Assembler

Position: Assembler

FLSA Classification: Non-Exempt

Department: Production

Date: April 1, 2017

Reports to: Production Control Supervisor

Revised Date: September, 2024

Summary/Objective
Assembles machine components into sub and full assemblies, utilizing engineering drawings. As required, perform wiring per electrical schematics, pipe fitting, welding and machine testing. As assigned, may complete customization work on machines imported from Japan.

• Assemble injection molding and die casting machines according to work instructions and engineering drawings.
• Utilize hand tools, jigs, cranes, fork trucks, etc. to perform assembly, pipefitting, and basic electrical tasks.
• Assemble hydraulic systems (hoses, pipes, cylinders, adapters, o-rings).
• Responsible for reporting all labor and expenses associated with each machine build.
• Able to operate overhead and gantry cranes, forklifts, and other material handling devises.
• Update progress each morning at daily department meeting.
• Works in a safe manner, maintaining established OSHA standards.

• High school diploma or GED.
• Knowledge of basic mechanics and ability to read blueprints and schematics.
• Understanding of basic algebra and/or trigonometry.

• Experience as an industrial maintenance technician or in a manufacturing environment (preferably not assembly line).
• Basic OSHA knowledge.
• Experience working with large machinery.
• Understanding of the metric system of measurement and an intuitive sense of common base units.
• Working knowledge in the following areas:
• Electrical resistance, continuity, and input/output test on completed machines.
• Hydraulic pipe welding, pipe bending and fitting operations.
• Copper and steel tube bending and fitting.
• Precision measuring equipment.

• Occasional travel required.
• May need to travel customer sites to help with the installation, including rigging and assembly of machines as well as provide on-site training to customers.
• Customer sites are within the United States and in Canada and Mexico.
• Proper travel documents and authorization will be required for travel outside of the United States.

This position works in a manufacturing production facility which is often loud, and is subject to seasonal temperature changes. The employee is regularly exposed to heavy machinery (overhead cranes, forklifts and IM machines), moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to risk of electrical shock and mechanical vibration. Employees are expected to maintain the highest levels of personal safety through the use of PPE and ensuring that any employee entering specific work areas wear PPE appropriate to the area.

This position requires employees to climb on top of machines, inside machines (confined spaces) and regularly lift loads weighing 50 pounds or more. Employees must be able to kneel, stand, walk and use hands for extended periods of time.

This description excludes non-essential and marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of the fundamental job duties. Furthermore, the specific examples in each section are not intended to be all-inclusive. Rather, they represent the typical elements and criteria considered necessary to perform the job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Other job-related duties may be assigned by the employee’s supervisor.

Furthermore, this description is subject to change, in the sole discretion of the Company, and in no way creates an employment contract, implied or otherwise; each associate remains, at all times, an “at will” employee.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Knowledge of basic mechanics and ability to read blueprints and schematics.
• Understanding of basic algebra and/or trigonometry.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience as an industrial maintenance technician or in a manufacturing environment (preferably not assembly line).
• Basic OSHA knowledge.
• Understanding of the metric system of measurement and an intuitive sense of common base units.
• Experience working with large machinery.
• Working knowledge in the following areas:

Electrical resistance, continuity, and input/output test on completed machines.

Hydraulic pipe welding, pipe bending and fitting operations.

Copper and steel tube bending and fitting.

Precision measuring equipment.

Travel / Work Authorization

• Occasional travel required.
• May need to travel customer sites to help with the installation, including rigging and assembly of machines as well as provide on-site training to customers.
• Customer sites are within the United States and in Canada and Mexico.
• Proper travel documents and authorization will be required for travel outside of the United States.