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Mechanical Assembler

Rheo Engineering LLC
Peoria, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 8/23/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/23/2025

Join an elite and highly skilled manufacturing team specializing in the design and build of custom, automated powder handling equipment.

Our products are used in the manufacture of life-saving drugs across the world. We are a small team (80 people), with low turnover and great benefits, making a huge impact because we work together and lean on each other's strengths. We'd love to talk to you about being the next member of the Rheo team!

Objectives

  • Assemble custom products and systems by following blueprints provided by Engineering team
  • Fully competent in mechanical assembly
  • Perform pneumatic/hydraulic/electric plumbing and routing but not connection/termination
  • Occasional product cleaning post assembly and/or testing
  • Occasional application of several levels of surface finish using pneumatic polishing tools
  • Operate a variety of hand tools, portable power tools, and simple machine tools to assemble projects
  • Assist in the installation, testing, and repair of all industrialrelated mechanical equipment utilized in Rheo projects
  • Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, blueprints, and procedure manuals
  • Utilize various precision gaging tools to check accuracy of assembly and fitting operations
  • Perform and document routine maintenance on machine tools and equipment
  • Complete all other tasks as assigned from time to time by the supervisor

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

  • High School diploma or GED

Experience:

  • 2 years of technical assembly experience
  • Proven experience reading blueprints, safety rules, equipment manuals, and procedure manuals
  • Proven experience safely working with a variety of hand tools, power tools, and simple machine tools

Software:

  • Ability to utilize computers and/or phone applications for email and messaging experience using an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software (Epicor Kinetic preferred)
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Teams, Excel, Word)

Traits:

  • Highly Reliable Proven track record of good attendance
  • Superb Communication Understandably and respectfully get your ideas/instructions/points across
  • DetailOrientation High attention to detail and highly organized
  • Extreme Ownership Ability to see a project through from beginning to end, no matter the obstacle
  • Team Spirit Ability to easily and effectively work with others, improving the team as a whole

Preferred Qualifications

  • Associates degree or certification as a Mechanic or related technical field

Working Conditions

  • Must be able to engage in the following physical activities: bend/stoop, climb stairs/ladders, squat, kneel, push/pull, lift up to 50 lbs, and use vibratory and other basic tools. These functions will be completed on an occasional to frequent basis, depending on the project.
  • Expected to work the standard workday of 8 hours.
  • Expected to work overtime upon supervisor request.
  • Expected to travel upon request (510%)

About Rheo Engineering LLC

The Rheo Team designs and builds complex powder handling systems for the pharmaceutical industry. We design processes and machines and then build them all under the same roof. The projects we work on ship all over the world and make an impressive impact on bringing life changing healthcare products to the world.

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