Assembly Assembly Operator

Flex N Gate•Urbana, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Guardian West currently has an opening on 3rd shift (11pm-7am) for an Assembly Operator. The starting pay rate is $20.25 per hour, increasing to $20.75 after 3 months. This role involves standing continuously on a cement floor with intermittent walking to move bumpers or retrieve attachments. Responsibilities include washing bumpers, attaching various components, and using tools like a nut runner and rubber mallet. Some stations utilize a manipulator on a hoist to assist with lifting and placing bumpers. The target production rate is 500 bumpers per 8-hour shift on the DS line, which has the fastest production rate. Positions within the assembly cells are rotated up to every 2 hours. The shift is 8 hours, with potential overtime up to 10-12 hours. Employees receive two 10-minute breaks and one 20-minute meal break per shift.

Requirements

Minimum High School Diploma or GED
Ability to speak, read and understand English
Ability to work in a drug free workplace and pass a drug screen
Ability to lift minimum of 50 lbs.
Ability to stand and walk for extended periods of time
Regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
Required to push, pull, reach and lift above head and below shoulder level
Requires repetitive wrist and hand motion and fine motor coordination to manipulate nuts, washers; forceful pinching to fasten clips
Requires repetitive gripping, lifting and maneuvering of bumpers

Responsibilities

Standing continuously on cement floor with intermittent walking to move bumpers or retrieve attachments
Wash bumpers on tables/ stands (~42-inch height) or in floor racks
Retrieving bumpers from racks ranging from floor to 6 feet in height and carrying them to assembly stations
Attaching nuts, brackets, lights, wiring and plastic components to the bumper
Use of 12-pound nut runner at 4-foot height for fastening nuts
Hammering bumper attachments with rubber mallet
Operating a manipulator on a hoist with two hands and thumb controls to assist with lifting and placing assembled bumper into floor racks
Pushing and pulling on handles to maneuver manipulator into place
Manually lifting bumpers (weight up to 63.5 pounds)
Push/ pull racks of bumpers (up to 25 pounds of force)
Move bumpers from one assembly station to the next as they move thru the assembly process
Rotate positions within the assembly cells up to every 2 hours
Other duties as assigned