Operations Technician - Seating

About the role

At Knoll, we’re searching for dedicated manufacturing talent to support our business growth. We offer a competitive hourly wage, generous benefits that start on your first day, and endless possibilities for career growth.

Our purpose is design for the good of humankind. It’s the ideal we strive toward each day in everything we do. Being a part of Knoll means being a part of something larger than your work team, or even your brand. We are redefining modern for the 21st century. And our success allows Knoll to support causes that align with our values, so we can build a more sustainable, equitable, and beautiful future for everyone.

Responsibilities

• Makes on-the-spot, quality judgments on conforming and non-conforming line products
• Supports all aspects of the metal coating process
• Focuses on performance, quality control, on-time delivery, and flexibility
• Shows initiative, flexibility, and the desire to assist fellow associates as the task at hand requires
• Takes ownership for all aspects pertaining to their current job assignment (safety, quality, output, etc.)
• Performs all duties in an open and objective manner, utilizing a “best practice” mindset to drive continuous improvement in all job-related functions
• Completes job requirements in a manner that supports and promotes several key company work-life objectives (safety, quality, productivity, on-time order completion, etc.)
• Completes all housekeeping of work areas to include cleaning floors, arranging hooks & pallets, emptying recycling material, etc.

Required Skills

• Ability to conduct preventative maintenance on platherization system, pre-heat and cure ovens, cool-down tunnels
• Ability to interpret scheduling sheets and any other correspondence including paperwork for conforming and non-conforming parts
• Ability to inspect parts for quality criteria and determine cause of action for non-conforming parts
• Ability to sand, scrape, and reorder non-conforming parts shortages
• Ability to lift & carry heavy parts, pallets and returnable bins
• Ability to keep up a fast pace when line hanging and unloading
• Ability to differentiate between colors and check quality of shades using approved color sample plates
• Ability to use paint measuring device, for quality, coverage and to record this on process sheets
• Ability to use scanner and printer and maintain them as well

Requirements

• A high school diploma or equivalent (GED), or work experience which demonstrates performance competency