Mechanical Assembler

Kärcher is the world's leading provider of cleaning solutions with around 13,000 employees in 70 countries and an innovative product offer for commercial and domestic customers alike. Renowned for our innovation, over 90% of our products have been developed in the past 5 years. We owe this success to our employees, their skills, dedication, ideas and commitment. Constant investment in R&D, quality, marketing and design make us a well-known brand and a most attractive employer to develop your career with. Do you want to be part of our growth story?

This Is How You WOW

• Lead and Support Assembly Lines: Demonstrate proficiency across all assembly lines, stepping into any line to build with minimal support, and backing up the production lead in their absence.
• Drive Quality and Troubleshooting: Apply advanced quality processes (such as A3 and Root Cause Analysis), perform audits, test machines built on multiple lines, and possess deep product troubleshooting skills.
• Manage Line Metrics & Resources: Actively manage line metrics, update team boards, and navigate SAP with a high-level understanding to cross-compare schedules and plan resource workloads.
• Optimize Operations & Lean Principles: Successfully execute advanced KPS training, apply lean principles, resolve part shortages, and handle engineering change requests (ECR) or deviations as they relate to assembly.
• Ensure Process Execution: Follow strict work instructions, standardized work, and quality checkpoints while executing specialized tasks like trimming plastics, utilizing taping systems, and packing machines.

It would be WOW if you would bring this in:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years related assembly experience.
• Ability to read and understand drawings for parts identification and a strong familiarity with a wide variety of hand and air tools. Employee must demonstrate proficiency on the following tools within 90 days;
• Hand / air screwdriver, nut driver, tape machine, adjustable wrench, cable tie gun, wire cutter/stripper/crimper, hammer, hand and air ratchet, needle nose pliers, torque wrench, torque gun, knife, scissors, tape measure, ring pliers, vice grip, vice, hand press, hose cutter, tap, banding machine, rivet gun, lift table, air chunks, air impact, stapler, foam gun, nail gun, heat gun, electric drill, and scrapper.
• Ability to operate and drive machinery, work comfortably around heavy machinery/forklifts, and apply basic math skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)..

Our Kärcher WOW-package

• Medical, Dental, and Vision plan
• Paid Holidays (11 per year)
• Flexible PTO for exempt employees; generous PTO for non-exempt employees
• HSA, FSA and 401K matching plans
• Paid sick time, as well as short and long term disability insurance

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and reach with arms and hands.
• Standing for 8 hours and frequent walking required.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts and is frequently exposed to airborne particles.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually high, proper protective equipment is required.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities or qualifications associated with the job. These may be added, removed, changed or reassigned as needed to accommodate business requirements. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

We are an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer – M/F/Disabled/Veteran

So: Wanna WOW with us?

Simply upload your resume online and leave your contact information. We look forward to getting to know you!

Together towards a clean world.

Nicholas Goldman | Talent Acquisition Specialist

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