Production Worker

Job Description

Job Description

Qualifications:
Minimum Knowledge And Skills Required(List specific education, experience, training/certifications, proficiencies needed. Must support the essential duties and serve as primary criteria for selecting/rejecting candidates).
High school diploma, GED or 2-3 years manufacturing experience.
Ability to work in a team based environment with little to no supervision.
Ability to clearly communicate both verbally and in writing
Good reasoning/mechanical aptitude.

Preferred Or Desired Qualifications (List any further qualifications you would prefer the ideal candidate to have)
Manufacturing experience in a team based environment
Familiarity with Safety Programs in a manufacturing facility
PC skills including word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation applications
Familiarity with World Class Manufacturing systems
Good understanding of quality and board specifications.

Working Conditions (Indicate amount of travel, unusual work - hours/shifts or environmental conditions.)
Normal work hours with occasional optional as well as mandatory overtime necessary to meet deadlines or objectives
Normal office and manufacturing plant environment which may include exposure to industrial solvents, liquids and other materials.
The working environment will extend to both hot and cold conditions

Physical Demands (List only physical requirements that are essential to the position and/or cannot be easily accommodated.)
Must be capable of wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) necessary to comply with government and company safety standards
Job includes tasks that require bending, lifting materials weighing up to 50 lbs., twisting, gripping and stair climbing

Responsibilities:
Run production equipment and/or product cleaning process, move materials. Takes responsibility for product quality and performs appropriate tests in order to make meaningful decisions. Works with the team to produce the highest quality product to ensure Preferred Status on an efficient basis.
Inspects and maintains equipment. Technicians will own breakdowns of equipment in their work area. Assists other Technicians throughout the plant with repairs as requested.
Immediately addresses equipment deficiencies to maintain like-new equipment standards.
Operates mobile equipment in the normal course of daily activities to move both wallboard and raw materials.
Safely lifts wallboard, raw materials, and equipment as needed to perform duties.
Possesses considerable knowledge of plant computer hardware and software, inputs and retrieves information and trains others in these areas.
Controls inventory of finished, scrap and held goods. Maintains established minimum raw material and product inventories and reorders/replenishes them as required.
Establishes and maintains the highest degree of housekeeping and 5S (Sorting, Straightening, Shining, Standardizing, Sustaining) in all areas.
Routinely meets with assigned team to freely discuss recommendations/suggestions for improvement and openly receives feedback targeted to improve the performance of the business.
Actively participates in coordinator functions.
Actively contributes to the WCM (World Class Manufacturing) process.
Learns and performs various jobs throughout the plant. Teaches job skills to others, on the job and in a classroom setting. Is positive when teaching others.
Meets daily with the Technician Team and other designated teams or individuals to produce the best product possible.
Meets with assigned plant groups; shares in the work of the group and reports progress/updates back to assigned team.
Supports and helps others throughout the plant at all times.
Other duties as required.