Production Assistant

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable

Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions

• Contributes to accident free operations and compliance to all health, safety, environmental, and quality requirements and regulations.
• Assist the department in producing a quality product based upon product specifications.
• Monitor and complete quality checks to assure quality of the products (color, surface, size, etc.) meets product standards prior to packaging.
• Perform placement of pallets and proper packaging techniques for finished material as directed.
• Move material to designated areas, as needed.
• Assist extrusion operator with all machine cleaning functions including saws, tanks, etc. when necessary.
• Communicate daily issues and pertinent information to production assistants, assistant operators, operators and team leaders as needed.
• Follow all plant safety procedures in order to ensure personal safety and the safety of others.
• Understand and follow all company policies, practices, and procedures.
• Responsible for detailed completion of production operator reports.
• Complete additional quality and production paperwork as necessary.
• Complete and attach labels according to the product specifications.
• Perform housekeeping duties in the production area.
• Performs additional duties as needed and/or assigned by leadership.
  
  

Position Qualifications

Competency Statement(s)

• Teamwork - Communicating and working together to serve our customers.
• Reliability - The trait of being dependable and trustworthy.
• Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
• Integrity - Complete transparency and openness. Trustworthy, forthright and honest.
• Nerve - Nerve to make bold commitments and set stretch targets. Drives and embraces change.
• Accuracy - Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
• Ethical - Ability to demonstrate conduct conforming to a set of values and accepted standards.
• Honesty / Integrity - Ability to be truthful and be seen as credible in the workplace.
• Respect - Respect each other, our customers and suppliers.
• Self Motivated - Ability to be internally inspired to perform a task to the best of ones ability using his or her own drive or initiative.
• Working Under Pressure - Ability to complete assigned tasks under stressful situations.
  
  

Skills & Abilities

• Education: High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED) Required
• Experience: No prior experience necessary
• Computer Skills: Basic computer skills
• Other Requirements: Ability to read, write, and understand the English language. Basic mathematical proficiency in the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers and fractions. Ability to follow written and verbal instructions; reading guages and similar measuring devices.
  
  

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

N (Not Applicable) Activity is not applicable to this position.

O (Occasionally) Position requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0 - 2.5+ hrs/day)

F (Frequently) Position requires this activity from 33% - 66% of the time (2.5 - 5.5+ hrs/day)

C (Constantly) Position requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5+ hrs/day)

Physical Demands

• Stand: F
• Walk: F
• Sit: O
• Manually Manipulate: O
• Reach Outward: O
• Reach Above Shoulder: O
• Climb: O
• Crawl: O
• Squat or Kneel: O
• Bend: O
• Lift/Carry:
• 10 lbs or less: C
• 11-20 lbs: F
• 21-50 lbs: O
• 51-100 lbs: O
• Over 100 lbs: N
• Push/Pull
• 12 lbs or less: C
• 13-25 lbs: F
• 26-40 lbs: F
• 41-100 lbs: O
• Other Physical Requirements
• Vision (Near, Distance, Color, Peripheral, Depth)
• Sense of Sound - Ability to understand conversational speaking
• Sense of Touch
• Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - per safety guidelines
  

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Ability to work in a manufacturing environment where temperatures that can become very hot depending on the weather.