**Arc Herkimer**

**Production Support Specialist**

**Herkimer, NY - Full Time**

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Arc Herkimer is looking for energetic and motivated staff to work with individuals with disabilities and help them achieve their goals!!! A production support specialist promotes positive self-esteem of individuals in an industrial setting using a hands-on approach to train, motivate and supervise a group of individual's with disabilities to meet the work requirements of manufacturing sub-contracts. We have a full-time position available.

Activities/duties include:

* Train and supervise individuals to meet production and quality standards

* Assist production manager with daily routine and oversight

* Perform job duties in a safe manner and ensure health and safety of individuals served

* Maintain inventory control of product and material through production process

* Prepare paperwork such as timesheets, inventory control, etc.

Position requirements:

* High school diploma/GED

* One (1) year of previous industrial experience OR experience with individuals with disabilities required

* Arc Herkimer approvable driver's license required

**Candidates with an Associate's or a Bachelor's degree are paid at a higher rate!**

Position is located in the Herkimer area. Full-time, Monday through Friday, 7a - 3p with flexibility.

Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer/ Veterans/ Disabled

Location Highest level of education completed Current Employer: Duties* Previous Employer: Duties Previous Employer: Duties Applicant's Statement:

I certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the statements contained herein and on any attachments are true, correct, complete, and made in good faith.

I am aware that any omissions, falsifications, misstatements or misrepresentations above may disqualify me for employment consideration and, if I am hired, may be grounds for termination at a later date if discovered.

I authorize the investigation of all statements contained in this application as may be necessary in arriving at an employment decision. I consent to the release of information about my ability, employment history, and fitness for employment by employers, schools, law enforcement agencies, and other individuals and organizations for employment services, and hold harmless former employers/references contacted for any information given in connection with this application.

I understand that this application is not and is not intended to be a contract of employment.* This page MUST be completed and signed if you are applying for one of the following positions: Direct Support Professional (direct care), Bus Driver, Bus Aide, Medicaid Service Coordinator, Developmental Disabilities Specialist, IRA Coordinator, Residence Manager, Consumer Services Advocate, and Section Supervisor. There may be certain other positions not listed above that also require this statement to be signed; you will be advised of these upon an interview.

The position you are applying for requires the employee, after training by Arc Herkimer, to be able to physically assist consumers in walking, standing up, sitting down, and/or toileting and bathing. To do so, employees are required to be able to bend, stoop, sit, stand, and lift. Intermittent but regular, moderate physical exertion will be required in connection with positioning, lifting, transferring, and otherwise assisting individuals.

The employee is also required, with assistance by Arc Herkimer, to obtain and maintain CPR, First Aid, and S.C.I.P (Strategies for Crisis Intervention and Prevention) certifications. The employee is required to be able to physically intervene with a consumer when necessary using approved S.C.I.P. techniques.

a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or

a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.