Production Associate - Board - 1st Shift
Department: SMT (117)
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Chester, CT
Reporting To: John Rucker
Description
Summary: Performs complex assembly operations by assembling parts and subassemblies
Duties and Responsibilities:
* Mechanical and technical skills
* Dexterity and hand-eye coordination
* Attention to detail
* Ability to read and follow technical instructions, interpret engineering blueprints and technical terms.
* Working collaboratively with other members of the assembly line team
* Meeting production targets and deadlines
* Discern quality of parts and materials used in production.
* Inventory parts and tools used in the assembling process.
* Follow company procedures and directives.
* Test finished products for defects.
* Maintain the tools used to create products.
* Keep a clean and well-maintained workspace.
* Basic computer skills to scan in and out of routers and printing required documentation
* Good communication skills
* Ability to be flexible and willingness to interdepartmental cross train as workload requires
* Resolves routine questions and problems and refers more complex issues to higher levels
Education and Experience
* High School w/6+ years’ experience or AA/AS/Technical School w/3-6 years’ experience
Physical demands and abilities
* Able to lift up to 35 pounds.
* Regularly perform repetitive tasks.
* Able to stand for entire shift.
* Regularly possesses manual dexterity to put parts or pieces together quickly and
* accurately.
* Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision,
* peripheral.
* Vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
All Employees Shall
Comply with the EH&S Policy and applicable regulatory and company EH&S rules and requirements
Report to supervision conditions or practices that are either unsafe or that may adversely impact the environment, to ensure prompt resolution of potential hazards
Attend scheduled EH&S training program
Actively support the organization’s efforts to meet or exceed EH&S goals and plans
Recommend improved EH&S practices
Must be able to communicate effectively with co-workers, supervisors, and third parties. This ability to communicate requires the employee to be conversant in English as the majority of our workforce and the third parties that we encounter only speak English.
The incumbent is responsible for complying with the policies in Whelen’s “Employee Handbook.”
Whelen Engineering is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, sex, ancestry, citizenship status, mental or physical disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, veteran status, or military status.
This Job Description is to serve as a guide. It is intended to be flexible and will continue to evolve over time with business needs and demands and may be updated periodically and at the Company’s discretion. Nothing in this position description changes or is intended to change the employment at-will relationship with the Company. Employment at-will means that an employee or the Company may terminate the employment relationship at any time, for any reason or no reason at all, with or without notice.
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