Maintenance Assistant

We make life more comfortable.

 

Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.

 

Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.

 

From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries.

 

Learn more about the history of Leggett: https://leggett.com/history

 

Furniture

 

A Leader in the Upholstered Furniture Industry

 

In our Furniture Components business, we design, manufacture, and distribute a wide range of components and finished products that enhance comfort, motion, and style in upholstered furniture, including recliner mechanisms, seating support systems, and sofa sleeper units. With a global footprint that includes international manufacturing, product development, distribution and sales, we are strategically positioned to support upholstered furniture manufacturers around the world.

 

Workplace Furniture Solutions

 

Leggett & Platt is North America’s leading independent manufacturer of office furniture components and mechanism. Our Work Furniture business produces task and finished components, as well as select lines of private label finished seating. From surface-critical bent tube assemblies and molded plywood components to chair mechanisms, bases, arms, seats, and backs, Work Furniture brings diverse world-class manufacturing capabilities together in the production and assembly of high-quality contract furniture products.

 

Learn more about Furniture components: Furniture

 

Learn more about Work Furniture: Work Furniture

 

Maintenance Assistant

Leggett & Platt, Incorporated is looking for someone to hire to be a Maintenance Assistant in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

SUMMARY:

Position is responsible to maintain a clean and orderly manufacturing environment. This role is tasked with various maintenance responsibilities for equipment and facilities.

 

What you’ll be doing:

• Duties listed, as well as others may be assigned.
• Assists Maintenance Technicians with machine repairs and upgrades.
• Maintains building, performing minor and routine projects as required.
• Maintains cleanliness of interior/exterior of building as needed.
• Notifies management concerning need for major and minor repair to the facility.
• Maintain an organized work area and request reorder of materials as needed.
• Performs basic Preventive Maintenance on machines and equipment.
• Must be able to operate fork lifts and platform lifts where needed or required.
• Must be able to work at heights up to 24’ when required.