Assembly Technician

Lincoln Electric is a high-performance industrial machinery and technology leader who helps customers manufacture and maintain vital equipment and infrastructure. Lincoln Electric’s innovative solutions enable higher quality and productivity across a variety of processes including welding, cutting, brazing, machining, process automation, and field repair. The Company leverages proprietary technologies and expertise in materials science, power electronics, automation, and intelligent software to help customers build better and achieve resilience in their operations. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Lincoln Electric is the essential ‘Linc’ that keeps the economy running. The Company operates 71 manufacturing and automation facilities across 20 countries and serves customers in over 160 countries. For more information about Lincoln Electric and its products and services, visit the Company’s website at https://www.lincolnelectric.com.

Location: Chattanooga

Employment Status: Hourly Full-Time

Function: Manufacturing

Pay Range: $20.00 - $24.00

Target Bonus: 5%

Req ID: 29306

Job Responsibilities

• Basic understanding of blueprint/assembly print reading.
• Understands all thread pitches for both metric/standard bolts & the corresponding tap sizes
• Understands all dowel diameters & corresponding reamer sizes
• Taps & Reams properly
• Understands the different Loctite & their applications.
• Inventories all components in sub boxes
• Inspect components to the part print when an error occurs
• Properly assembles sub components to the assembly print
• Torques all bolts properly with Loctite & serrated lock washers installed
• Properly fill out missing parts tag including due date for the part
• Check for missing part on due date
• Properly fill out non-conformance sheet for modifications done in assembly
• Properly assemble cars & rails using company procedure
• Locate CAD drawings for the assembly process
• Installs the correct type & size plumbing fittings per job
• Proper installation of Helicoil & thread inserts
  
  

Essential Skills And Experience

• Basic measurement skills
• Basic hand/power tool knowledge
• Basic mechanical ability
  
  

Job Requirements

• High school diploma/GED, vocational/technical school
• Equivalent work experience
  
  

Environmental Health and Safety

• Understand the Company’s EHS Policy and how it relates to this job.
• Be aware of OSHA & EPA laws and regulations as well as the Company’s Plant Rules and Regulations that pertain to this job.
• Work in a safe and environmentally friendly manner and observe all company EHS procedures.
• Immediately notify the Supervisor if there is any safety hazard, any equipment not operating correctly, or if there are any questions regarding EHS procedures.
• Attend required EHS training
  
  

Physical demands and work environment: The physical demands and work environment characteristics 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.

• Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is required frequently to work from ladders and scaffolds. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
• Work environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  
  

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to risk of electrical shock. The employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and high voltages. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Lincoln Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to promoting equal employment opportunity for applicants, without regard to their race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including, but not limited to, lactation), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.