Production Associate - Shipping

About the Role

As a Production Associate - Shipping, you will perform a variety of duties related to the production of custom doors and entryways, ensuring safety, quality, and teamwork in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Follow safety guidelines in all work activities.
• Assemble custom-made doors using templates and instructions, troubleshooting issues to produce high-quality products.
• Operate upstream equipment and processes to facilitate product flow and support downstream activities.
• Work with CNC equipment, hand tools, and measurement devices.
• Participate in continuous improvement activities and creative problem-solving.
• Measure and perform mathematical computations, including fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions.
• Train and work in other departments as needed.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Knowledge of safe operation of basic hand and power tools.
• Intermediate mechanical comprehension and abilities.
• Ability to read, comprehend, and follow instructions in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Skills to measure accurately, including reading a tape measure down to 1/32".
• Ability to lift 70 lbs with assistance.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to work a full shift, arrive on time, and work overtime as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous manufacturing, assembly, or construction experience.
• Blueprint or template reading experience.

Physical Requirements

• Frequently use hands and fingers to handle, feel, or operate office equipment and reach with hands and arms.
• Frequently talk and hear.
• Stand and walk for extended periods.
• Lift, push, pull, and/or move up to 70 pounds with assistance.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Safety glasses are always required on the production floor.
• Hearing protection is required in designated areas.

About the Company

Special-Lite manufactures engineered architectural products, including commercial entrance systems, interior aluminum framing, swing or sliding aluminum-framed doors, and FRP restroom partitions. Our products are used in new construction and renovation projects for educational, commercial, institutional, industrial, and municipal applications.

The company was founded in 1971 and pioneered the use of fiberglass-reinforced polyester (FRP) material for door skins in the early 1980s. Today, Special-Lite is the largest volume producer of commercial FRP doors in the United States.

We believe in quality, creativity, and personal commitment, building products that help make spaces safer, easier to maintain, more productive, healthier, and inspiring.