Production Worker

Production Worker

The Production Worker is part of the production team, ensuring that a quality product is produced and delivered in a timely manner. The Production Worker will need to observe high safety and quality standards. The Production Worker will also need to be reliable, punctual and be able to perform physical repetitive tasks.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the production of orders with consistent speed and accuracy
• Ensure that high quality production standards are met
• Maintain a clean work area and follow health and safety standards
• Follow production guidelines and specifications according to customer's request
• Safety operate and maintain tools, machinery and equipment
• Complete packaging tasks: assembling gaylords, placing product into gaylord, labeling boxes
• Quality check finished product to ensure completed to customers standards
• Assist in maintaining and organizing accurate inventory levels
• Assist in the ordering of material
• Additional responsibilities as assigned

This job description is not designed to be a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time during the course of employment.

Education & Experience

• High School education or GED is required
• Some light manufacturing assembly, production line experience preferred
• Patch / PA Child Abuse / FBI Fingerprint Clearance are required to begin employment and this is all paid by Life'sWork of Western PA

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Physically capable of manual labor including: standing, lifting, reaching and bending
• Able to lift up to 50 pounds
• Reliable and punctual
• Willingness to work as a team with a positive attitude
• Decision making and problem-solving skills
• Flexibility to adapt to changes
• Interpersonal skills
• Basic computer and math skills

Benefit Package

• Health Coverage: (full-time only)
  • Pays 100% of employee only coverage.
  • Matches up to $700 towards your health savings account (H.S.A.)
• Other benefits: (100% paid by employee)
  • Dental and vision
  • Aflac
  • Legal Shield / Identity Theft
• Paid Time Off (PTO):
  • Beginning your second year, full-time employees will receive 20 days of PTO
  • Beginning your second year, part-time employees may receive up to 10 days of PTO
• Holidays: (full-time)
  • Offer 12 holidays per year
• Retirement Plan (403(b) Thrift Plan):
  • Matches 100% up to 5% of employee's contribution
• Mileage reimbursement:
  • Follows the federal mileage rate.
• Flexible schedule

Organizational Summary

Life'sWork of Western PA is a non-profit organization empowering people to live the life they choose. We partner with people with disabilities, people with other barriers, young adults, children and families to pursue their hopes and dreams through strengthening workplace abilities, building life skills and developing meaningful relationships.

We believe everyone deserves to share in opportunities of meaningful employment. Through employment for all, we envision creating a compassionate, inclusive and equitable community where all individuals have a chance to flourish. A career at Life'sWork means a chance to promote life altering change in an individual's life.

Diversity and Inclusion Statement

At Life'sWork of Western PA, we have a clear vision: to create a community where difference is valued. As an organization with a mission that is centered around lifting up some of the most vulnerable members of society, diversity and inclusion are more than just words to us. Here, everyone is welcome. We employ, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, age, sex, religion, color, national origin, language, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity, handicap or disability, and other protected status'. As an employment organization that is continually evolving to provide the best possible services for our clients, we strive to be as diverse as the individuals that we serve. Life'sWork is fully focused on building and nurturing a workplace where inclusion is part of our everyday culture, not just an initiative; where all employees feel their individual gifts are celebrated and appreciated, and where they are encouraged to be who they are.

There is always more work to be done, and we believe that if the services that are provided by our organization are done through a diverse mix of talents, perspectives, and backgrounds, we can play a role in creating ongoing and lasting change.

Life'sWork of Western Pennsylvania provides equal employment and opportunity to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation age, national origin, veteran's status and disability or any other characteristic protected by law.