Assembly Technician Lead

Hartfiel Automation Inc•Plano, TX

About The Position

The mission of this role is to facilitate the daily workflow of both the Manufacturing Solutions (mechanical assembly) area and the Warehouse (shipping and receiving). The Lead Assembly Technician will oversee an Assembly Technician, assist with planning and executing mechanical assembly, and performing all duties around shipping and receiving for the Plano branch.

Requirements

High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and six months to one year basic mechanical assembly experience required.
Must be able to sit or stand and lift up to 40 pounds infrequently.
Must be able to operate hand tools and have complex levels of manual dexterity.

Nice To Haves

Degree in Electrical, Fluid Power, Automation, or Robotics is preferred.
Familiarity with managing build times and priority preferred.

Responsibilities

Sets daily and weekly assembly tasks for the Plano branch for self and other employee. Familiarity with managing build times and priority preferred.
Assembles product per Hartfiel Automation job folders, which may include, but not limited to, control panel assembly, valve stacking, fitting installation, reading and pulling orders, labeling product, and testing product.
Performs final test of finished assemblies.
Participates in continual process improvement, the safe use of basic shop tools and equipment, and keeping work area clean and orderly.
Compares identifying information and counts, weights, or measures items of incoming and outgoing shipments to verify information against bills of lading, packing slips, invoices, orders, or other records.
Examines incoming shipments for damage and shortages, rejects damaged or wrong items, and reports any discrepancies to purchasing.
Stores items after inspection following distribution department’s procedure.
Pulls items for outgoing orders following instructions on shipper.
Labels items with appropriate information (part number, barcode, description, carton number, etc) and packs items.
Verifies outgoing items meet customer specifications (i.e. labels, packaging, carrier, etc).
Operates forklift truck or uses hand truck to move, convey, or hoist shipments from shipping and receiving platform to storage or work area.
Routes other items received to proper departments.
Does inventory cycle counting.
Follows all quality processes and procedures as established by Hartfiel Automation.
Operates within the intended framework of Hartfiel Automation’s mission, values, and vision statements.
Must be able to sit or stand and lift up to 40 pounds infrequently.
Must be able to operate hand tools and have complex levels of manual dexterity.
Delegates work orders, trains and develops new hires, and is responsible for the output of the team.