Winfield - February 23rd

Baden Square
700 Gary
11:00-5:00

Arkansas City - February 24th

Cowley College-Brown Center
215 S 2nd St.
10:00-3:00

The following area businesses and industries plan to participate in the job fairs:  Creekstone Farms Premium Beef, Western Industries, S and Y Industries, Cowley County Mental Health and Counseling, Galaxy Technologies, Creative Community Living, KanPak, Lifestyle Staffing/Rubbermaid, Winfield Correctional Facility, Wichita Work Release Facility, Skyline Homes, City of Arkansas City, and Aflac.  Please note that KanPak and Creative Community Living (CCL) will be attending the Winfield job fair and the City of Arkansas City will be present at the Arkansas City job fair.  There are in excess of 150 available positions ranging from entry level production, maintenance and assembly; firefighter and police officer; case workers, a wide variety of industry based jobs, plus much, much more!

Workforce Alliance will be on hand one hour prior to the job fairs and throughout the day to assist with resume review and online job searching.  Chris Stanyer of Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas will also be conducting “Resume Writing and Interviewing” workshops both days.  The workshops are scheduled for Thursday at 10:00 and 1:00 and Friday at 9:00 and 1:00.  So feel free to come early and take advantage of these free services prior to visiting with potential employers.

Employers are prepared to accept applications and resumes at the job fair and conduct on site preliminary interviews.  Bring your references and resume, if you have one, or Workforce will assist you in developing one. This is a free opportunity made possible by Cowley First and their Business Partners, Workforce Solutions of South Central Kansas, and area businesses.

A Variety of Opportunities

Due to Rubbermaid’s expansion, the company will be hiring large number of employees.  In addition to Rubbermaid, fourteen Cowley County businesses and industries have 120 vacant positions ranging from production and assembly line, machinists, tool makers, warehousing, CNC programmers, firefighter and police officer, adult and child’s attendant workers, plus many more.  There is a wide variety of employment opportunities available at the Cowley County Job Fair.

Aflac

Business to Business Sales Position

Aflac consults with business owners to discuss how adding Aflac plans to their benefits (at no cost to business owner) will improve their overall employee benefit package.

Aflac is the largest and most respected provider of supplemental benefits and we are looking for business professionals who are looking for a great sales opportunity.

City of Arkansas City

Full-Time Firefighter/Kansas Certified Paramedic

This position will perform a wide range of fire and emergency service duties including fire suppression, rescue and advanced life support emergency medical response.  The successful applicant will be trained to participate in firefighting duties in rotation with EMS duties.  Pay range $13.38/hour - $17.81/hour.

Candidates must have a high school diploma or acceptable equivalent and a Kansas driver’s license with a safe driving record in addition to Kansas Paramedic Certification.  National registry affiliation preferred.  Must be 21 years of age.  Will be tested on physical agility and knowledge. 

Full Time Police Officer

The City of Arkansas City is currently accepting applications for a Police Officer.  The Arkansas City Police Department is a pro-active, close-knit and professional department with 26 full time officers.  The department offers state-of-the-art training and equipment, opportunities for advancement and excellent compensation and benefits.  Compensation commensurate with experience.

The successful applicant will be at least 21 years of age, possess a high school diploma/acceptable equivalent and good moral character with no criminal record.  Must have a valid driver’s license.  Written test, oral board, polygraph and psychological tests required.  Law enforcement experience and State of Kansas certification preferred but not required. 

The successful applicant must pass post-offer, pre-employment drug/alcohol screens along with physical capacity profile and background checks.  Residency requirements do apply.

Municipal Court Clerk

Duties include greeting/assisting the public, assisting with Municipal Court proceedings, receipting payments to the court, entering data, preparing reports, filing and other duties as assigned.  Will work as substitute in the absence of the Municipal Court Manager.  Pay Range: $12.53/hour - $16.96/hour.

Experience working in a court setting, knowledge of legal proceedings/ language and knowledge of criminal, traffic and infraction procedures a plus.  The ability to work well with the public is a must.  Ability to effectively communicate, verbally or in writing, required.  Above average computer skills necessary.  This position requires the ability to sit and to operate a computer for long periods of time.

