Press Operator - Production Appliance - 1st Shift

Responsibilities

• Operate the production work center, including lube operations, press operations, inspecting parts and pack out.
• Coordinate multiple press operations.
• Control operation through complex automation systems.
• Produce daily job assignments using WMS.
• Follow all safety procedures: Job Safety Analysis (JSA), Equipment Safety Analysis (ESA), and Area Safety Analysis (ASA).
• Ensure job runs in environmental compliance after instructions from supervisor/environmental group.
• Communicate with shift supervisor, tooling engineers, quality engineers and other work cell people on opposite shift concerning production problems, quality and related information.
• Set dies in scheduled time frame to meet customer requirements.
• Perform routine housekeeping in work area(s) as necessary.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED equivalency is preferred but not required.
• Mechanical aptitude, above average dexterity.
• Blueprint reading is helpful.
• Basic math — percentages, decimals (thousandths), addition, subtraction.
• Oral and written communication skills.
• Experience in production environment in meeting schedules and rates and be able to change over dies in the standard time.
• Excitement to learn a new skill.
• Tendency to follow set instructions.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Proven team player.
• Strong work record in safety, quality, and dependability.
• Ability to train on 1st shift for 2-4 weeks.

Qualifications

• Be able to lift 50 pounds on a non-repetitive basis.
• Have the physical strength to slide dies across the bolster plates.
• Exposure to lubes, oil and grease.
• Weekly and weekend overtime required.
• Requires standing, walking and/or moving about for periods of time in excess of one (1) hour.
• Requires some sort of repetitive turning and/or lifting motion to be performed.
• Perform position requirements while wearing eye, ear, foot and/or other protective devices as required.

Benefits

• Free training to upgrade your skills, including a tuition assistance program.
• Medical, dental, vision at 91 days.
• 401k (with match).
• Direct deposit.
• Fixed weekly schedule.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Employee Direct Care, for employees who elect company health benefits.
• Boot reimbursement voucher every year.
• Prescription safety glass reimbursement voucher once every 2 years.
• Plenty of growth opportunities.

Pay

• 1st Shift - 5:55AM-4PM Monday-Thursday or 5:55AM-2PM Monday-Friday - both schedules with overtime as needed.
• Base Pay $17.30-$19.30 + per hour.

Schedule

• 1st Shift - 5:55AM-4PM Monday-Thursday or 5:55AM-2PM Monday-Friday - both schedules with overtime as needed.