Production Associate

About the role

As a Production Associate, you will transform our raw materials into world-class footwear with a strong focus on safety and quality. You will perform various machine operations that bring our shoes to life in a team environment focused on safety, quality, and productivity standards.

Responsibilities

• Utilize various tools and machinery to perform your work according to established procedures and processes.
• Willingness to support a changing environment, flexibility to cross-train and rotate to various jobs and duties to achieve departmental and business goals.
• Make suggestions to improve the process and display motivation and initiative to improve skills and job knowledge.
• Support New Balance quality expectations/standards and take ownership for meeting them.
• Ensure work quality before passing onto customers.
• Follow New Balance policies and demonstrate responsibility for attendance, safety requirements, PPE, and reporting of accidents and near misses.
• Maintain a high level of quality per internal & external customer requirements.

Requirements

• Ability to read, understand and comprehend written or oral instruction and communicate effectively with others.
• Must be a team player!
• Requires hand and eye coordination along with depth perception (layered materials), good peripheral vision, ability to see incoming/outgoing workstations and precision work – clear vision as close as 11 inches for tasks.
• Standard 40-hour workweek applies; willing to adjust work schedule to meet a reasonable amount of overtime based on business need.
• Good manual dexterity skills (eye, hand and feet coordination).
• Able to perform repetitive upper extremity motions and repetitive forceful grip/pinch requiring both hands, frequent reaching, good range of motion of fingers, hands, wrists and elbows and use of foot pedals on some machines.
• Able to work in a fast-paced production line environment (building 600 pair of shoes in an 8-hour shift) while completing a variety of processes safely with a sense of urgency and attention to detail.
• Use of personal protective equipment is required.
• Able to lift light to moderate amounts of weight.

What's in it for you?

• $17.50 an hour
• 40% employee discount on New Balance products (in-store and online)
• Robust benefits tailored to various lifestyles and life stages
• Lifestyle Benefit Program – reimbursement for eligible wellness and lifestyle activities
• Pay-for-Performance program and company bonus eligibility
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – 100% match up to 5% of contributions, fully vested
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Discounts on cellular services, travel, entertainment, consumer goods, and more

Job Mission

As a Production Associate, you will transform our raw materials into world-class footwear with a strong focus on safety and quality. You will perform various machine operations that bring our shoes to life in a team environment focused on safety, quality, and productivity standards.

Pay and Benefits

• Pay Range: $16.95 - $21.20 - $25.40 hourly (actual base pay varying based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, internal equity, geographic location, and more.)
• Regular Associate Benefits: Traditional benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and 401K. Nontraditional perks include online learning and development courses, tuition reimbursement, $100 monthly student loan support, and various mentorship programs.
• Temporary associates are provided three options for medical insurance as well as dental and vision insurance and an associate discount.
• Part-time associates are provided 401k, short-term disability, a yearly $300 lifestyle reimbursement, and an associate discount.

Equal Opportunity Employer

New Balance provides equal opportunities for all current and prospective associates and takes affirmative action to ensure that employment, training, compensation, transfer, promotion and other terms, conditions and privileges of employment are provided without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, handicap, genetic information and/or status as an Armed Forces service medal veteran, recently separated veteran, qualified disabled veteran or other protected veteran.