Artistree- Production Operator- 1st Shift Starting Pay $16/hr - Full-time

Artistree-Kernersville

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The Sr. Production Operator utilizes a variety of equipment and machines to produce high quality custom framing products while following safety rules, meeting productivity standards and achieving attendance requirements.

Major Activities

1. Manufacturing

• Operates machine or equipment according to procedures
• Cuts, fits, assembles, packages, and ships frame/mat fillet orders
• Provides guidance to Production Associates, as needed
• Meets or exceeds productivity standards set by management
• Assist with production flow
• Cleans equipment as required to ensure safety and accuracy
• Performs required maintenance and replace worn parts such as blades and bits and appropriate and required

2. Product Quality

• Produces orders per quality standards
• Calibrates equipment as appropriate to produce high quality materials
• Meets or exceeds quality standards set by management
• Alerts management to machine or quality issues
• Performs inspection of work complete for visible defects or quality issues
• Completes re-cuts or re-work immediately

3. Safety & Organization

• Maintains a clean work area for safe and efficient operation
• Inspects equipment to ensure safe operations.
• Follows all safety requirements for machine operations.
• Wears appropriate safety equipment at all times.

Minimum Education

• High School Diploma, G.E.D., or equivalent

Minimum Type of experience the job requires

• 1 year experience in manufacturing; basic supervisory/leadership skills

Other

• Ability to communicate effectively
• Verbal and numerical intelligence; accurately read a tape measure and ruler
• Differentiate between quality cuts and defective cuts
• Evaluate variations and changes of machinery settings

Physical Requirements

• Constantly stand and frequently walk, and constantly use foot controls
• Frequently bend from waist and twist
• Occasionally lift and carry up to 30lbs/18.1kgs from waist to above shoulders and reach above head
• Constantly push/pull using upper extremities and constantly reach horizontally
• Feel with the touch of the fingers
• Constantly grasp, carry, and push with both hands
• Constantly move arms, hands and fingers to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects
• Review physical requirements matrix for all requirements

Work Environment

• High noise levels and moving machinery
• Work environment is not climate-controlled and subject to dust and high/low temperatures
• Ability to work safely in a fast-paced manufacturing environment

Applicants in the U.S. must satisfy federal, state, and local legal requirements of the job.