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Production Operator

FMI
Muscle Shoals, AL Full Time
POSTED ON 3/18/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/15/2026

The Utility and Production Operator essential functions include:

  • The ability to work as a member of a team, have attention to detail, and work promptly and safely, while maintaining accuracy and quality.
  • Operates various pieces of equipment. Has knowledge of and ability to react to operating and maintenance problems on all equipment that the individual has been trained to operate.
  • Has knowledge of the inspection process, customer requirements, measuring tools, and overall familiarity with the department operations and maintenance practices.
  • Obtain thorough knowledge to produce a quality product consistently, and the ability to control those parameters in a timely fashion. Also requires basic computer and customer requirements.
  • Follow all safety rules to avoid workplace accidents.
  • Must work accurately to avoid a loss of production, serious damage to machines, and reduced quality of product.
  • Works as a member of a team, operating equipment to produce quality product.
  • Cross-train at different workstations
  • Must be able to work rotating shifts including nights, weekends & holidays, if necessary

Education:

  • High school diploma or GED.

Experience:

  • One (1) year of manufacturing experience.(preferred)

Personal Attributes:
This individual will:

  • Have well developed interpersonal skills, with the ability to quickly adapt to, be accepted by, and interrelate with the organization.
  • Be willing to safely work flexible hours. Be energetic, disciplined and focused on maximizing team performance.
  • Demonstrate success within a team based structure.
  • Have good interpersonal and partnering skills, with the ability to quickly adapt to, be accepted by, and interrelate with the organization at all levels.
  • Be willing to work shifts, weekends, holidays and rotating schedules, if necessary.

Performance Factors:

  • Attendance and Dependability: The employee can be depended on to report to work at the scheduled time and is seldom absent from work. Employee can be depended upon to complete work in a timely, accurate, and thorough manner being conscientious about assignments.
  • Communication and Contact: The employee communicates effectively both verbally and in writing with subordinates, superiors, colleagues and visitors to the plant.
  • Relationships with Others: The employee works effectively and relates well with others including superiors, colleagues, and individuals inside and outside the Company. The employee exhibits a professional manner in dealing with others and works to maintain constructive working relationships.

Work Environment:

  • Job function is performed in/out a plant setting requiring standard safety precautions.
  • There is exposure to operating machinery and a manufacturing environment.
  • Activities will involve working near moving machinery, heavy equipment, noise, hazardous materials, various gases, and high locations in a congested area.
  • This position may require performing tasks on computers.
  • There will be periods of walking, standing, pulling, pushing and lifting.
  • The employee frequently is required to use hands and fingers to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and climb or balance.
  • The employee is occasionally required to reach with arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk and hear.
  • The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
  • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Remotely

  • No

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $17.00 - $20.00 per hour

Benefits:

  • 401(k)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

Salary : $17 - $20

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