GPS Student Apprentice

About the role

This position is for a High School student in a qualified GPS Apprenticeship program through an area High School.

Responsibilities

• Use work instructions, drawings, schematics, and electronic assembly equipment to perform assembly while complying with safe and effective operation standards of all equipment and tools.
• Cross train in multiple assembly areas and flex to other similar departments based on business needs.
• Develop and maintain an understanding of the products they assemble and how they impact the business.
• Continuously learn the principles, practices, and processes of their job as changes require and in similar jobs.
• Participate in team meetings to exchange job-related information.
• Resolve problems with assistance from peers or supervisors depending on the level and complexity.
• Provide basic training to employees on work instructions/standard work as needed.

Requirements

• Ability to perform highly repetitive assembly tasks in a manufacturing environment.
• Detail oriented and organized.
• Ability to effectively communicate in a team environment.
• Accepts responsibility for own actions, follows through on commitments.
• Ability to understand and execute basic standard assembly procedures, interpret basic visual diagrams, and use basic hand tools.
• Ability to perform basic reading, writing, and math functions.
• Ability to act safely while following established procedures, processes, and policies.

Qualifications

• Must be a High School student in a qualified GPS Apprenticeship program through an area High School.
• Manufacturing or mechanical experience preferred, including knowledge of manufacturing processes or equivalent classes in school.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

Production Environment (includes professionals who are active on the shop floor):

• Regularly required to stand.
• Frequently required to use hands to manipulate objects, tools, or controls; and to talk and hear.
• Regularly required to walk, stoop, crouch, bend, and reach above shoulders.
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds unassisted and up to 100 pounds with assistance, waist high, walking up to 10 feet away.
• Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
• Working in typical conditions of a manufacturing environment, including seasonal variations in temperatures and occasional exposure to manufacturing fumes or by-products.
• Must comply with assigned location PPE requirements, including but not limited to safety glasses, hearing protection, appropriate gloves, clothing, and shields for required tasks, and closed-toed or safety shoes as required by facility safety policies.