Candidates must have a high school diploma/acceptable equivalent and a valid, driver’s license.

The successful applicant must pass post-offer, pre-employment drug/alcohol screens along with physical capacity profile and background checks.  Residency requirements do apply.

Dispatcher

Police and Fire Reserves (non paid positions)

Creekstone Farms Premium Beef

Production

Maintenance Mechanics

Creative Community Living

Direct Support Professional

Creative Community Living, Inc. is looking for reliable and caring employee’s to fill our openings in Winfield and Arkansas City.  We have full-time (3 day and 5 day shifts), shifts available. These positions provide care to individuals with developmental disabilities.
Starting pay: $8.76/hr (night shift differential is $.25 more an hour for work performed between 11pm and 7am) *All applicants must provide a valid drivers’ license (with the exception of Night Shift applicants), and another form of I.D. upon application for employment.  EOE

Team Leader

The team leader provides a high quality of life for persons served and ensures compliance with various state/federal regulations by managing all services and activities occurring in his/her assigned program location and supervising a staff of direct support professionals.  This is a salaried exempt position requiring varying hours and duties. 
Minimum qualifications:  Bachelor's degree in human development; health administration; developmental psychology; general psychology; special education; social work; rehabilitation counseling; recreation, art, music, speech, physical or occupational therapy; sociology; or a related behavioral sciences discipline and one year of experience serving persons with developmental disabilities.  Experience may be substituted for the bachelor's degree.

Team Leader Trainee

The team leader trainee is responsible for working with the team leaders to gain insight and knowledge needed to be a team leader.  They will learn exactly what responsibilities a team leader has as a house supervisor. The team leader trainee will learn how to provide a high quality of life for persons served and ensures compliance with various state/federal regulations by managing all services and activities occurring in his/her assigned program location.  This is an hourly, non-exempt position requiring varying hours and duties. 
Minimum Qualifications:  One year of experience serving persons with developmental disabilities.

All applicants must provide a valid drivers’ license and another form of I.D. upon application for employment. 
These positions are open until filled!

Cowley County Mental Health

Children's Case Managers (2 openings)

Children's Case Managers are needed to work with adolescents impacted by severe mental illness. Flexible hours, travel within the county, dependable transportation with current insurance and valid driver’s license with good driving record are a must. A combination of experience in related field and college required to the equivalent of 4 years is required. Drug Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer.

Part-Time Adult Attendant Care Worker (1 opening)

An Attendant Care Worker is needed to work with adult clients. Applicants must be at least 21 years old, have a valid driver's license with good driving record and valid auto insurance and be able to pass all required background screens. High School diploma or GED is required. Approximately 20 hours a week. Hours will consist of daytime hours, but could include some evenings and weekends on an as needed basis. Drug Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer.

Part-Time Children’s Attendant Care Workers (2 openings)

Attendant Care Workers are needed to work with adolescents impacted by severe mental illness. Applicants must be at least 21 years old, have a valid driver's license with good driving record and valid auto insurance and be able to pass all required background screens. High School diploma or GED is required. Preference will be given to those who have higher education and those who have paid experience working with children. Approximately 20 hours a week. Hours will consist of daytime hours, but could include some evenings and weekends on an as needed basis. Drug Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer.

PRN Respite Staff Workers (several openings)

Great additional income opportunity! A respite staff worker is needed to work weekend shifts (typically 6am-6pm or 6pm-6am, but sometimes there are 6 hour shifts scheduled). Selected applicants will work one-on-one with children in a “home-like” setting, providing interactive activities and basic supervision. Our respite care services offer parents of children diagnosed with emotional disorders a short break. Positions are PRN, which means that you work as much or as little as your schedule allows. Applicants must be 21 years of age, must have a high school diploma or GED, and pass all pre-employment background checks. A minimum of two years paid experience working with youth is required.

Galaxy Technologies

CNC Machinist

Job Purpose:  Creates quality products by setting up and operating milling and/or lathe machinery.  Works under general supervision.

