Assembly Associate

Summary

Assembly Associate provides support to keep assembly equipment and auto packers running and producing good quality parts in an effort to meet daily production goals. This positions loads, unloads and moves material within the assembly department while maintaining their area and equipment cleanliness.

Safety and Environmental

All employees are expected to act in a safe manner at all times and ensure that those around them do not put themselves or others at risk. Everyone is personally accountable for his/her own safety as well as their co-workers'. Safety and health is a shared responsibility of everyone in the organization and a condition of employment. We value and expect engagement out of all employees.

Co-workers share the responsibility for doing the right thing for the environment and carrying out the stewardship principles addressed in our Environmental Policy. We will provide the resources necessary to implement this policy, and management will conduct periodic reviews to ensure its ongoing effectiveness.

All employees are expected to support commitments and conform to and follow requirements established in the Grandview Plant's Environmental Policy (ISO 14001) and the Quality Policy (ISO 9001).

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Be in assigned area at the start of your shift wearing all necessary personal protective equipment and ready to begin work.
• Perform all tasks on the Assembly Associate Standard Worksheets within the timeframes outlined and notate on the sheet when those tasks have been completed.
• Unjam parts and recycle assembly machines and auto packers (robots) in the safest and most efficient manner possible in an effort to keep reaction time in the green.
• Read work order or follow oral instructions to ascertain materials or containers to be moved.
• Load and unload materials by hand onto or from pallets, boxes, bins and shelves.
• Open containers, fill hoppers, bins, feeders and elevators as necessary.
• Maintain acceptable visual quality level of all parts produced. Perform "5 on Top" visual quality inspections.
• Sort, audit, and check parts for grease, damage, missing components, proper tube length, etc.
• Communicate any safety, quality, or efficiency concerns related to the equipment or area to your Team Leader.
• Pack product as needed, weigh-count boxed production as needed and check orders for completion.
• Close, tape, and label boxes of finished product.
• Maintain housekeeping, orderliness, and cleanliness of assigned area.
• Work closely with other associates in a "team" environment and maintain professional relationships.
• Responsible for performing work at or above standard rate.
• Responsible for throwing scrap and trash in proper containers.
• Must follow all work rules and policies.

Qualifications

• EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
• GED or equivalent
• One to three months related experience and/or training
• LANGUAGE SKILLS

Additional information

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence and effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percentage.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to handle problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel;
• reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and sit, bend, stoop, twist, kneel, squat, or crawl.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 58 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts and is regularly exposed to risk of electrical shock.
• The employee is frequently exposed to vibration.
• The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud