Job Description
Company Background: Since our founding in 1883, UltraSource has served the processing and packaging equipment needs of thousands of companies worldwide in the meat and poultry, seafood, produce and dairy industries. Our comprehensive offering includes hundreds of products that enable us to custom tailor equipment solutions that meet the production line objectives, labor goals, budget constraints and brand image of our customers.
UltraSource's quality program ensures our products are engineered and produced to meet or exceed our customers' requirements. Reliability, maintainability, and safety are at the forefront of our engineering strategy and support our dedication to quality.
Summary: Assemble sub-assemblies. Build, adjust, inspect and troubleshoot packaging and processing equipment such as chamber machines, GP3s, rollstock, tray sealers and labelers.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: - Assemble and build quality sub-assembly parts for packaging and processing equipment.
- Troubleshoot and test functional performance of sub-assemblies (electrical, mechanical, pneumatic) and parts under specified environmental conditions such as temperature change, vibration, pressure and humidity.
- Operate and test machinery for shipment to customers.
- Report problems regarding quality, process, equipment and material to the production manager.
- Confer with engineers, technicians, production colleagues and others to resolve any problems.
- Perform and execute quality workmanship on sub-assembly and overall work area.
Education and/or Experience: - At least two (2) year's experience in building mechanical or electrical machines.
- One-year certificate from college or technical school; or six months related experience/training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Basic mechanical aptitude to assemble, test and troubleshoot equipment.
Other Skills and Knowledge: - Ability to work independently or with a team.
- Ability to read engineering drawings.
- Ability to troubleshoot both electrical and mechanical problems.
- Learning quickly when facing new problems: a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; strives for continuous improvement of self and processes.
- Solid communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills with the ability to convey information and ideas.
- Thrives in a fast-paced work environment; responds with a sense of urgency.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
Physical Demands: Must be able to fulfill all essential job functions in a consistent state of alertness and in a safe manner. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds and frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. The employee is occasionally required to climb ladders up to 10 feet.
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is infrequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. In the summertime the ambient temperature can be hot.
Job Tags
Summer work, Worldwide,