Essential Functions include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

1. Obtains information for upcoming jobs by communicating with programmers, tool makers, and opposite shift regarding specifications, potential issues, tie-in details, and work order numbers.
2. Prepares to run job by locating, prepping, and setting up machine, tools, tooling, cutters, parts, fixtures, and materials.
3. Manufactures repeat parts by reading tie-in sheet; starting up machine; resetting and changing tooling; loading and editing program or waiting for new program; running program; ensuring machine is running correctly; obtaining part layout from tool maker; removing part; deburring and cleaning part; labeling part; and removing tooling.
4. Manufactures new parts by obtaining materials, prints, and programs; setting up parts and tools; writing, editing, and loading program; running part per print, model, program, or tool maker instructions; ensuring machine is running correctly; obtains part layout; removing part; deburring and cleaning part; labeling part; and removing tooling.
5. Performs machinery maintenance on CNC department machinery and cutting equipment by repairing machines, verifying pivot lengths, flycutting tables, and sharpening and/or replacing cutters.
6. Ensures job accuracy by reading blueprints, verifying dimensions, checking parts per print dimension, editing programs, editing feeds and speeds, proving programs, and creating programs in Prospector.
7. Maintains electronic information by backing up programs and CNC files. Generates data via shop floor programming for CNC equipment lacking data. Maintains historical data by filing programs.
8. Improves production quality, efficiency, and timeliness by modifying programs and revising production notes and programs.
9. Operates multiple machines including Bridgeports and grinders. Utilizes non-CNC equipment in support of CNC operations.
10. Conducts machine maintenance by identifying needed repairs, filling and/or replacing fluids, checking lubrication lines, cleaning and/or replacing filters, and checking hoses. Cleans machines, tool changer, bay oil screen, coolant tank, and tool pot doors. Completes machine maintenance sheet.
11. Maintains quality standards by reworking jobs to meet specifications.
12. Records machine time by logging hours the machine has been powered on, run times and spindle revolutions.
13. Maintains personal precision tools by inspecting, calibrating, repairing and ordering tooling.
14. Becomes familiar with the quality system requirements as they pertain to the department.
15. Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules and regulations. Secures tools, materials and equipment at end of day. Ensures building is locked and unnecessary utilities are shut off when building is unoccupied.
16. Contributes to team effort by actively participating in team meetings.

Tool Maker

Job Purpose:  Creates quality products by setting up and operating tooling machinery. Works under general supervision.

Essential Functions include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

1. Carries out supervisory responsibilities including training and development; planning, assigning, and directing work; and inspecting work.
2. Develops tools by studying blueprints, sketches, specifications, and descriptions and applying knowledge of materials, machining, and assembly methods. Creates DXF files for the Water Jet and Hurco machines.
3. Schedules jobs by coordinating with departments to determine job specific needs such as polishing, welding, EDM, Deulieg, and gun drill. Prepares jobs by comparing prints to models and gathering and/or ordering materials and hardware.
4. Communicates with programmer to determine set-up and machine details and ensures programmer has necessary prints and paperwork.
5. Programs, sets-up, and operates equipment and machinery including CNC and manual machines. Builds and repairs various tooling projects including molds, dies, and aircraft.
6. Confirms parts by comparing measurements to specifications.
7. Communicates with upper management regarding rework specifications and timeframe deadlines.
8. Communicates with operators regarding ideas for safe and efficient set-ups, tool needs, and job progress. Provides set-up assistance to operators.
9. Communicates with shipping and receiving to verify incoming materials and notify them of future outgoing jobs.
10. Ensures quality standards by reviewing job finish requirements with polishers.
11. Performs preventative machine maintenance on department equipment and tools including Hurco machine.
12. Reviews aircraft status sheet for project specifics and due dates.
13. Maintains quality standards by overseeing and inspecting jobs to ensure correct per specifications and finished in timely manner. Coordinates all outside services necessary to complete jobs including grinding, EDM, painting, stress-relieving, and heat treat.
14. Ensures quality of product by visually inspecting all parts prior to sending to inspection.
15. Communicates with inspection to organize project needs and ensure all original paperwork including certifications and purchase orders are sent to inspection with parts. Assembles tools for delivery. Confirms receipt of all pertinent paperwork.
16. Ensures shipping utilizes proper packaging and provides required paperwork.
17. Evaluates problems and determines most cost-effective and efficient method of correcting issues and eliminating downtime. Ensures implementation of solution.
18. Maintains communication with management regarding developments affecting cost or delivery of jobs. Reports status of projects weekly.
19. Maintains personal and company tools by cleaning, polishing and disassembling. Certifies personal hand tools in annual inspection.
20. Assists management in the quoting process of potential new projects.
21. Electronically organizes and archives finished projects in computer.
22. Becomes familiar with the quality system requirements as they pertain to the department.
23. Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules and regulations. Secures tools, materials and equipment at end of day.
24. Contributes to team effort by actively participating in team meetings.

