Assembly Operator I (FIRST SHIFT)

First shift hours are  6am-2:30pm   (If working overtime the hours are 4:00am - 2:30pm.) 

Performs duties with minimal supervision while operating various machinery to produce a variety of materials. 

• Plan daily work from schedule.
• Work from prints, process specification sheets and instructions.
• Set up and adjust machinery for operation.
• Load and operate machinery to produce product.
• Make required adjustment to machinery to correct deviations and assure proper operation.
• Visually inspect completed product, taking measurements as required to ensure quality of product.
• Place completed product in designated location.
• Troubleshoot and do minor repairs on own machinery.
• Prepare required paperwork and reports.
• Notify supervisor of equipment or operating difficulties.
• Use hand tools and basic measuring instruments. Operate forklift and hand-truck.
• Follow safety rules and keep work area clean and orderly.
• Perform a variety of work, using knowledge of electrical, water, air, and hydraulic, with supervision, as needed.
• Perform a variety of schedule machinery testing and documentation.
• Use hand and power tools, drill press, saw, grinder and Oxy-Fuel cutting process.
• Operate forklift and man lift.
• Ability to work overtime.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Essential Requirements:
• Ability to plan daily work from schedule.
• Ability to load and operate machinery in area.
• Ability to use hand tools.
• Ability to read and understand blueprints and process specifications.
• Ability to use electronic equipment for data entry.
• Good eye-hand coordination, ability to visually inspect product.
• Clothing and shoes must comply with current MIOSHA regulations and current dress code policy.
• Ability to work overtime, as requested.

Essential Requirements Physical Demands:
• Lift and/or move weights ranging from 30-2500 lbs., some use of hoists, some by hand.
• Lift, push or pull over 60 lb. Hoists are available to assist with most lifting.
• Some operations require occasional stooping, crouching, kneeling, and climbing.
• Continuous standing and walking.
• Operations highly repetitive.
• Good depth perception for fork truck operation.
• Ability to hear warnings from equipment, machines, vehicles and public-address systems.
• Requires frequent grasping, gripping, pinching, and twisting of hands/wrists.
• Require frequent pushing and/or pulling.
• Require frequent reaching at or below shoulder height, some positions have over shoulder, some bending.
• Require frequent movement of head and neck.
• Continuous standing. Occasional walking at some positions, climbing stairs.
• Walking is required to and from work center to parking and break areas.

Exposure:
• Dust, noise, heat, molten material, vibration, chemicals moving vehicles and manufacturing odor.
• The factory condition environment is not air conditioned but heated.