1st Shift Kit Assembly Associate - Seasonal

At Flinn Scientific, our mission is to get students of all ages excited about science by making learning a fun, hands-on experience – and our Kit Assembly team is critical to helping us do that!

We're looking for a 1st shift Kit Assembly Seasonal Associate to join our warehouse team who is dedicated to assembly our hands-on activity kits accurately and with high quality so that teachers have everything they need to conduct each lesson. The role is expected to run through the end of July, with a potential for extension depending on business and operational needs.

We believe learning should be fun…shouldn’t work be fun too? We work hard to serve our customers – and it’s important to us to take time to have fun together as a team. Past events included a Kane County Cougars outing, beer on tap from a local brewery, and on-site ice cream truck.

Flinn is an E-Verify company – all candidates must pass pre-employment background screening and provide appropriate original I-9 documents on your first day.

The Kit Assembly Associate – Day-to-Day:

• You will need to understand and interpret instructions on production orders which describe the components including chemicals, supplies, and apparatus needed to assemble subcomponents or kits.
• You will conduct quality and quantity control checks to ensure complete and total accuracy of multiple components including chemicals being packaged. Inspect materials, products, and containers at each step of packaging process for correctness.
• Use machinery for assembly of some items (i.e. wire machine, dialysis tubing counter, paper cutter, etc). Safely and efficiently use necessary equipment, to accommodate the work and return to appropriate storage locations once job completed.
• Stack finished products onto skids either individually or boxed. Move products throughout warehouse through the use of pallet jacks, cart, or hand truck.
• Properly record information such as production process time and date packaged on work order via computer tracking system.
• You will use computer and/or scanning gun to create labels for finished products. Mark items with the appropriate Flinn Item # when necessary.
• This is not meant to be a comprehensive list of duties.

What You Bring to the Team

• You have the ability to read and comprehend complex instructions, correspondence, SOP’s and work orders.
• Have experience with using measuring devices; such as but not limited to electronic balances and scales
• Able to consistently meet productivity and quality standards while working in a safe and organized manner.
• Deadline oriented - able to work effectively under a defined time limit to produce accurate results.
• You demonstrate proficient problem resolution skills, using initiative and judgment in dealing with work flow and uncertain situations.
• Possess mathematical skills including ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals as well as compute rate, ratio, and percent.

What You Should Know About the Work Environment & Physical Demands of the Job

• Ability to stand the majority of the work day
• Wear appropriate safety shoes and other personal protective equipment where necessary; gloves and eyewear
• Regularly required to stand; walk; use hands & fingers, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or   hear
• Occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• You will regularly lift and/or move 25-50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 150 pounds with assistance
• Warehouse environment; the warehouse temperature fluctuates with outside temperatures. The facility is heated; however it is not air-conditioned.
• Hours are 6:30am to 3PM
• Will flex in other warehouse departments, if needed.

Flinn Scientific, Inc. is an EEO and ADA employer.

Job Type: Seasonal. 

This is a non-benefits eligible position.  Careers at Flinn

What You Need to be Successful

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required.
• Six mo