Machine Builder Role

Machine builders assemble machinery based on blueprints and schematics using hand and power tools.

Shift Details:

• First shift hours: 6:45 am to 3:15 pm
• Overtime: Based on business needs, paid for time worked over 40 hours per week
• Payroll: Paid weekly each Friday
• Rate of pay: Based on prior work experience and schooling
• Travel: Some limited travel may be expected to service or set up machines

Benefits:

• Full benefits package offered

Essential Functions:

• Read blueprints and schematics to identify proper parts
• Stand, sit, and climb in and around the machine to assemble it
• Cut and prepare belts, chains, and hydraulic hoses
• Identify and install correct parts in or under the frame, pumps, valves, manifolds, fittings (air or hydraulic), measuring, making, and installing hoses
• Identify and assemble drive components, including mounting motors and couplings to gearboxes and mounting in a frame
• Climb in and out or under a frame multiple times while bending and stooping during the assembly process
• Assemble the installation of rolls, gears, electrical panels, and associated parts, dragging, threading, breaking, and connecting all items to the stands
• Completely assemble, troubleshoot, and test machines
• Provide service, setup, and startup functions at customer job sites
• Some limited travel expected with a shift differential of 15% for service travel, including portal-to-portal hours and paid expenses

Qualifications:

• Lift a maximum of 25 pounds
• Ability to read blueprints
• Use and read tape measures, torque wrenches, and measuring instruments
• Operate a fork truck and overhead crane
• Adapt methods and ideas for continuous improvement
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Valid drivers license and background allowing for domestic and occasional international service travel (Canada and Mexico)

Education and Experience Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent

Physical Demands:

• Regularly required to stand
• Frequently required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear
• Occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• Specific vision abilities: close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus

Work Environment:

• Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts
• Noise level: Usually moderate
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions