1st Shift Team Assembler

We make life more comfortable.

Leggett & Platts overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives by delivering quality products offering empowering and rewarding careers and doing our part in bringing about a better future.

Leggett & Platts inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life including mattress springs and carpet cushion as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.

From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion Leggett & Platt has divisions that design manufacture and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability coupled with our global footprint make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace hydraulic cylinders flooring textile and geo components industries.

Learn more about the history of Leggett: world leader in bedding technology.

Leggett & Platt has been the driving force in bedding components technology since inventing the bedspring in 1885. Now we own more mattress industry patents than anyone in the world.

Springs foam adjustable beds machinery our Bedding businesses design produce and supply innovative sleep solutions that help you rest comfortably.

Learn more about Bedding Components: L&P Bedding Group

Job Summary:

The Team Assembler will perform a range of repetitive assembly operations at assigned workstations using hand and power tools to assemble various products and sub-assemblies. Move completed assembly to designated areas. Move stock to and from workstations stock racks and holding areas. May be required to rack and unrack parts and finished goods. Team Assemblers may be required to work at any workstation on the assembly line.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Follow instructions and procedures to assemble various parts and components in prescribed sequence and location.

Visually check and inspect work to insure proper quality.

Responsible for both quality and quantity of work.

Assist other team members in their duties to ensure a quality product and smooth flow.

Ensure that work area and equipment are maintained in a clean orderly and safe condition.

Follow prescribed safety regulations.

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Team Assembly Segments (Some segments may not apply based on product types and line set up.)

Material Handling Station

o Working in tandem with another Team Assembler obtain materials to be assembled from designated area.

o Remove laminated product from conveyor and set up on assembly table.

o Align parts to be assembled together.

o Hand pinch edges of glued component areas as needed to ensure proper adhesion.

o Move assembled product to conveyor to be transported to the next workstation.

o Move empty pallets to designated areas as needed.

Off Load Station

o Set up pallet and cardboard at the end of the conveyor.

o Working in tandem with another Team Assembler obtain finished product from conveyor and place on pallet.

o Inspect product for poor glue bonding or any other quality issues.

o Move full pallet of finished product to curing area using hand pallet jack.

Rail Station

o Obtain bed bases from compression machine and place on cardboard on top of assembly table.

o Assemble product ensuring a tight glue bond at all connecting surfaces.

o Move completed product to the conveyor to be transported to the next workstation.

Laminator Cleaning

o Working with the other Team Assemblers follow work instructions to complete proper cleaning of the lamination equipment.

o Wear required PPE (gloves) when cleaning the equipment.

Qualifications Knowledge Education & Experience:

Must be at least 18 years of age to perform this job. To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education:

High School diploma or GED equivalent required; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Experience:

Good mechanical aptitude

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

Attendance/Punctuality - Is consistently at work and on time.

Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; maintains a clean and organized work environment.

Quantity - Meets productivity standards; Completes work in timely manner; Strives to increase productivity.

Safety - Observes all safety procedures and policies; Reports potentially unsafe conditions to supervisor; Uses equipment and materials properly.

Good attention to detail.

Able to work accurately from verbal and written instructions.

This description is a general statement of required major duties and responsibilities performed on a regular and continual basis. It does not exclude other duties that may be assigned.

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Our Values

Our values speak to our shared beliefs and describe how we approach working together.

• Put People First reflects our commitment to safety and care of each other learning and development and creating an inclusive environment of mutual respect empathy and belonging.
• Do the Right Thing focuses us on acting with honesty and integrity delivering the results the right way taking pride in our work and speaking the truth good or bad.
• Do Great WorkTogether occurs when we engage without hierarchy collaborate as a team embrace challenges and work for the good of all of us.
• Take Ownership and Raise the Bar demonstrates our responsibility to add value and make a difference challenge the status quo and biases to make things better foster innovative and creative solutions to drive impact and explore new perspectives and embrace change.

Our Commitment to You

Were actively taking steps to make sure our culture is inclusive and that our processes and practices promote equity for all. Leggett & Platt is comprised of people of all abilities gender identities and expressions ages ethnicities sexual orientations veteran status and more. Join us!

We welcome and encourage applications if you meet the minimum qualifications. Even if you do not meet the preferred qualifications wed love the opportunity to consider you.

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