Manual Assembly Operator - 1st Shift

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

We are seeking an energetic and motivated Manual Assembly Operator to join our growing team at Blum USA. This is a great opportunity to link your career with an established international company.

Job Responsibilities

As a Manual Assembly Operator, you will be responsible for operating semi-automatic assembly machines, inserting parts into the machine fixture and supplying machine with components for assembly.

Additional responsibilities for this position include:

• Complete visual checks of material introduced into the assembly process
• Load/unload parts on Powder Coating line
• Operate equipment to meet standard production rate
• Manually assemble parts using both hands
• Making cardboard boxes
• Read and interpret shop packs
• Clean machines and work area

Job Requirements

To be successful in this type of position, we need team players who bring a positive attitude to the work place and enjoy being around and working with others. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience preferably working with Automated Assembly machines in an industrial manufacturing environment.

Additional requirements for this position include:

• High School diploma or GED from an accredited institution preferred
• Basic math skills
• Sits or stands constantly, 6-8 hours
• Walks occasionally, 1-3 hours
• Twists/Turns, Stoops/Bends, Squats/Kneels occasionally, 1-3 hours
• Reaches constantly, 6-8 hours
• Lifts/Carries 26-40 lbs up to a distance of 5 feet, over 40 times per shift
• Pushes/Pulls 26-40 lbs up to a distance of 5 feet, over 40 times per shift
• Pushes/Pulls 10-25 lbs up to a distance of 25 feet, over 40 times per shift
• Use both hands to move objects for 6-8 hours per day
• Use a simple grasp to pick up objects with both hands for 6-8 hours per day
• Use both hands to finely manipulate objects for 1-3 hours per day

Benefits

Blum USA believes in offering their employees an excellent benefits package that includes:

• Hourly position with overtime
• Base rate $20.20 per hour
• Possible bonus opportunities
• Health (Medical and Dental)
• 401(k) with employer matching
• Flexible spending account to cover eligible out of pocket health, dental, vision expenses
• Three weeks’ vacation starting your second year on the job
• Term life insurance equal to annual salary at no cost to employee
• And more!

Company Overview

For more than 60 years Blum has been manufacturing superior quality hinge systems, drawer runners, and lift systems that create emotion and enhance user convenience in the kitchen. With every product, we strive to develop solutions to ensure that cabinet doors and drawers open with ease, close softly and effortlessly, and make workflow and everyday kitchen use easier.

Over the decades our product range has grown and so has the company. Today, Blum has eight production plants in Austria, and manufacturing sites in Brazil, Poland China, and the United States. Approximately 9,000 Blum employees all over the world concentrate on the vision of “perfecting motion” to satisfy the specific requirements of the end user, whether it is in the kitchen or in another living area of the home. This prerequisite is the source of all our product development and innovation.