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Machine Assembler

Leggett & Platt
Carthage, MO Full Time
POSTED ON 9/4/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/3/2026
We make life more comfortable.

Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.

Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership span more than 130 years. Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products for all areas of life. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the automotive, furniture, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile and geo components industries.

Learn more about the history of Leggett & Platt: https://leggett.com/history

Automotive

Leggett & Platt Automotive is a global provider of wire forms, mechanical control cables, wireless charging, as well as seat lumbar, suspension, bolster, actuator, and motor systems. In addition to these award-winning, category-leading products, we offer tailored goods due to our expertise in product development and attention to market trends. Our unique competitive advantages give us unmatched insight into the demands of the consumer.

Learn more about Leggett & Platt Automotive: Leggett & Platt Automotive

Summary Of Position

Perform complete and independent setup of various machine tools and perform any operation within the machine’s capacity, working from prints sketches, oral and written instructions to determine the sequence of operations to be performed, dimensions and tolerances to be held, tools to use, method of locating, aligning, and holding work, and feeds and speeds.

Skills Required

  • Must be knowledgeable in machine shop operations
  • Capability to use various machine shop tools and equipment.
  • CNC Mills, Manual Mills and Lathe
  • Work independently as well as in a team atmosphere with minimal supervision
  • Ability to read various measuring devices and perform accurate inspections
  • Must be able to read blueprints and machine parts to tolerance
  • Good organization and problem-solving skills
  • Must be able to lift, push, or pull 40 to 80lbs

Task Descriptions

  • Makes engineered parts for machinery from sketches and blueprints
  • Perform set-up and operate various machine tools to accomplish production machinery functions
  • Use milling, drilling, grinding, and other machine shop equipment
  • Decipher sketches, blueprints, and engineering details
  • Run electronic equipment and systems to perform work
  • Assemble in-house tooling
  • Perform other duties as requested or as deemed appropriate
  • Conform with the environmental policy and procedures and with the requirements of the environmental management system

What To Do Next

Now that you’ve had a chance to learn more about us, what are you waiting for! Apply today and allow us the opportunity to learn more about you and the value you can bring to our team. Once you apply, be sure to create a profile, and sign up for job alerts, so you can be the first to know when new opportunities become available.

Our Values

Our values speak to our shared beliefs, and describe how we approach working together.

  • Put People First reflects our commitment to safety and care of each other, learning and development, and creating an environment of mutual respect, empathy and belonging.
  • Do the Right Thing focuses us on acting with honesty and integrity, delivering the results the right way, taking pride in our work, and speaking the truth – good or bad.
  • Do Great Work…Together occurs when we engage without hierarchy, collaborate as a team, embrace challenges, and work for the good of all of us.
  • Take Ownership and Raise the Bar demonstrates our responsibility to add value and make a difference, challenge the status quo and biases to make things better, foster innovative and creative solutions to drive impact, and explore new perspectives and embrace change.

Our Commitment to You

We're actively taking steps to make sure our culture, processes and practices promote equal opportunity for all. Join us!

We welcome and encourage all applicants to apply. We’d love the opportunity to consider you.

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