Assembly Operator Position Available In Mercer, New Jersey

The Assembly Operator is responsible for assembling wheel, tire, and runflat for final fitment to a vehicle.

Specific Duties

• Follow all applicable environmental, health and safety rules and procedures and immediately report all dangerous situations, near-misses, and injuries.
• Participate in developing and updating risk assessments and review all applicable risk assessments annually.
• Use the instructions in the Production Manual to correctly assemble the product.
• Determine by part number the right wheel, tire, and runflat for a particular assembly as specified on the Engineering drawing.
• Apply lubricant to the inner crown of the tire.
• Visually inspect tire, wheel, and runflat for defects.
• Operate insertion press to insert runflat into the tire.
• Manually insert wheel inner into the tire and runflat.
• Operate multi-spindle nut runner to torque all wheel nuts properly.
• Inflate tire assembly to proper pressure as specified on assembly drawing.
• Operate the balancing machine to balance tire assembly correctly.
• Visually inspect completed assembly air pressure loss, correct nut torque, defects, etc.
• Package finished tire assembly as per the work order.
• Follow instructions from the Shift Leader and Quality Control personnel.
• Remove all garbage at the end of the shift and keep work area clean and orderly.

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.

Qualifications

• Previous experience working in a production environment preferred.
• Ability to move and work with heavy tires.
• Must be able to work in a non-air conditioned environment for a minimum of eight (8) hours per day.

Personal Protective Equipment The following list of PPE is required while in the manufacturing area.

• Safety Glasses conforming to ANSI Z87.1 or higher
• Steel Toe Safety Shoes conforming to OSHA General Industry Standards 29 CFR 1910 Hearing protection conforming to OSHA General Industry Standards 29 CFR 1910Hutchinson Industries, Inc.

is an equal opportunity employer.

This is a non-exempt position. Hutchinson Industries, Inc. reserves the right to modify the job description based upon its needs and may require the employee to perform functions beyond those mentioned above. Neither this job description nor any other communication creates an employment contract between Hutchinson Industries, Inc. nor the employee, and either one may terminate employment without notice at any time.