salary history will not be considered.

To avoid spam filters, position title must be in the subject line of email responses.

NO AGENCIES OR SEARCH FIRMS ACCEPTED.

Fax resume with complete salary history to: Human Resources Manager (410) 272-6494 OR, email hrdept@independentcan.com, (position title must be in subject line), OR Mail to P.O. Box 370, 1300 Brass Mill Road, Belcamp, MD 21017

Compensation package includes, vacation, paid holidays, medical/dental coverage, profit sharing and 401k options. To be successful in this position the candidate must understand, accept and be committed to our employee-developed Company Values. These values are Fairness, Flexibility, being Customer, Market, and Improvement Driven, Dedicated, Responsible and consistent Teamwork.

Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/D/V - Drug-Free and Smoke-Free Workplace

INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICIAN

(Master electrician with Control Panel and PLC Experience)

Independent Can Company, a global manufacturing, family-owned company with annual sales of 60 million dollars, is seeking an experienced Industrial Electrician to join our maintenance team. The successful candidate needs to have hands-on industrial background in the manufacturing field. This person will be responsible for performing all required electrical repairs, maintenance, and new equipment installations. The incumbent will design electrical systems and draw ladder diagrams and schematics. He/she will also be responsible for researching and recommending improvements and upgrades in all electrical systems throughout the plant. Additionally, the successful candidate must keep up-to-date on electrical codes and be available for emergency call-ins after hours as needed. Proficiency in basic computer skills including Excel and Word, experience using the Internet, and the ability to learn company-specific software are required.

We offer excellent benefits including profit sharing, 11 paid holidays, two weeks vacation, 401(k) option and medical, dental and life insurance.

To be successful in this position the candidate must understand, accept and be committed to our employee-developed Company Values of being Fair, Flexible, Market, Customer & Improvement Driven, Dedicated, Responsible and be dedicated to Teamwork.

Email response must include “Industrial Electrician” in the subject line.

INSIDE SALES/MARKETING

(4 yr degree preferred)

Independent Can Company, a global manufacturing, family-owned company with annual sales of 60 million dollars, is seeking an experienced Inside Sales/Marketing person to join our Sales Team. The successful candidate needs to have sales, customer support and service experience, with media design experience (Adobe graphic design, photo-editing or layout software) a plus. Experience with media communications and/or advertising also a plus.

This person will be responsible for inside sales/account management as well as the development of new customers and new product sales in the United States and Canada while assisting with the Company’s marketing efforts. He/she will also be responsible for backing up outside sales people as needed with data entry, samples, and other office functions as well as working with the Marketing Specialist.

The skills and experience necessary for success in this position are creativity; experience with sales and customer service; marketing the ability to communicate effectively in writing, on the phone and in person; and the ability to set goals; sales acumen and a good mathematics skill level. The selected individual must have excellent communication and people skills and the adaptability to fit into a manufacturing/ distribution environment.

Proficiency with the Microsoft office suite (Excel, Word), experience using the Internet, and the ability to learn company-specific software is required. Being bi-lingual in Spanish or Chinese would be beneficial but is not required.

Email response must include “Inside Sales/Marketing” in the subject line.

LITHOGRAPHY PRODUCTION SCHEDULER

(Bachelor’s Degree and Experience Required)

Independent Can Company, a global manufacturing family-owned company located in Harford County, MD is seeking a Production Scheduler to join our Lithography Department.

The successful candidate will report to the Director of Technical Operations and coordinate the production operations of that department. Duties include the balancing of customer, sales and can plant needs and scheduling production in the most efficient, cost-effective process considering set-up, run time and labor costs. This is an exempt position with purchasing responsibilities. The position requires an individual who must be able to interface in a professional manner with office staff, customers, and vendors. Knowledge and proven use of a computer system for spreadsheets and database management system as well as related software is a must. Finally, he/she must be a team player who has strong communication and organizational skills while understanding the importance of details and accuracy. Independent Can Company’s Core Values are the foundation for successful performance in this position – Fair; Flexible; Market, Customer & Improvement Driven; Dedicated; Responsible and be dedicated to Teamwork.

PRINTING PRESSMAN

(Large Format)

The successful candidate must be experienced in operating 36” and 45” presses. Experience with console-controlled Planeta or Rapida presses would be helpful. He/she will be responsible for preparation, set-up, running and routine maintenance for 4- and 6-color lines. This is a five-to six-day-a-week job; overtime is a condition of employment and paid after 8 hours. Applicant must have excellent problem-solving skills. Responsibilities include absolute assurance of quality standards in strict and complete compliance with customers’ needs while mentoring and training the personnel assigned to the team.

COATER OPERATOR — LITHOGRAPHY

Wagner Spot Coater (Experience Required)

The Lithography Division of Independent Can Company, a metal decorator located in Belcamp, (Harford County) Maryland, is seeking an experienced Coater Operator. The successful candidate will be responsible for set up and operation of the Wagner Spot Coater. The Operator is responsible for the application of coatings and varnishes to metal sheets that are cured through an LTG oven. In addition, the Operator will be responsible for monitoring of the coater film weights and registration of various coatings. This is an hourly non-exempt position subject to overtime and reports to the Lithography Supervisor. This person should have good mechanical and problem-solving skills.

Email responses must include Coater Operator in the subject line.

MACHINE OPERATORS

(All Shifts)

Independent Can Company, a manufacturer of metal packaging products in Belcamp, Maryland, (Harford County) is in search of Machine Operators for first and second shifts. Specific can manufacturing experience is not required; however, experience with the operation of manufacturing equipment is necessary. Excellent attendance and ability to work overtime are conditions of employment. As a full-time employee, you will receive overtime pay after eight hours a day with a three-level pay structure.

Email response subject line must include Machine Operator.

For ALL positions:

Resumes without complete salary history will not be considered.

To avoid spam filters, position title must be in the subject line of email responses.

NO AGENCIES OR SEARCH FIRMS ACCEPTED.

Fax resume with complete salary history to: Human Resources Manager (410) 272-6494 OR, email hrdept@independentcan.com, (position title must be in subject line), OR Mail to P.O. Box 370, 1300 Brass Mill Road, Belcamp, MD 21017

Compensation package includes, vacation, paid holidays, medical/dental coverage, profit sharing and 401k options. To be successful in this position the candidate must understand, accept and be committed to our employee-developed Company Values. These values are Fairness, Flexibility, being Customer, Market, and Improvement Driven, Dedicated, Responsible and consistent Teamwork.

Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/D/V - Drug-Free and Smoke-Free Workplace

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Manufacturing Jobs Making a Comeback in southern US

Original Article by NBC News

Apple CEO Tim Cook’s announcement earlier this month that the company will start building Macs closer to home in 2013 was seen as a milestone that could help jump-start U.S. manufacturing.

But over the past few years, factories in the American South from the Carolinas to Alabama to Kentucky have already experienced such a rebirth.

Both U.S. and foreign companies have opened plants in southeastern states in recent years, many since the end of the recession. Others are expanding existing plants or have plans to break ground in 2013.

In South Carolina, Boeing builds 787 Dreamliners just north of Charleston, and Starbucks roasts coffee beans in St. Matthews, outside Columbia. General Electric is once again making water heaters and refrigerators at its gigantic Appliance Park plant in Louisville, Ky. A Mobile, Ala., shipyard run by Austal USA is growing so quickly that in the past two years the Australian company’s workforce has swollen from 800 to 3,300.

Over the past year, North Carolina’s Secretary of Commerce Keith Crisco says about 80 percent of the new companies coming to the state involved some form of manufacturing. “That’s a big number for us, and the jobs are better than they were,” he said.

Companies are taking advantage of state- and local-funded business incentives and convenient transportation routes, as well as the Southeastern U.S.’s lower cost of living and a largely non-union labor force that’s inexpensive relative to other parts of the country.

Although hundreds of thousands of factory jobs have disappeared in the South and across the country over the past two decades due to automation and outsourcing to cheaper labor markets in China, Vietnam and elsewhere, the United States remains a manufacturing powerhouse. The country still produces 18.2 percent of the world’s manufactured goods, edging out China‘s 17.6 percent, according to thelatest figures from the National Association of Manufacturers and World Bank.

Today, however, even Chinese companies are building factories in the Southeast, ducking rising labor costs at home, and to be closer to customers and take advantage of the region’s pro-business policies. One of the first was appliance maker Haier Group, which opened a $40 million refrigerator factory in Camden, S.C., a dozen years ago. One of the latest is Lenovo Group Ltd., which operates a fulfillment center in Whitsett, N.C. In October, Lenovo announced plans to begin making ThinkPads there in 2013, adding an estimated 115 jobs to an existing workforce of 2,200.

While factory jobs haven’t returned to pre-recession levels, they’re getting there. In Georgia and Tennessee, manufacturing employment grew 3 percent in the 12 months ending in October, nearly  twice the national average of 1.6 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Factory employment was above average in Alabama (2.9 percent), South Carolina (2.4 percent) and Mississippi (2 percent) as well. 

“It’s a business climate like you won’t find anywhere else,” says Doug Woodward, an economics professor at the University of South Carolina and incoming president of the North American Regional Science Council, which studies local economies.

