What are the responsibilities and job description for the Operator position at NOVARES?
Date: Dec 4, 2025
Location: JANESVILLE, US, 53546
Company: NOVARES
Finality
Level 1: Ensure production and the quality of this production in compliance with procedures
Level 2: Ensure production and quality of this production in compliance with procedures and have the ability to work on different production stations (versatile)
Level 3: Ensure production and quality of this production in compliance with procedures, have the ability to work on different production stations (versatile) and perform other functions (multi skills)
Level 2: Ensure production and quality of this production in compliance with procedures and have the ability to work on different production stations (versatile)
Level 3: Ensure production and quality of this production in compliance with procedures, have the ability to work on different production stations (versatile) and perform other functions (multi skills)
Main Missions
LEVEL 1 1 - Ensure production in compliance with procedures
Raise quality alarms (process anomalies, product anomalies)
Ensure the smooth running of the work process
3 - Ensure the conformity and cleanliness of his/her work area
Clean his/her stations
Check the conformity of his/her workstation before starting production
4 - Help to ensure the correct operation of his/her Production Team
1 - Ensure production in compliance with procedures
1 - Ensure production in compliance with procedures
- Produce in accordance with procedures and standards (production, quality, flows, health & safety, etc.)
- Record production on the relevant sheets
- Package and identify parts produced and affix labels
- Validate conformity between the product and product labels
Raise quality alarms (process anomalies, product anomalies)
Ensure the smooth running of the work process
3 - Ensure the conformity and cleanliness of his/her work area
Clean his/her stations
Check the conformity of his/her workstation before starting production
4 - Help to ensure the correct operation of his/her Production Team
- Make suggestions and help to implement them
- Develop his/her versatility and multi skills
- Take part in working groups and progress meetings
- Comply with the rules of the company and 5S
- Help others
- Attend team meetings
- Notify the process leader or manager in the event of a fault or potential problem
- Ensure that instructions are communicated to the next shift team's operator
1 - Ensure production in compliance with procedures
- Manage his/her station and comply with standard production rates
- Help to remove and install peripheral devices (special machines, assemblies, etc.) during production changes
- Detect and solve problems common to his/her job
- Develop versatility and remain versatile to work on several product families. Develop multi skills
- Perform reworks
1 - Ensure production in compliance with procedures
- Restart the station following shut-down (peripheral device, press) if authorized
- Help with production changes if authorized
- Help to reduce the number of rejected parts (lean manufacturing, monitoring of red containers)
- Analyse the causes of non-conformity and propose solutions
- Detect complex problems associated with his/her job and implement actions required to solve them
- Perform level 1 maintenance
- Help, as required and at the request of his/her manager, to train new employees in production products/processes
- Coordinate training and train operators
- Provide technical support to operators
- Monitor the training needs of operators
- help to integrate new production processes and accept these in terms of reliability and quality
Purpose
Level 1: Ensure production and the quality of this production in compliance with procedures
Level 2: Ensure production and quality of this production in compliance with procedures and have the ability to work on different production stations (versatile)
Level 3: Ensure production and quality of this production in compliance with procedures, and have the ability to work on different production stations (versatile) and perform other functions (multi skills)
Level 2: Ensure production and quality of this production in compliance with procedures and have the ability to work on different production stations (versatile)
Level 3: Ensure production and quality of this production in compliance with procedures, and have the ability to work on different production stations (versatile) and perform other functions (multi skills)
Essential job functions
Abilities
- Manual dexterity to assemble, operate, adjust and inspect
- Near vision to handle small parts and to detect visual defects
- Normal color vision and depth perception capability
- Ability to take direction from others
- Communication skills to work effectively in a team environment
- Reading and basic math comprehension to understand and interpret training guides, standard operating procedures and quality information (SPC, charts, graphs, etc.) and to complete production reports