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Production Associate

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Production Associate
Responsible for safely performing essential duties associated with the job while maintaining high-level quality and efficiency.
Full-Time: 1st, 2nd, 3rd 8 hour shifts Monday through Friday
Pay: 1st shift - $18/hr
2nd shift - $18/hr plus $.50 shift differential
3rd shift - $18/hr plus $2.00 shift differential
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
  • Machine Operation: Operate, monitor, and tend to plastic injection molding machinery
  • Quality Inspection: Conduct visual inspections and use measuring tools (gauges) to ensure parts meet specifications
  • Finishing and Trimming: Trim (flash), cut, and de-gate from molded parts
  • Packaging and Labeling: Package finished products, scan labels, and weigh parts for shipping
  • Documentation: Record production data, scrap, and quality checks
  • Housekeeping: Maintain a clean, safe, and organized workstation, ensuring adherence to safety protocols
Required Skills and Qualifications
  • Physical Stamina: Ability to stand for 8–12-hour shifts, bend, lift, and carry up to 35 lbs.
  • Attention to Detail: Meticulous observation to identify product defects
  • Technical Aptitude: Basic mechanical skills and ability to learn to operate and maintain machines
  • Basic Math/Computer Skills: Ability to read work orders, use basic math, and enter data into computers
  • Experience: Previous manufacturing or assembly experience is preferred, but not always required
  • Safety Focus: Knowledge of safety procedures, including the use of PPE (safety glasses, gloves)
  • Sufficient near vision, color vision, and depth perception (with or without corrected vision)
  • Ability to read and comprehend work instructions and quality plans written in English
  • Manual dexterity and coordination
Education and/or Experience:
  • High school diploma or equivalent preferred
Mathematical Skills:
  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide
  • Ability to perform basic applications of percentages and averages
Reasoning Ability
  • Ability to recognize non-compliance to work standards and contact appropriate supervision or management staff
Physical Demands:
  • Extended hours standing and repetitive tasks
  • Standing, sitting, walking, bending, stooping, crouching, kneeling, and regularly lifting to 35 pounds
Work Environment:
  • Manufacturing environment with associated noises, smells, and temperatures
  • Climate controlled facility
Overtime may be mandatory at times.

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