What are the responsibilities and job description for the PRODUCTION ASSEMBLER position at Mathews Associates Inc?
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Regularly participate in continuous quality improvement activities, including, but not limited to attending team meetings, keeping management apprised of any safety or product quality concerns, and staying compliant with policies and procedures in accordance with the Quality Manual.
- Use personal protective equipment, including but not limited to masks, gloves, and ear plugs when indicated.
- Follows written and verbal work instructions in English.
- Places parts in specified relationship to each other.
- Bolts, clips, screws, cements, glues, welds, solders, or otherwise fastens parts together.
- Operates machines to perform operations on assembly line, including but not limited to the resistant welder, ultrasonic welder, wire crimper, and drill press.
- Uses wire cutters screwdrivers, needle nose pliers, glue guns, and other hand held tools as part of assembly process.
- Works at different work stations as production needs require.
- Has responsibility to produce at least an average amount of production, in comparison to coworkers on a daily basis for the specific job assigned.
- Works on line where tasks may vary as different stages of same article move along assembly line.
Must be at least 18 years old. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the requirements listed below which are representative of the demands required.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Language Skills
English is the primary language. Ability to read in English a limited number of two and three syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers. Ability to ask and answer questions in English. Ability to print and speak simple sentences in English.
Mathematical Skills
Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American dimensions, weight measurement, volume, and distance.
Reasoning Ability
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or otherwise feel an object; reach with hands and arms; talk; and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and sit. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl. The employee is required to be able to detect odors to help ensure a safe working environment. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Personal Protective Equipment is readily available and part of everyones responsibility to use.
Safety Standards
Each employee must adhere strictly to all the safety policies and rules set forth by MAI in the Employee Policy Manual and all rules and regulations as prescribed by OSHA.
Quality Standards
Universal standards for quality as set forth in our Quality Manual are the responsibility of each employee to follow. Quality is everyone's responsibility.
