John Henry Foster has been helping customers solve problems since 1944. Making it easier for them to do business and doing it all with more expertise and a personal touch. Our founder, John Henry Foster, started as a traveling manufacturing representative, selling pneumatic equipment out of the back of his Airstream trailer. With unmatched service, expertise and quality products, John Henry built a strong foundation for the organization that stands today.
Although times have changed, and our business has grown, we still follow John Henry’s philosophy – “…Take care of the business and the business will take care of you.” With over 200 employee-owners, industry-trusted supplier partners, and a strong loyalty to our customers, we continue to grow as we provide quality products, expertise, convenience, and service that exceeds our customer expectations.
Today, we’re a 100% employee-owned company and looking to add an experienced production assistant to join our team. Someone who values teamwork and is committed to excellence and service and who can start making an immediate impact for our customers. Does this sound like you?
As a production assistant your impact is two-fold:
- For the customer, your plan and coordinate work orders as scheduled, so that we can provide quality products on time and to our customer’s specifications.
- For the team, your goal is to maintain an organized, efficient, and quality centric schedule for our Hydraulic Power Unit Department. You’ll be responsible for documenting, communicating, and verifying needs and information; collaborating with other team members and departments; and coordinating activities to ensure an excellent customer experience.
Pay & Benefits Package:
John Henry Foster is dedicated to ensuring our employee-owners achieve their career goals. We’re committed to the success of our team members and have a culture that emphasizes and fosters opportunities for both personal and professional growth.
This is a long-term, career-growth oriented position, and as such, the compensation package we’re offering is competitive: $18.00 - $21.00 per hour (based on 2 – 3 years’ experience) to start and includes opportunities for you to quickly maximize your earning potential through training, experience, our ESOP, bonuses, and professional development programs.
Our production assistants do a lot for us, which is why we give so much back in return. We have an excellent benefits package which includes:
- Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, HSA, and FSA plans.
- Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).
- 401(k) with company contribution/match.
- Paid time off and paid holidays.
- Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities.
Responsibilities & Duties:
- Perform the appropriate transactions to remove unused stock and non-stock items from production.
- Create HPU Manual, HPU Serial Tags, and shipping/information tags.
- Close our production orders and communicate costs and margin to the coordinator.
- Order shop supplies and tools as needed with approval from Hydraulic Manager.
- Update master BOM as needed when productions are completed.
- Review production orders and verify quantities and part numbers listed to ensure accuracy.
- Stage parts in hydraulic staging area after verification.
- Work with production manager and production coordinators to ensure part delivery and staging is done in a timely manner.
- Perform appropriate transactions for unused stock and non-stock items from productions.
- Assist technicians with hot rush or parts of an immediate nature to minimize downtime.
- Pull parts for production orders and repair orders; identify bin location in main warehouse, obtain part, bag small parts, and write identification information on bag.
- Assist with daily production activities as needed/directed.
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Requirements & Qualifications:
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required.
- Relevant associate degree (or equivalent experience) from a college or technical school preferred.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written and oral form.
- Ability to deal with problems involving standardized solutions.
- Basic PC knowledge and understanding of applications.
- Ability to communicate effectively both written and verbally.