General Assembler

Position Overview:

A General Assembler is responsible for operating equipment in a factory or warehouse and preparing items for distribution. Performs repetitive bench or line assembly operations to mass-produce products.

Position Responsibilities & Essential Functions:

• Assemble components accurately, thoroughly, and quickly to approve specifications and quality standards
• Place parts in specified relationship to each other
• Bolts, clips, screws, or otherwise fastens parts together
• Tends machines, such as automated machinery, to perform operations on assembly line
• Rotate through multiple stations on a shift to be familiar with all assembly
• Communicate with other stations on the assembly line to ensure maximum speed and accuracy
• Routinely practice 6s (Safety, Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain)
• Ensure that workstation is clean and free of hazardous materials
• Conserve resources and supplies to facilitate minimum waste
• Pack up completed products and prepares them for shipment
• Report issues or problems with production (equipment defects) to immediate Supervisor
• Observe and removes fault product parts from assembly line
• Other duties as assigned.

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Expertise:

• Consistently demonstrates and incorporates principals of safety for self and others into daily activities.
• Attend required safety training and participate in safety exercises
• Develop and maintains a clean, safe working environment for self and co-workers
• Consistently maintains acceptable level of productivity
• Required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms
• Required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel components or using controls on an assembly machine
• Required to regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, 15 pounds, & 20 pounds
• Required to stand on feet for long periods of time
• Often performing repetitious motions
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one or two step instructions
• Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables
• Able to perform job duties safely.