Assembler I

Wabtec Corporation; Buffalo Grove (IL); On-site; USD 26,174 - 28,929; Full time

Job summary

Wabtec Careers in Buffalo Grove, Illinois is seeking individuals for final assembly roles on bus door panels. Candidates should have a High School Diploma or GED and be capable of using hand and power tools to follow blueprints and assembly instructions.

The typical day involves assembling various components, ensuring quality, and conducting necessary touch-ups. The hourly pay is between $19.00 and $21.00. Wabtec is committed to equal opportunity employment.

Qualifications

• Requires up to 1 year for acceptable proficiency on all job-related tasks.
• Ability to assemble products using prints and BOMs.

Responsibilities

• Assemble bus door panels from fabricated components.
• Install hardware including roller brackets, hinges, and window glass.
• Perform quality touch-ups with spray paint and adhesives.

Skills

Hands-on assembly skills

Ability to use hand tools

Blueprint and BOM reading skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Pneumatic tools

Electric power tools

Job description

Completes the final assembly of bus door panels or kits for direct shipment to customers.

Follows blueprints, routers, process standard sheets (PSS), bills of material (BOM’s), Team Leader and supervisor instructions to assemble a wide variety of door panels with many and varied options or add-ons.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Uses prints, BOM’s and PSS’s to assemble product.
• Job requires up to 1 year for acceptable proficiency on all job‑related tasks.

Typical Day

• Starting with a fabricated door panel and working with hand tools, light pneumatic, and electric power tools, attaches roller brackets to door panel.
• Physically pulls or uses special automatic puller to install extruded rubber seals into door channels.
• Attaches hinges to the door using a nut driver.
• Measures and cuts rubber for sensitive edge and installs into door channel. Routes and runs wire into sensitive edge.
• Installs glass window(s) into door panel and attaches CLASS sensors to door if called for in print.
• Attaches brush seals to panel base and mounts cover plate over brush mount and assembles shaft and are to the door panel.
• Performs spray paint touch up of panel where necessary and applies caulk and adhesives when appropriate to door panel and installs handles onto panel if specified in print.
• May also be asked to perform other duties outside of your function or trade, for which adequate training will be provided if necessary.

Wabtec will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the U.S. for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable) and fitness for duty test (as applicable).

Salary Range: $19.00–$21.00 per hour.

Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or a special need for accommodation, please let us know.