Galaxy will also be filling positions for Mold Techs, CNC Programmers, Mold Builders, and Jig Builders

Kan Pak

Stork Operator

Operate the stork sterilizer, homogenizer, connect and disconnect product lines, clean equipment with automated clean in place system and record keeping.

Batcher 

Make batches of food product from a variety of dry and liquid goods, with the ability to operate pumps, mixers, clean equipment, lift 50 plus pounds, keep records and follow directions, operate a touch screen monitor

Warehouse

Load pallets of product onto trucks, unload materials from truck, and transfer pallets from production lines to warehouse racking, transfer raw ingredients to production batch room, operate stretch wrap machines. Must be forklift certified

Quality Control

Raw and finished product testing, recording temperatures, shelf life testing, testing of milk trucks, sort and retain samples, product sampling, pouch and bottle examinations, clean as needed

Bottle line

Must be mechanically inclined. Experience with robots or mechatronics a plus, touch screen monitors, conveyors, heat tunnels, etc.

Maintenance

Repair and maintain all machines, experience with PLCs, pneumatics, hydraulics, conveyors, robots, automation. Able to interpret blue prints and schematics. Previous experience with Allen Bradley preferred.

KSOK

Marketing Representative

KSOK has an exciting employment opportunity in the marketing department. Do you have the desire for success, like a creative environment and want to help businesses with marketing strategies? The Good Guys are a community leader in South Central Kansas and Northern Oklahoma seeking to add a professional marketing representative to its staff. If you are interested, please send your resume to KSOK@KSOKRadio.com.

Lifestyle Staffing/Rubbermaid

Production and Warehouse Positions

Immediate positions available for day and night shifts

S & Y Industries

Inventory Clerk

Experience in the electronics field and/or inventory setting.

Production workers

We have different departments including soldering.  Someone with soldering experience would be a plus.

Experienced Wire Harness Technician/lead

 

Marketing/Advertising Specialist

 

Retail Sales Person for a Winfield Retail Store

(Inquiry at S&Y Booth)

Skyline Homes

All phases of manufactured home production. Frame carpentry to tape and texture to finish carpentry.

All job offers are contingent upon successful background checks and the passing of a pre-employment physical and hair particle drug screen. After training incentive wages up to $16.50 plus per hour, depending on skills and production rate available.  50 year business history in Arkansas City, Ks.  Solid benefit package after completion of probationary period.

Webster Engineering

Job Descriptions will be available soon

Western Industries

Quality Auditor

Important Role  First part approval, Monitor production compliance, Help resolve manufacturing problems

Job Qualifications

• 2nd or 3rd shift assignment
• Overtime to meet production or cover absences
• Read and understand blueprints
• Follow procedures and resolve disputes on product quality

Education and Experience

• 3 years in manufacturing preferred
• 2 years in quality, and education in non-destructive testing preferred

 

Door Operator

A Door Operator is a key asset to Lean Manufacturing.  They need to have safety awareness, be flexible, open-minded, quality & waste conscience, reliable and coordinated.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to perform continuous, repetitious, work involving grasping, pulling and pushing of plastic parts weighing 1-75 pounds.
• Occasional lifting/dragging/sliding of pallets weighing approximately 75 pounds.
• Must be able to grip and pull a hand held trim knife, which will be used to trim plastic molded parts.
• Must be able to use and maneuver small hand tools and/or power tools.
• Must be able to stand, stoop, bend, and turn body from side-to-side approximately 7 hours in an 8 hour work day.
• Must be able to withstand extreme heat conditions reaching up to 120 degrees.

