Furniture Builder 6/AM Shift Starting Pay $20.00

La-Z-Boy•Dayton, TN

About The Position

The Furniture Builder hand-builds quality upholstered furniture, working independently or as part of a team in a physically demanding, fast-paced production environment. The role requires drive, urgency, and self-motivation to meet daily production goals, and may involve performing any position within the production cell as needed. The position is listed as a 6/AM shift with starting pay of $20.00 and weekly hours of 40. Duties may include upholstery, frame work, cushion processing, final assembly, and packaging. Work involves following specifications and upholstery notes; handling materials and furniture components; using hand and power tools, air tools, and production equipment; and moving completed units as needed. Employees complete in-house training and work with Kan Ban containers and production tickets. The job requires standing for up to 10 hours per day on hard surfaces, with frequent bending, twisting, and reaching. It also requires pushing, pulling, and lifting at least 50 pounds, as well as gripping, pulling, and tugging materials. Duties and responsibilities may change at any time.

Requirements

Equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the duties.
Basic reading and writing skills.
Completion of the in-house training curriculum.
Basic computer skills.
Strong coordination for routine, repetitive tasks.
Ability to stand for up to 10 hours per day on hard surfaces, with frequent bending, twisting, and reaching.
Ability to push, pull, and lift a minimum of 50 pounds.
Skilled use of hands for gripping, pulling, and tugging.
Comfort with power tools, framing, and staple guns.
Drive, urgency, and self-motivation to meet daily production goals.

Responsibilities

Work in a team atmosphere.
Perform any position within the production cell as needed.
Use Kan Ban containers properly.
Upholster furniture, including knocking down sharp frame corners, stapling materials, inserting tack strip and panels, removing improper staples, and assembling components to specifications.
Complete frame work, including stapling materials, applying glue or wax according to specifications, assembling components, and cleaning up with a glue scraper.
Process cushions by validating unit covers against tickets, coordinating workflow, inserting stuffing materials, operating sealing and quilting machinery, and stapling materials.
Complete final assembly by assembling components into a finished unit, using required tools, oiling mechanisms according to specifications, and scanning the ticket to mark the unit complete.
Package furniture using required tools and equipment, securing packaging materials, applying tickets in the proper location, and moving units as needed.
Use additional tools and equipment as necessary, including drills, hog ring guns, hot glue guns, crimping guns, chisel tools, tack guns, banding equipment, up ender equipment, and tape guns.