General Laborer

Description

Job Summary:

Assists in all areas of the shop to include cleaning and organizing parts and materials; performs physical operations to remove parts from main sheet of metal on a repetitive basis; performs a variety of tasks to assist in machine shop activities such as operating metal fabricating/finishing equipment to cut, bend, form and/or finish metal parts as specified by customer requirements; fits and/or assembles, adjusts and repairs subassemblies and major assemblies.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Records job activities, including counts, utilizing labor reporting system.
• Communicates with co-workers and supervisor to receive instructions and coordinate activities.
• Performs all job functions to meet acceptable quality and performance standards.
• Maintains accurate count of parts; attaches labels or tags to processed material identifying customer, part number, quantity and shop order information.

Non-essential Duties:

• Identifies material to be processed based on laser outputs.
• Inspects parts to maintain quality requirements.
• Follows all safety procedures and wears safety equipment or apparel as required.
• Cleans area around workstation on a daily basis.
• (May) Drive a fork lift truck to transport material for storage or delivery to another department

Requirements

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Able to position and manipulate parts with the hands demonstrating manual dexterity
• Able to follow directions precisely and perform repetitive tasks

Experience and Education:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Between 6 months to 1 year of related work experience of a physical nature
• Equivalent combination of education and experience.

Special Requirements:

• Machine shop work environment; dust, grease and metal shavings common.
• Requires the use of the following personal protective equipment when on the shop floor:  
• Safety glasses, steel toed shoes/boots.
• Must be able to:
• Work safely in a fast paced environment
• Work overtime, including weekends as requested. 

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.