 

Responsibilities:

• Observe and practice Safety Policies.
• Report any unsafe working conditions.
• Maintain quality standards.
• Responsible for Production Paperwork.

• Completing the PPG Plastics Daily Production Sheet (front and back).  Information Needed to complete this form:
  • Completing the Hourly Count Sheet
  • Filling out production tags
• Handle material to and from workstations.
• Weigh, separate, cut and trim parts.
• Perform minor finishing and assembly operations.
• Place scrap plastic on conveyors or feed into grinders - DO NOT THROW scrap plastic into grinders.
• Prepare parts for secondary operations.
• Assemble parts into finished products.
• Clean parts as required.
• Form cartons for shipping purposes.
• Insert product literature and decals as required.
• Notify Supervisor and Machine Tenders of equipment malfunctions or quality problems.
• Perform rework.
• Keep workstation that you are assigned to clean & orderly.
• Additional housekeeping duties may be assigned as needed.

 

Pack Out- Job Description

Pack Out is a key asset to Lean Manufacturing.  They need to have safety awareness, be flexible, open-minded, quality & waste conscience, reliable and coordinated.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to perform continuous, repetitious, work involving grasping, lifting and pushing of plastic parts weighing 5 to 100 pounds.
• Occasional lifting/dragging/sliding of pallets weighing approximately 75 pounds.
• Must be able to use and maneuver small hand tools and/or power tools.
• Must be able to stand, stoop, bend, and turn body from side-to-side approximately 7 hours in an 8 hour work day.
• Must be able to withstand extreme heat conditions reaching up to 120 degrees.

 

Responsibilities:

• To follow the work instruction of each assembly line and make sure that all components are in the assembled unit.
• Maintain quality standards. (Looking at each part as you are packing for substandard defects)
• Responsible for Production Paperwork.
  • Filling out production tags or assembly production label for each finished goods produced.
• Handle material to and from workstations.
• Perform minor finishing and assembly operations.
• Place defective parts in the correct racking on the assembly lines.
• Assemble parts into finished products.
• Clean parts as required.
• Form cartons for shipping purposes.
• Insert product literature and decals as required.
• Notify Supervisor and/or Lead of equipment malfunctions or quality problems.
• Perform rework when required.
• Keep workstation that you are assigned to clean & orderly.
• Additional housekeeping duties may be assigned as needed.

 

Wichita Work Release Facility

Corrections Counselor I

This position is responsible for performing all duties through a team approach to risk management that addresses criminogenic indicators and needs.  The team approach involves evaluating risk factors in order to make decisions regarding facility/cell or work assignments, referrals to services, and the level/type of supervision, and to develop comprehensive release plans for inmates who are within one year of release.  The work of this position requires ongoing proactive communications and interaction with inmates that is designed to apply cognitive programming to disrupt, rather than reinforce, antisocial behavior and inappropriate reactions to situations.

Winfield Correctional Facility

Corrections Officer I A

Position oversees adult male felons incarcerated in minimum custody level correctional facility.  This involves ensuring safety and security of staff, inmates, and the public.  Duties are diversified and include working effectively and efficiently to accomplish tasks involving all aspects of inmates’ incarceration.

Corrections Counselor I

This position is responsible for performing all duties through a team approach to risk management that addresses criminogenic indicators and needs.  The team approach involves evaluating risk factors in order to make decisions regarding facility/cell or work assignments, referrals to services, and the level/type of supervision, and to develop comprehensive release plans for inmates who are within one year of release.  The work of this position requires ongoing proactive communications and interaction with inmates that is designed to apply cognitive programming to disrupt, rather than reinforce, antisocial behavior and inappropriate reactions to situations. 

Additional Resources

Workforce Alliance – Resume review and Interview techniques