Job Description

Performs multiple tasks using a variety of hand held pneumatic tools and manufacturing equipment. Builds component assemblies. Installs and assembles semi-trailers on a production line.  Specific duties may vary from department to department. Functions also vary within the department based on the specific tasks and types of materials to be assembled as directed by the team leader or supervisor.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Operates various hand held pneumatic and electric power tools and other machinery including drills, drivers (screws and other fasteners), riveters (pistol grip, pop riveters, mashers and squeezers), impact wrenches, nut-runners, saws and grinders.
• Works with various building materials including steel, aluminum, wood, fiberglass, composites, small fasteners and fittings, adhesives and oil-based products.
• Supplies area with these materials using an overhead crane, forklift, hand / powered carts or carrying materials by hand. 
• Keeps equipment and work area clean and orderly.
• Observes all safety and security procedures.
• Performs other routine duties as necessary
• Employee must be able to perform and remember how to perform multiple tasks from day to day.
• Employee must look for potential cost savings in the work process, help keep scrap and waste to a minimum and be efficient in use of all supplies.
• The employee must perform the assigned tasks in a manner in which they meet or exceed the required production level. 
• The quantity of units, parts, assemblies and/ or installations that is expected will vary with the process being performed, customer specification, volume and location.
• Trailer Builder must inspect his/her product as instructed by standard operating procedures.

Qualifications

The assemblers’ specific job tasks vary from station to station. Labor Pool assemblers may be assigned to perform any station work tasks except welding, forklift driving, painting and blasting tasks. The tasks below are listed in order of the frequency that they are performed generally across the assembly line.

• Work 8-hour shift. 5 Days a week. Sometimes 6 days required for production. Note: There is one 10 minute break and 1 half hour lunch break distributed evenly throughout the work day.

Use air- powered and electric hand tools such as drill, circular saw, grinder, rivet gun, impact wrench, throughout the shift to fabricate, fasten and install components. Time using these tools is generally very frequent. Using these tools requires grip strength.

• Most assembler jobs involve these types of tools. Workers may use these tools all day long with short breaks in between. Position using these tools varies from neutral position, overhead positions and reaching underneath items to install or assemble. These tools weigh 2-10 pounds.

Set up materials for Fabrication. Wood sheets, steel and aluminum parts, etc. Parts lifted weigh between 30 to 50 pounds. Parts lifted and carried together with other people often weigh more than 50 pounds.

•  Frequency of lifting depends on the task. Some tasks require lifting 25-30 pounds every few minutes for a period of 10 minutes, then a 10-minute period performing another task, then lifting and carrying again. Many tasks require this same pattern lifting and carrying 5-25 pound loads.

• Parts lifted and carried together with other people often weigh more than 50 pounds. Items lifted together with other people may weigh as much as 200 pounds. These two-person lifts happen occasionally (approximately 4 times per hour).

• The number of parts lifted and how often they are lifted and carried varies depending upon the type of unit being built and the workstation that the person is assigned to that day.

•  Most items are lifted from a torso- level position. Some items are lifted from the floor or off of shelves that are above the head, but only occasionally.

Use manual hand tools such as hammers, wrenches, screwdrivers, hole alignment tools, etc. throughout the shift. Frequency depends upon the tasks assigned that day and the type of unit being built. Some tasks require very high frequency using these tools.

• The person’s position using these tools varies from neutral position, overhead positions and reaching underneath items to install or assemble.

• Some fine manipulation is required when using some of the smaller hand tools. Grip strength is required to use these hand tools.

Operate equipment such as rivet squeezing machines, hoists, carts, presses and movers. These tasks require manual maneuvering (pushing, pulling, sliding) in some cases. Most equipment is wheeled, geared or on a trolley and does not require an unusual amount of force. Some tasks require a higher degree of force but only on an occasional basis.

Place fasteners in holes. This involves handling small rivets, screws and bolts. Body while placing fasteners may be in neutral position, overhead position and reaching, extending across and down low. Frequency placing fasteners ranges from occasionally to steadily. The job with the highest frequency has a pattern of 1 hour placing rivets, 1 hour doing other tasks over the 10-hour period. Fine manipulation with fingers is required.

• Wipe down equipment and sweep floor at least once a day using brooms, brushes and shop rags.

• Stock parts on shelves. Boxes of parts can weigh up to 50 pounds. This task occurs once or twice a week and involves 5 or six boxes.

The following positions are inherent to the assembly jobs on an occasional basis:

• Reaching over the head to assemble,
• Sitting on stool to get under components,
• Kneeling on knees to fasten components,
• Reaching up or across to install fasteners and components,
• Bending down to attach components at low levels.
• Squatting to perform tasks.
• Lying on back on a garage-creeper to get under components.
• Lying on chest/belly on a cushion to place rivets below.
• Handle and work around various types of materials such as steel, aluminum, fiberglass and wood products. The tasks involved range from cutting, drilling, buffing and assembling these materials.

Handle various chemicals such as paints, solvents, glue, oil based products, etc.

Perform tasks while on stepladders and platforms as high as 12 feet above floor surface. Must climb ladders and stairs of this height 2-4 times per hour.

Additional Information

• Employees must wear all mandated PPE which includes at least protection for the eyes, ears, hands, head, body and feet.
• The employer will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Great Dane Trailers is an Equal Opportunity Employer