Job Description
Job Description
FLSA STATUS : HourlyDEPARTMENT : Wood TrussREPORTS TO : Truss Manager / Dept LeadUPDATED : 07 / 16 / 2019
Overview :
Reporting to the Truss Manager, the Truss Assembler is responsible for assembling precut wooden trusses according to specifications in a safe and efficient manner to meet internal and external customer needs.
Essential Functions :
- Promote and drive safety-first culture, ensuring the safety of employees, contractors, and visitors
- Know and follow safety and emergency procedures as needed
- Operate assembly equipment and tools in a safe and responsible manner to assemble wooden trusses as per customer orders, while adhering to quality specifications
- Routinely perform quality checks and make adjustments as needed to provide customer with accurate and damage-free product
- Complete all daily orders
- Maintain clean work area and workstation prep throughout shift
- Complete housekeeping and workstation prep tasks prior to end of shift
- Routinely perform preventative maintenance on machinery as per training
- Troubleshoot and / or notify immediate supervisor of machine breakdowns or issues
- Maintain and / or update department visual tracking metrics boards
- Cross-train on other functions in the department
- Provide support in meeting and / or exceeding department and plant goals such as safety, quality, scrap prevention and operational excellence
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Skills / Experience Requirements :
Ability to
- Properly utilize and maintain all personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Read and write
- Effectively communicate with others
- Read a tape measure, use a mallet and / or pneumatic staple gun and read blueprints
- Maintain a dependable attendance record
- Receive instruction and follow direction, including technical and multi-step instructions
- Work indoors or outdoors in all weather conditions
- Work independently as well as in a team
- Work safely, remain calm and make decisions in a fast-paced environment
Ability and willingness to
- Contribute innovative solutions to work-related challenges
- Learn, align with and support company goals, values and mission statement
- Lead from any role within the organization and contribute in developing fellow team members
Preferred attributes
- High school diploma or GED
- Previous field-related, forklift and / or manufacturing experience
Physical Requirements :
- Standing for long periods of time
- Routine lifting up to 50 lbs (occasional lifting up to 60 lbs)
- Frequent to occasional lifting, stooping, squatting, kneeling, reaching, bending, twisting, pushing and pulling
7 days ago