Assembly and Carpentry Worker

ThompsonFirstGroup; Elkton (MD); On-site; USD 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

ThompsonFirstGroup is hiring Assembly and Carpentry Worker Associates for temporary-to-hire positions in Elkton, Maryland. The role requires candidates to assist in production through fastening parts, cutting to size, and tending to machines. Ideal candidates should have a background in production and manufacturing, with familiarity in using hand and power tools, although formal education requirements are minimal. The job includes physical demands such as lifting and exposure to environmental conditions, and an equal opportunity workplace is promoted.

Qualifications

• No educational requirements.
• Carpentry experience is helpful.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions.

Responsibilities

• Place parts in specified relationship to each other.
• Fasten parts together using various methods.
• Cut products to specific measurements.
• Tend machines on the assembly line.

Skills

Background in production

Experience in manufacturing

Knowledge of hand or power tools

Carpentry experience

Job description

Thompson First Group is seeking Assembly and Carpentry Worker Associates for temporary to hire opportunities for a local client in North East, MD.

Candidates with a background working in production, manufacturing and haveexperience working in construction or have used hand or power tools are encouraged to apply.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Places parts in specified relationship to each other.
• Bolts, clips, screws, cements, or otherwise fastens parts together.
• Cut products to specific measurements as needed.
• Removes defective products as needed.
• Tends machines to perform force fitting or fastening operations on assembly line.
• Works at different workstations as production needs require.
• Works in environment where tasks change as varying models of product are produced.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Minimum Requirements

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• There are no requirements in terms of education or experience.
• Prior carpentry experience helpful.

Competencies

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Verbal expression ability to effectively present information, in both individual and small group situations.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.
• Ability to read tape measure.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Work Environment/Physical Activity

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is continuously required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
• The employee is continuously required to walk.
• The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must continuously lift and /or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is continuously exposed to moving mechanical parts and may be exposed to airborne particles.
• The employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions; extreme cold; extreme heat; risk of electrical shock and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
• Will be required to wear ear plugs for noise protection as well as eye protection and other personal protective equipment required by the location.

Thompson First Group is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.