Production Specialist

Job Description:

Job Title: Production Specialist

Schedule: Monday-Thursday 4:45am-3:15pm

Pay: $24.52/hour

Location: North Bend, WA

Summary:

The Production Specialist is a broadly defined position where the responsibilities are based on different levels of skills and competencies.  A Production Specialist Team Member is working in a fast-paced environment in workstations that have required cycle times.  Team Members work in a culture that thrives on lean manufacturing principles both on and off the production line.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assembles equipment components, sub-assemblies, and accessories, as required for the assigned stage of production and in coordination with a small team of co-workers.  Depending on the skill development level, assembly can range from basic fittings and brackets, to hoses, actuators and pumps, sensors, chains, gears, platforms, and instrument controls.

• Fits brackets, fasteners, parts, and sub-assemblies onto structures by placing them in a specified relationship to each other.  Bolts, clips, screws, and tightens parts by hand, hand tools, or portable power tools.  Certain skilled tasks may require insertion of parts into small or difficult locations.

• Inspects the quality of work-in-progress from previous workstations by examining alignment and proper fit following a defined standard. Escalate discrepancies when issues occur.

• Assembles components such as axles, power transmission devices, controls, etc., requiring skilled use of tools and production fixtures and a working knowledge of the product’s operating functions.

• Assists with gathering information on items such as takt time cycles, measurement of tolerances, occurrence of line defects, evaluation of safe and quality work methods, etc.

• Connects wiring to and from control panels, engines, batteries, and other components according to specifications and blueprints.

• Operates a variety of handheld and power-assisted tools, and production fixtures.

• Strong orientation towards safety, quality, cost, delivery, morale, and continuous improvement.

• Understand the flow of production and adhere to operations visual management system and production process.

Qualifications:

• Knowledge and Skills

The position requires basic understanding of assembly processes sufficient to organize, examine, and assemble equipment containing pieces of material (structure, fittings, brackets, bolts). Requires Basic knowledge in the usage of hand tools, hand held power tools, fabricating equipment, and portable air tools. Also requires working knowledge of Terex AWP safe work habits, quality principles, and continuous improvement methods.  Requires skill at resolving work station-related problems affecting equipment, production, or quality.  Requires sufficient human relations skill to convey technical information to and maintain harmony with team members. 

• Abilities

Requires sufficient reasoning ability to understand detailed, yet repetitive, written, and oral instructions, and solve straight forward problems. Requires the ability to perform arithmetic calculations, read and record detailed measurements, counts, distances, and times. Requires the ability to learn and understand safety, continuous quality, and just-in-time within reasonable period of time. Requires the ability to work as a member of a team and maintain harmonious work relationships with others.   Requires the ability to observe safe work practices and handle hazardous materials according to accepted procedures.   May require the ability to perform work assignments on varying schedules.

• Physical Abilities

Requires ambulatory ability to walk, stand, reach, stoop, bend, and crawl on a continuous basis; up to 10 hours a day. Requires the ability to lift, pull, push, and guide medium weigh objects (20-40 pounds) on a continuous basis. Requires sufficient hand-arm-eye coordination to guide objects into specific placement or alignment and make precise measurements. Requires visual acuity to observe moving objects and events, select, and place materials. Requires auditory ability to project voice in a production environment and hear instructions.

• Working Conditions

Work is performed a heavy manufacturing environment where significant safety considerations exist from use of dangerous equipment, proximity to moving objects, full-body physical labor and handling of medium-to-heavy weight materials. Required equipment for all operations includes but not limited to, steel toe shoes, hearing protection and safety glasses.

• Education and Experience

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