Assembler, Day Shift - Ditch Witch

About the role

Day Shift, 6:00 AM-2:30 PM, Monday-Friday

Typical starting pay, $19.51/hr.

What We Can Give You

Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K Matching up to 4%, Life Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement, 10 Paid Holidays, Paid Parental Leave, and more!

Assembler I at Ditch Witch

This employee performs mechanical work building machinery using various hand and power tools (wrenches, hammers, impact tools, etc.). This includes working with mechanical, hydraulic, fuel, and electrical systems on machinery. The employee also performs other duties as assigned.

What Will You Do?

• Read information from blueprints, drawings, production records, written instructions, technical documents, etc.
• Fit, position, and fasten components to build machinery or sub-assemblies of machinery using vises, clamps, wrenches, air-powered tools, pliers, etc.
• Handle components and completed pieces of equipment. This includes operating equipment to move it and check its functions by using steering wheels, control levers, knobs, buttons, etc. while observing and evaluating equipment functions.
• Use a computer to check the location, inventory, and routing of parts.
• Record information electronically.

What Do You Need

• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Have appropriate basic mechanical skills and aptitude.
• Professional mechanical assembly or repair experience would be a plus.
• Demonstrate appropriate reading, clerical, and basic math skills, including the ability to understand written instructions, maintain production records, and perform routine calculations.

Work Environment

• Manufacturing plant conditions (indoors, with variable temperature, humidity, noise, and dirt).
• Physical hazards such as powered vehicle, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic, sharp objects, moving machinery, compressed air power supplies, and materials handling.
• Working with hazardous materials, including solvents, oils, grease, paint, and fuels.

Essential Physical Functions

The physical demands for this job are classified as medium and include the following:

• Be able to regularly handle items weighing up to 60 pounds from floor to knuckle.
• Be able to regularly pull or push items weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Be able to regularly lift items weighing up to 35 pounds from knuckle to shoulder.
• Be able to regularly lift items weighing up to 25 pounds from shoulder to overhead.
• Job requires frequent walking, bending, squatting, kneeling, and climbing.
• Job requires occasional sitting, twisting, elevated work, and continuous standing.