Full Time Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k with Company Match, PTO)

Job Type: Onsite

Salary Range: $17.00 - $19.00, DOE

Shift: 1st shift

Location: Chatsworth, CA

Fralock is an engineered solutions provider of specialty components and subassemblies using advanced materials for high reliability, severe environment, and technically challenging applications. We develop and manufacture custom integrated solutions. Established in 1967, we are a critical solutions provider to Fortune 500 corporations, government, and targeted OEMs in a variety of industries including Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturing, Medical and Life Science, Aerospace and Defense, Industrial, Electronics, and Energy. Fralock is headquartered in Valencia, CA with manufacturing locations located throughout Northern and Southern California.

VISION

To be recognized by our customers as a leading solutions provider of proprietary engineered advanced materials for high reliability, severe environment, and technically challenging applications.

MISSION

To create value, profitably grow, and share our success with all stakeholders.

CULTURE

• Respect – We treat others the way they want to be treated.
• Integrity – We practice a high standard of ethics in our business dealings with customers, suppliers and employees.
• Responsiveness – We have a sense of urgency in responding to internal and external requests, and work proactively to solve problems.
• Excellence/Competence – We empower our people to continuously improve and execute high quality work.
• Teamwork – We work together to achieve Fralock business objectives by communicating at a high level, by listening and having clarity in our expectations of one another.
• Individual Accountability and Personal Responsibility – We do what we have committed to do when we committed to doing it.
• Continuous Improvement across all segments of the company

This position requires access to information controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), the successful candidate must be a "U.S. person" as defined in the ITAR and EAR (which generally means (i) be a citizen or national of the United States; or (ii) be a lawful permanent resident of the United States; or (iii) have been admitted to the United States as a refugee, or have been granted asylum, as specified under applicable law.

Job Summary

Basic packaging techniques (bundling, wrapping, heat-sealing, counting, inspecting, assembly, cleaning, etc.). Understanding of all shop floor-related and Packaging terms and phrases. Performs assembly work of a highly repetitive nature.

Key Responsibilities

• Assemble components accurately, thoroughly, and quickly to approved specifications.
• Rotate through multiple workstations on a shift to ensure maximum productivity.
• Read blueprints and verify the parts required prior to assembly.
• Inform supervisors of any part or equipment defects to ensure prompt response to the problem.
• Familiarize yourself with the tools, instrumentation, and calibration equipment.
• Communicate with other stations on the assembly line to ensure maximum speed and accuracy.
• Tend or operate machine that packages product.
• Secure finished packaged items by hand tying, gluing, stapling, heat sealing or vacuum sealing.
• Stop or reset machines when malfunctions occur, clear machine jams, and report malfunctions to a supervisor.
• Regulate machine flow, speed, or temperature.
• Stock and sort products for packaging or filling machine operation, and replenish packaging supplies, such as wrapping paper, plastic sheet, boxes, cartons, glue, ink, or labels.
• Inspect and remove defective products and packaging material.
• Clean and remove damaged or otherwise inferior materials to prepare raw products for processing.
• Attach identification labels to finished packaged items.
• Follow all safety requirements.
• Maintain good housekeeping in work and public areas.
• Other duties as needed or assigned by supervisor.

Required Skills

• Ability to sort, communicate, read, comprehend, and follow instructions and directions.
• Compare for correctness, count accurately.
• Good communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Self-starter with demonstrated ability to achieve results.

Preferred Skills

• Cleanroom Experience
• Blue-print reading
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to deal effectively with individuals at all levels.
• Ability to multi-task
• Results and action oriented
• Fast learner
• Strong communication skills
• Lean manufacturing/5S knowledge
• Use hand-tool measuring devices.

Experience Requirements

No experience necessary

Education Requirements

High school diploma, GED or five (5) years’ work experience

Physical Requirements

• Requires using hands to handle tools or controls.
• Requires repetitive movement.
• Must have vision (with or without assistance) capable of seeing small objects at a close distance. Must be able to accurately place small objects in the appropriate location.
• Requires prolonged standing/sitting.
• Requires lifting to 25lbs.

Working Conditions

Working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions. A cleanroom environment requires wearing smocks, hairnets, shoe-covers, and gloves, may reach temperatures as low as 66F. Safety-toed shoes required and other Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), as needed.

All offers of employment at Fralock are contingent upon clear results of a background check. Background checks may include some or all of the following depending on job title and responsibilities:

• Social Security Verification
• Prior Employment Verification
• Criminal History
• Personal and Professional References
• Motor Vehicle Records
• Credit History

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of a position.

Fralock provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.