1st shift Production Associate

Overview

Filtration Group is on a mission to make the world safer, healthier, and more productive. With a passionate workforce, global footprint and world class engineering and manufacturing capabilities, we are driving innovation and developing solutions across a broad spectrum of applications in the fast-growing and rapidly evolving global filtration industry. We are committed to maintaining an entrepreneurial culture built on a foundation of trust and in which our leaders exhibit a strong bias for action.

The Company began in 2009 and has rapidly grown organically and through a thoughtful acquisition strategy to be a global leader in the highly attractive filtration industry. Filtration Group has the broadest portfolio of solutions in the industry and has had a particular focus on building a leading platform of solutions focused on the Life Sciences and Indoor Air Quality end markets which are rapidly growing in the current market environment. Filtration Group operates across a wide variety of attractive end markets and produces mission critical products with high replacement rates. Over 80 percent of the Company’s revenue comes from replacement / consumable products, many of which are specified into customer’s products or processes.

With revenues of $1.4 billion, Filtration Group is consistently recognized as the fastest growing and one of the largest filtration businesses in the world and has a global footprint of 141 facilities in 28 countries. Filtration Group has over 6,000 employees who are united in their Mission to make the world safer, healthier, and more productive.

Responsibilities

Primary duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Under general supervision, perform a variety of tasks requiring a good working knowledge of assembly techniques, materials, tools, machines, and equipment, including, but not limited to folding, assembling, labeling, laying, or rolling stock, inspecting, cutting, and/or boxing, at efficiency standards dictated by the department.
• Immediately report to supervisor or production lead any unusual material, equipment problems or work conditions that would hinder operations, represents deviations from quality standards, good manufacturing practices or adversely affects safety standards.
• Work from product specifications or manuals to ensure a quality product. Inspect work as needed.
• Perform simple, routine, and repetitive tasks using standard procedures.
• Maintain housekeeping in assigned work area at all times of line stoppage during production runs and at the end of the shift.
• Perform all duties safely, wearing required personal protective equipment, such as: gloves, apron, and safety glasses, back support, etc.
• Observe all safety rules and immediately report hazards to the supervisor.
• Be punctual and at work daily.
• Follow all company rules and regulations, per the Employee Handbook or department policy. Perform other duties as required.

An individual in this position must be able to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities listed above. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

The above list reflects the general details necessary to describe the principle and essential functions of the position and shall not be construed as the only duties that may be assigned for the position.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Able to work overtime on short notice.
• Able to perform tasks in a standing position for extended periods of time.
• Able to satisfy the physical, visual, and auditory requirements listed elsewhere in this job description.

Preferred Qualifications

• Able to speak, read and write in English highly desired.
• High school diploma or equivalent level of education highly desired.
• Manufacturing experience strongly preferred.

• Assembly experience
• Enjoys collaborating with a partner.

Physical/Mental Demands:

While performing the essential functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers, lift, move, and handle products, materials, tools, and controls.  The employee frequently is required to stand, periodically may sit, reach with hands and arms, walk, or climb with legs and talk or hear.  The employee is regularly required to stand, sit, walk, pull, bend, twist, squat, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

The employee must routinely lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or more up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception. Good manual dexterity and eye-hand coordination are required.

The physical and mental requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.

More About Filtration Group

Filtration Group is on a mission to make the world safer, healthier and more productive. With a passionate workforce, global footprint and world class engineering and manufacturing capabilities, we are driving innovation and developing solutions across a broad spectrum of applications in the fast-growing and rapidly-evolving global filtration industry. We are committed to maintaining an entrepreneurial culture built on a foundation of trust and in which our leaders exhibit a strong bias for action.   

The Company began in 2009 and has rapidly grown organically and through a thoughtful acquisition strategy to be a global leader in the highly attractive filtration industry. Filtration Group has the broadest portfolio of solutions in the industry and has had a particular focus on building a leading platform of solutions focused on the Life Sciences and Indoor Air Quality end markets which are rapidly growing in the current market environment. Filtration Group produces mission critical products with high replacement rates.  Over 80 percent of the Company’s revenue comes from replacement / consumable products, many of which are specified into customer’s products or processes.  With revenues over $2 billion, Filtration Group is consistently recognized as the fastest growing and one of the largest filtration businesses in the world and has a global footprint of 141 facilities in 28 countries. Filtration Group has over 10,000 employees who are united in their Mission to make the world safer, healthier and more productive.#LI-DNP