TraXtion is seeking an Assembly Technician to help us assemble products on the factory floor. This position requires some blueprint reading skills, as you must follow the schematics and inspect your work for accuracy. You will work on an assembly station, so you must have some experience working on a team. Mechanical or construction experience is also beneficial in this role. You must be familiar with both hand and power tools, and you should be comfortable working around live electricity, as many of our products require intricate wiring.
Assembly Technician Duties and Responsibilities
- Read and interpret schematic drawings, diagrams, blueprints, specifications, work orders, and reports in order to determine materials requirements and assembly instructions.
- Assemble electrical or electronic systems and support structures; and install components, units, sub-assemblies, wiring, and assembly casings
- Adjust, repair, or replace electrical or electronic component parts to correct defects and to ensure conformance to specifications.
- Check your inventory to ensure you have the right materials on hand
- Use tools and machinery to assemble your part of the product
- Inspect products for accuracy and uniformity
- Clean parts, using cleaning solutions, air hoses, and cloths.
- Mark and tag components so that stock inventory can be tracked and identified.
- Position, align, and adjust work pieces and electrical parts to facilitate wiring and assembly.
- Confer with supervisors to plan and review work activities, and to resolve production problems.
- Explain assembly procedures or techniques to other workers.
- Disassembles, modifies, reworks, refurbishes, and reassembles as required.
- Performs tasks that require knowledge of a combination of processes, operations and equipment.
- Frequently required to use fine motor skills, assembling some small parts with excellent dexterity.
- Ability to sit at a workstation for extended periods.
- Identifies and reports problems to group lead or manager.
- Maintain and improve work area order and cleanliness
- Actively participate in meetings in order to understand instruction, customer and production needs, quality challenges as well as other key issues
- Attend company meetings as required
- Requires minimum lifting ability of 40lbs; may require heavy lifting of 50+ pounds with assistance of team members and/or equipment
- Knowledge of all duties will be cross functional but specific duties may be assigned
Assembly Technician Requirements and Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED certificate
- Auto mechanic experience or electrical experience (preferred)
- Minimum of 1-year experience with hand tools and written instructions
- Manual dexterity
- Blueprint reading skills
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Able to read, speak and write clearly in English for safety purposes
Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time position of 40 hours per week. Hours of work may vary Monday through Friday, depending on the needs of the company, hours may change or flex. Schedule will be discussed with supervisor.
AAP/EEO Statement
Traxtion (Formerly Tire Profiles) provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Traxtion complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.