Assember

ODL; Zeeland (MI); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

ODL is seeking a production assembler to mass-produce door lights, window lights, and related home-building products. The role involves line-based work, part assembly, and machine tending across multiple stations in a hands-on manufacturing environment.

The position requires basic reading/writing skills, simple math, and adherence to standard procedures. You will operate equipment, inspect quality, and pack finished items for shipment as part of a rotating shift.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED or 1–3 months related experience or equivalent combination.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, labels, and production schedules.
• Ability to write simple sentences and complete forms/requests for information.
• Ability to apply common sense and carry out simple multi-step instructions.
• Actions and results are closely prescribed by work instructions/structure of work.
• Little or no opportunity to make independent decisions.
• Most actions regularly checked by others.
• Ability to read a tape measure and track production and scrap numbers.

Responsibilities

• Place parts in specified relationship to each other according to work instructions and quality standards.
• Clip, screw, cement, or fasten parts using hands and tools (glue, screw guns).
• Tend machines (loading, off-loading, operating), such as glass washer and Motoman.
• Pack parts for shipment.
• Work at different work stations as production needs and rotation require.
• Work on line where tasks vary as different model moves along the line.

Skills

Reading comprehension

Simple math

Quality awareness

Multi-step instructions

Ability to follow procedures

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Glue

Screw gun

Glass washer

Motoman

Job description

Job Summary

Performs repetitive bench or line assembly operations to mass-produce door lights, window lights, and other products for the home building industry.

Essential Job Functions

• Places parts (e.g., spacers, glass, frames, blinds, muntins) in specified relationship to each other according to work instructions and quality standards.
• Clips, screws, cements, or otherwise fastens parts together using hands or tools such as glue and screw guns.
• Tends machines (loading, off-loading, and operating), such as glass washer and motoman (includes loading plate glass).
• Packs parts for shipment.
• Works at different work stations as production needs and rotation require.
• Works on line where tasks vary as different model of same article moves along line.

Candidate Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence/postings, labels, and production schedules.
• Ability to write simple sentences and complete forms/requests for information.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple multi-step instructions.
• Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.
• Examples would include judging quality defects, how to set up work and determining the cause of a problem.
• Actions and results are closely prescribed by work instructions/structure of work.
• Little or no opportunity to make independent decisions.
• Most/all actions regularly checked by others.
• Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.
• Ability to perform these operations using units of weight, measurement, quantity, volume, and distance.
• Examples would include reading a tape measure, tracking production and scrap, counting parts in a box.
• The employee is required to stand for long periods of time, repeatedly bend and reach, and use hands to manipulate tools and parts.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Shift First Shift (United States of America)

Our History

OUR HISTORY A Foundation Customers Trust With a heritage of creating products for the home that dates back to 1945, ODL remains synonymous with stability, quality, and confidence. Yet, after more than 75 years, we feel our best days are ahead of us. Thanks to our exceptional portfolio of entry doors and doorlights, the industry’s leading lineup of enclosed blinds, and an expanding international presence, the opportunities are limitless. Family-owned and privately operated, we aim to build upon what’s made us successful through the years: a culture of treating people well, coupled with constant innovation.