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Production Operator

RESRG
Morehead, KY Full Time
POSTED ON 9/29/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/26/2027
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Overview:
This role involves operating and maintaining equipment across various production processes, including assembly, coatings, and injection molding. The ideal candidate will be adaptable, safety-conscious, and committed to producing high-quality products. You will be responsible for following work instructions, ensuring efficient production flow, and maintaining a clean and organized work environment.

Responsibilities:
Assembly
  • Assemble components according to work instructions and quality standards.
  • Operate hand and power tools as required.
  • Inspect assembled parts for defects and ensure proper fit and function.
  • Package finished products according to specifications.
Paint:
  • Responsible for loading/unloading materials and painted parts from the paint line while ensuring part quality.
  • Conducts inspections before and after painting to maintain quality standards for all customers.
  • Regularly communicates with team members and leadership on safety, environmental, quality, production, and cultural topics.
  • Understands and follows work instructions, defect matrices, and quality alerts to support business objectives.
Plating
  • Responsible for loading/unloading materials and chrome parts from the plating line while ensuring part quality.
  • Conduct inspections before and after the plating process to maintain quality standards for all customers.
  • Regularly communicates with team members and leadership on safety, environmental, quality, production, and cultural topics.
  • Understands and follows work instructions, defect matrices, and quality alerts to support business objectives.
Injection Molding:
  • Remove molded parts from the machine and inspect for defects.
  • Perform basic troubleshooting and report machine malfunctions.
  • Understands and follows work instructions, defect matrices, and quality alerts to support business objectives.
Desired Skills and Experience:Qualifications for this role include:
  • High school diploma or GED (preferred).
  • Manufacturing and maintenance experience (preferred).
  • Experience with computers and Microsoft Office (preferred).
  • Excellent language skills: ability to read, analyze, and interpret complex documents; write reports, correspondence, and manuals; and effectively present information to various groups.
  • Basic mathematical skills: ability to perform simple calculations.
  • Strong reasoning ability: ability to understand and follow instructions and solve routine problems using common sense.
We are dedicated to ensuring equal opportunities and will provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.
Responsibility and authority to ensure quality products and service to our customers: All employees must understand, support and participate in the company's Quality Plan, including quality objectives and quality commitment by being able to:
  • Explain the intent and components of the Policy, including an overview of QS-9000 Quality Management Systems, procedures and work instructions associated with this job.
  • Explain the function of this job and how it helps to create quality parts and services.
  • Initiate action to prevent the occurrence of non-conformities in products, processes, and/or quality systems.
  • Identify and record any problems in products, processes, and/or quality systems.
  • Initiate, recommend or provide solutions through established systems.
  • Verify the implementation of solutions to ensure successful resolutions.
Contain non-conformities and alter the process until deficiency or unsatisfactory condition is corrected.

Physical Requirements:The physical demands of this position require the ability to:
  • Frequently: Stand and walk; use hands for fine motor skills (finger dexterity, handling, feeling); reach with arms and hands; talk and hear.
  • Occasionally: Climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; sit.
  • Vision: Possess close, distance, color, and peripheral vision; depth perception; and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Lifting: Consistently lift and carry up to 10-50 pounds daily.
Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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.

Working conditions in some areas require that personal protective equipment be worn including but not limited to steel toed shoes, eye protection, hearing protection, ring and watch covers, belt buckle covers, and gloves. All employees of RESRG are expected to comply with the safety policies.

The employee will be exposed to toxic and corrosive chemicals. The employee may encounter exposure to fumes or airborne particles. The employee may also encounter wet and/or humid conditions, vibration, working in high, precarious places, proximity to moving mechanical parts, exposure to electrical shock and radiation.

Noise levels are moderate.

The employee will need to wear shoes, shirts, and all protective equipment relevant to working with hazardous chemicals.

About RESRG Automotive:
We are a fast-growing B2B company with a strong internal culture that values respect for others, diversity, serving a greater purpose, and passionate creativity. We have a dynamic and growing global footprint. A diverse and team-focused workforce. Create the next generation of innovation. Career paths that enable professional growth and development. Strongly committed to serving our community and environment. A safe, fun workplace focused on health and wellness. A competitive compensation and benefits package.

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