Production Assistant - South Location

About the role

Miller Industries is seeking a Production Assistant to join our team at the South Thompson Road Location in Fenton, MI.

Responsibilities

• Provides daily administrative, scheduling, documentation, and floor-support assistance to Production.
• Maintains meeting notes, safety paperwork, budget updates, material coordination, release documentation, and shop communication.
• Tracks employee time by department, work area, project, unit, and task.
• Maintains daily attendance sheets, including absences, tardies, PTO, departures, and assignment changes.
• Records meeting minutes, action items, open issues, owners, and follow-up dates.
• Coordinates toolbox talks and required safety sheets.
• Scans and uploads completed safety documentation to the EHS shared drive.
• Assists with ERP (GSS) budget tracking for labor, materials, and project updates.
• Tracks materials and purchase orders to support availability.
• Follows up on shortages, delivery concerns, and PO questions.
• Creates and maintains accurate release books for production use.
• Prepares and distributes shop prints to supervisors and work areas.
• Updates and organizes production documents, trackers, and print packages.
• Runs materials, documents, prints, and supplies between shops as needed.
• Identifies and communicates obstacles affecting safety, quality, schedule, labor, or materials.
• Attends new hire interviews as requested.
• Conducts floor tours for candidates and new hires.
• Supports onboarding communication and route initial paperwork or floor information.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED and 2+ years of experience in similar role.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple trackers, forms, and deadlines at the same time.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to work effectively with supervisors, production employees, project managers, purchasing, EHS, quality, and other departments.
• A high attention to detail when entering time, attendance, budget, material, and meeting information.
• Able to follow up on open items and escalate issues when needed.
• Comfortable working in both office and production floor environments.
• Basic computer skills, including document management, scanning, file uploads, spreadsheets, and production tracking systems.
• Able to maintain confidentiality when handling employee attendance, interview information, and internal production records.
• Must be able to move between office areas and production shops throughout the day.
• Must be able to walk the production floor, conduct floor tours, and transport paperwork or small materials between work areas as needed.
• Must be able to follow all required PPE and safety rules while on the production floor.
• May be required to lift or carry light materials, document packages, prints, or supplies as needed.

What You Get Paid

The position pays a competitive hourly rate. We offer a competitive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, LTD, STD, a 401k with immediate match, 10 paid holidays, PTO, profit sharing bonus eligibility, and overtime opportunities.

Benefits

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Schedule

Monday – Friday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Pay

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