Assembler Mfg Direct - Truss

About the role

The Assembler is an entry-level position that performs repetitive assembly operations to mass-produce products such as windows, doors, trusses, panels, or stairs. This position involves tasks that, if performed under the influence of drugs or alcohol, could expose the team member or others to serious bodily injury, including roles requiring the operation of machinery, power tools, working at heights, or driving as a regular job function.

Responsibilities

• Places parts in specified relationship to each other
• Bolts, clips, screws, cements, or otherwise fastens parts together
• Cuts products to specific measurements as needed
• Removes defective products as needed
• Tends machines to perform force fitting or fastening operations on assembly line
• Works at different workstations as production needs require
• Works in environment where tasks change as varying models of product are produced
• Cleans equipment, floors, and work areas according to safety procedures
• Other duties may be assigned

Requirements

• No formal education or experience required
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions
• Ability to write simple correspondence
• Verbal expression ability to effectively present information, in both individual and small group situations
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide
• Ability to read tape measure
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations
• Prior carpentry experience helpful
• Overtime work could be involved

Working conditions

• Regularly and frequently required to stand for long periods, use hands to finger/handle/feel, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear
• Regularly and frequently required to walk
• Occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Must regularly and frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
• Continuously exposed to moving mechanical parts; may be exposed to airborne particles
• Frequently exposed to outside weather conditions; extreme cold; extreme heat; risk of electrical shock and vibration
• Noise level is usually loud; required to wear ear plugs, eye protection, and other personal protective equipment