Operator II, 1st Shift, Onsite- Ames, IA

Imagine yourself

· Growing your expertise and expanding your skillset with every project.

· Owning your ambition and fueling your career growth.

· Thriving in a supportive team environment that inspires you to strive for excellence.

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, a typical day will look like:

•  Prepare machines to start a production cycle٫ performing calibration٫ cleaning and other activities
• Monitor and properly adjust machine settings
• Check parts with precision٫ using appropriate measuring tools
• Conduct tests to check the operation of machines٫ on a regular basis
• Troubleshoot issues that might occur during the shift
• Verify output to detect any machine-related mistakes or flaws
• Create and manage records of approved and defective units or final products
• Create and maintain activity logs
• Adhere to health and safety regulations
• Possess manual dexterity and good coordination
• Possess basic reading, writing, and math skills
• Possess proven mechanical ability or aptitude
• Possess ability to resolve minor problems, recognize normal and unusual situations
• Ability to learn machine operations (including set up and changeover), and/or kitting.
• Some areas will require the ability to work with manual and/or power equipment.
• Must have good oral and written communication skills.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• HS diploma/GED or equivalent preferred
• Six months production experience required
• Six months mechanical experience or equivalent required
• Possess proven mechanical ability or aptitude
• Ability to learn machine operations (including set up and changeover), and/or kitting.
• Some areas will require the ability to work with manual and/or power equipment.

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 ENVIRONMENT

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be subjected to moving mechanical parts, electrical currents, vibrations, fumes, odors, dusts, gases, chemicals, oils, extreme temperatures and workspace restrictions.

The noise level in the work environment is occasionally loud.