Low-cost labor is one of the region’s big draws. Economists cite the lack of a large union presence as a benefit since it allows companies to move factory workers from job to job as needs change. In seven Southern states, union members account for less than 5 percent of the workforce. That’s less than half of the 11.8 percent national average, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

“It’s all about flexibility,” Brian Leathers, senior vice president and chief financial officer for Austal USA, told NBC News. “Because we treat our people properly — benefits, pay, safe working conditions — there’s not a need for representation.”

However, critics point to academic and economic research showing that in right-to-work states, wages and benefits are lower. “They’re just not as well compensated,” says Matthew W. Finkin, an employment law expert and professor at the University of Illinois’ law school . “So they’re creating more jobs and giving more work to people, but they’re not giving the benefits and other aspects of employee protections (workers would) have in other states if they were in (a) union.” 

The local chapter of the Sheet Metal Workers International Association has been unsuccessful in three attempts to organize Austal’s Mobile, Ala., shipyard.  A representative of Local 441 could not be reached  for comment. A representative of the SMWIA’s national office declined to comment.

Crisco maintains that manufacturing jobs coming into the South pay more because they require more technical skills. He argues that right-to-work laws are only one factor drawing companies to the region, along with generous workforce training programs and incentives such as tax breaks that South Carolina gives to companies making substantial capital investments in the area. “Sure, it’s controversial about incentives, but in terms of locating manufacturing jobs here, it’s been fairly successful,” Woodward says.

Here’s a look at activity in a handful of southern states where manufacturing jobs are on the rise:

South Carolina
South Carolina’s manufacturing industry lost 100,000 jobs during the 2000s before the 2007-2009 recession wiped out another 40,000, Woodward says.

Recent moves by Boeing, BMW, Michelin, and other tire and auto parts manufacturers and durable goods makers to open or expand factories have reversed that trend. Boeing alone created 8,000 new jobs in the past two years, Woodward says. “We’ve gained 10,000 to 15,000 jobs,” he says. “Our immediate prospects are very good, but it’s going to be a long road if we’re going to recover” historic manufacturing employment levels.

In January, BMW said it would add 300 people to an existing workforce of 7,000 at a highly automated auto manufacturing plant in Greer, the company’s largest factory outside of Germany. The expansion will to boost annual production to 350,000 by 2014. “The deep roots of the workforce here in manufacturing are really helpful and we developed a close relationship with the local tech colleges to improve our workforce,” BMW Manufacturing President Josef Kerscher said in a late November talk at the University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business. “I’m really satisfied seeing how well prepared our workforce is for advanced manufacturing.”

North Carolina
The textile and apparel makers that made up the bulk of North Carolina’s traditional manufacturing sector “left and are not coming back,” Crisco says. They’re being replaced with companies like Lenovo, which is moving ThinkPad manufacturing to the state from Mexico.

Jeld-Wen, an Oregon-based window and door maker, announced on Dec. 13 that it is moving its North American headquarters to Charlotte, adding 142 management and administrative jobs. The company already operates two manufacturing plants in the area with 2,200 employees.

In 2012, manufacturing accounts for 20 percent of North Carolina’s gross domestic product, and that doesn’t include recently announced deals that will add to manufacturing employment in the near future, Crisco says.

Alabama
In Mobile, Austal is building high-speed, aluminum ships for the U.S. Navy, made to quickly deliver troops to a war zone or disaster area.

Austal is one of many foreign companies that have opened factories in and around Mobile in the past decade, a group that includes Mercedes Benz, Honda, Toyota and Hyundai. In 2013, Airbus will join the list. The European aircraft manufacturer is expected to break ground on a $600 million complex in 2013 and begin assembling planes there two years later, creating 1,000 jobs, according to the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce.

Though mega deals like the one with Airbus get the most attention, 94 percent of factories in the tri-county area around Mobile are domestic, says chamber spokeswoman Susan Rak-Blanchard. Attracting smaller companies that bring 50 to 150 jobs to the area has been “our bread and butter over the years,” she says.

Kentucky
The number of people working at GE’s famed Appliance Park industrial complex in Louisville peaked at 23,000 in the early 1970s before starting to drop a decade later and hitting bottom in 2011 at less than 2,000, according to a recent report in The Atlantic. In February, the company returned to the plant, making low-energy water heaters there instead of having them built by a Chinese contractor. A month later, GE moved a refrigerator assembly line from Mexico to the plant, according to the report.

(GE is a minority owner in NBCUniversal.)

So far, GE has poured $800 million into revamping manufacturing operations at the facility, including $150 million on a new dishwasher assembly line. According to the company, factory workers helped design the line to be faster and safer, and as a result per-unit production time has dropped 65 percent.

“Companies are looking for a lower cost place to do business and a skilled workforce,” said David King, Central South Carolina Alliance marketing vice president. “It doesn’t get more basic than that.”