Production Associate
Job Requirements
- Performs any combination of following tasks to assemble equipment or subassemblies: assemble, wire, brazing, solder, taping, insulating, testing, cleaning, polishing, refrigerant charging/recovery, packaging of products and running machinery.
- Reads work orders, follows production drawings, work instructions, sample assemblies, or receives verbal instructions regarding duties to be performed.
- May require cleaning and inspecting parts and disassembly of returned units.
- Follow quality and safety rules and keep work area in a clean and orderly condition.
- Assist in all other areas within and outside of primary assigned production cell.
Skills/Education/Requirements
- High School Graduate, GED or equivalent work experience (1-2 years).
- Good reading, comprehension, written and verbal English skills and use of addition, subtraction, multiplication and the division of numbers where interpretation is required.
- Basic computer skills preferred.
- Must be able to work with small and large hand tools both manual and power driven.
- Must be available to work full-time 40 hours per week, approximately Monday thru Friday, 7:30 am - 4:00 pm.
- Good work ethic.
- Good attendance record.
- Must be able to stand / walk continuously throughout an 8 hour shift.
- Must be able to lift 35-50 pounds on a continuous basis.
Benefits include:
Competitive pay
Bonus based on meeting performance goals
Paid Vacation time
Medical / Dental / 401K / STD / Life / AD&D / Vision
Physical Requirements
Hours worked per week on average:
40. 8.5hrs/day, 2 - 15 minute breaks, 1/2 hour lunch
Position Summary/Essential Functions:
See job description
List Most Frequently Handled Tools, Equipment and Materials:
Pallet jack, bench tools: hammer, needle nose pliers, wrench, pinch pliers, wire cutters, rivet gun, torch, air gun, etc. Employer provides anti-fatigue mats. Supplies are kept in close proximity to workstation to reduce unnecessary walking.
Working Conditions:
- Working at heights (ladders used to retrieve supplies from shelving)
- Working around moving machines: fork-lifts, conveyor belt
- Protective Equipment Required (eyewear, steel toe or composite toe footwear, etc.)
- Acceptable visual acuity (binocular visual acuity (both eyes) of at least 20/40 with or without corrective eyewear)*
- Depth perception (the ability of an observer to judge the spatial relationships of objects, especially their relative distance from the observer and from one another, stairs, safety.)
- Color perception (wiring and color coded labels)
- Acceptable field of vision (a normal visual field measuring 90 degrees temporally to central fixation, 50 degrees superiorly and nasally, and 60 degrees inferiorly.)*
* Acceptability as defined by the Illinois Vision Standard for obtaining a driver's license.
Physical Demands:
| Physical Demands | hours at one time | total hours per day | |||||||||
| 0 | < 1/2 | 1/2 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 4 | < 1 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 4 | 4 - 6 | 6 - 8 | ||
| Sitting | X | ||||||||||
| Walking | X | X | |||||||||
| Standing | X | X | |||||||||
| Bending neck | X* | X | |||||||||
| Turning neck | X | ||||||||||
| Bending waist (forward or sideways) | X* | X | |||||||||
| Turning at the waist | X | X | |||||||||
| Squatting (crouch or sit on one's heels) | X | ||||||||||
| Climbing, safety ladder | X* | X | |||||||||
| Kneeling | X | ||||||||||
| Crawling | X | ||||||||||
| Hand* movement: | |||||||||||
| simple grasping: 1 hand (x) both (x) | X | X | |||||||||
| power grasping: 1 hand (x) both (x) | X | X | |||||||||
| fine manipulation: 1 hand (x) both | X* | X | |||||||||
| pushing/pulling: 1 hand (x) both (x) | |||||||||||
| Reach above shoulder height | X* | X | |||||||||
| Reach below shoulder height | X | X | |||||||||
| Move items weighing up to 25 lb x 14/day | X | X | |||||||||
| Movement: arm / leg | X | X | |||||||||
| Other: | |||||||||||
| Foot Pedal Right Left | X | ||||||||||
| Pulling using legs | X* | X | |||||||||
| Pushing using legs | X* | X | |||||||||
| Lift/Place up to 20 pounds | X | X | |||||||||
| Lift/Place 20-50 pounds | X | X | |||||||||
| Use of keyboard/mouse | X* | X | |||||||||
**fine finger manipulation/finger dexterity to place bolts and washers, this activity is performed occasionally and for very brief periods of time.
Note:
X* = very brief periods of time. i.e.: a few seconds to a few minutes
Two person lift required if >50 pounds