1st Shift Production Operator

Challenge Manufacturing • Northlake, TX

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Sets up and operates resistance spot welders and/or power presses to weld, trim, punch, shape, notch, draw, or crimp metal, composite, or plastic stock. The operator supports quality, safety, housekeeping, and continuous improvement requirements while producing and handling parts according to specifications.

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Able to stand for 8–10 hours per day and perform the essential functions of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English sufficiently to safely and effectively perform job duties, including following work instructions, safety procedures, and company communications.

Responsibilities

• Understand and explain the company's Quality Policy and how the role contributes to customer satisfaction.
• Understand the Quality Management System, its document architecture, and relevant policies, procedures, and work instructions.
• Identify Quality Management System and implementation nonconformances, and document or log them.
• Participate in preventive actions, conduct corrective actions, and perform problem-solving analysis and reporting as required.
• Maintain housekeeping in the personal work area and shared facility spaces.
• Comply with applicable safety, environmental, regulatory, and statutory requirements.
• Attend required training and educational programs.
• Participate in objective auditing activities when requested and support continuous improvement.
• Stop work when appropriate and contain suspect or defective material or services to prevent further processing.
• Work at different stations as production needs require.
• Ensure required materials are present and request or retrieve materials as needed.
• Position parts against fixtures or stops on the machine bed or die.
• Start the press and observe its operation for misalignment or malfunction.
• Inspect parts for conformance to specifications and discuss nonconformances with a team leader or quality inspector.
• Clean machines.
• Pack parts in the specified relationship to each other.
• Complete tags to track product flow and identify operators who performed the work.
• Complete required paperwork and submit it to the team leader.

Benefits

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), through which employee-owners receive company shares annually as an additional retirement benefit.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed