Grader SW, Nights

About the Role

Ensures only quality product remains on the line and piece counts meet customer specifications.

Responsibilities

• Visually grade product being dropped onto the line.
• Ensure only quality products remain on the line.
• Remove defective product off the line and place it into identified defect groups.
• Ensure the product meets customer requirements such as quality, weight, or count.
• Participate as a member of the Team, including:
  • Engaging in ongoing development, communication, and implementation of team concepts, programs, and policies.
  • Coordinating work to ensure best practices with all team members.
  • Attending appropriate team meetings.
  • Fostering strong cohesiveness regarding major issues (e.g., direction, annual plan, budget, policy changes).
  • Identifying areas lacking cohesiveness, bringing them to the team leader’s attention, and working to resolve issues.
  • Actively reinforcing actions needed to achieve synergy within the larger organization.
• Support Simmons Operating Systems principles and objectives by:
  • Maintaining familiarity with established systems (e.g., quality, security, office environment, company policies).
  • Understanding the responsibility to support these systems and the impact of individual actions.
  • Communicating concerns and improvement ideas.
• Perform other duties as necessary in support of business objectives.

Physical Activities

• Occasional twisting at the neck and waist.
• Constant standing, bending at the neck and waist, simple grasping with the hands, fine manipulation/feeling with the hands, reaching at shoulder level.
• Repetitive motion of the shoulders, arms, and hands.
• Use of vision, light lifting/carrying (ability to lift up to 10 lbs as required).
• Work inside a production line environment with loud equipment/machines; walking around drains, footbaths, and hoses in a wet environment.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

• Ear plugs
• Apron
• Gloves
• Hair net/beard net
• Waterproof footwear

Requirements

• Basic math skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills and decision quality; ability to make good decisions and communicate effectively with others and the leadership team.