Operator II, Powders - 1st shift - Onsite, Ames, IA

At Hach (www.hach.com), a Veralto company, we ensure water quality for people around the world, and every team member plays a vital role in that mission. Our founding vision is to make water analysis better—faster, simpler, greener, and more informative. We accomplish this through teamwork, customer partnerships, passionate experts, and reliable, easy-to-use solutions.

As part of our team and the broader Veralto network, you’ll be part of a unique work environment where purpose meets possibility: where you’ll make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale by enabling the world’s everyday water needs, and where you’ll have opportunities to foster your professional development and fuel your career growth.

Motivated by the highest possible stakes in climate change and global health, we’re working together within a rapidly digitizing industry to find innovative technologies that guarantee the safety of our water and our environment.

More about us: https://www.hach.com/about-us

The operator II is responsible for manufacturing quality product according to the work order or other build signal while adhering to defined work instructions. General duties may include picking, assembling, and packaging. Machine set-up and equipment operation may be required.

Schedule: Monday through Thursday from 5:00 am to 3:30 pm. Overtime might be required.

In this role, you will:

• Responsible for producing quality products per the build signal  

• Gather materials and set-up straightforward equipment.

• Maintain quality of products produced according to department standards and visual or dimensional specifications.

• Meet productivity standards.

• Record and maintain quality or traceability information.

• Record and maintain Cell Boards and other visual management tools

• Comply with company safety policies including safe operation of equipment, PPE usage, hand tool safety, lock-out-tag-out, and proper storage of tools, etc. Comply with good housekeeping policies.

• Maintain equipment according to work instructions or preventive maintenance tasks; some trouble-shooting of equipment.

• Suggest improvements and support kaizen and DBS activities.

• Accurately perform required computer data entry and work order transactions (LOTS, scrap, Oracle, ARIBA, kanban, DRP, etc.).

• May operate several production machines or operations simultaneously

• Report complicated equipment malfunctions to mechanics.

• May be responsible for handling of and accurate disposal of chemical and non-chemical waste, some of which is hazardous and regulated.

• Participate in team meetings, which includes planning daily work and resource utilization, problem solving, project work, etc.

• Perform cycle counting and other inventory tasks, including material handling.

• Maintain visual management of part and raw material storage; clean and organized work area.

• Work with Planner and Manager to prioritize workload and equipment schedule to meet both internal and external demand.

• Assist in design, implementation and problem solving of new equipment and products.

• May be required to cross-train on other equipment or other areas as needed

Are you qualified?

• HS diploma/GED or equivalent required.

• Six months production experience required.

• Six months mechanical experience or equivalent preferred.

ENVIRONMENT:

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is constantly required to sit. The employee may occasionally squat, turn/twist, or reach.  The employee is constantly using hands to: finger, handle, feel or operate objects, and computer keyboards. The employee is occasionally required to walk, stand, climb, balance, stoop, bend, kneel, crouch or crawl, and talk, hear, and smell.

The employee must frequently lift, carry, push or pull up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift, carry, push or pull up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONME