Machine Operator I

Leggett & Platt; Sparta (KY); On-site; USD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Machine Operator I to join their dynamic team. This entry-level role offers an exciting opportunity to work with various metal fabricating machines, shaping and bending materials that contribute to essential products. The company values safety and inclusivity, providing a supportive environment for all employees. If you have a mechanical aptitude and a passion for learning, this position could be your gateway to a rewarding career in manufacturing. Join a team where your contributions matter and help enhance lives through quality craftsmanship.

Qualifications

• Must have a mechanical ability and a strong desire to learn.
• Experience in a fast-paced metal fabrication facility is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Operate various metal fabricating machines such as saws and presses.
• Cut, shape, and bend metal plates and tubes.

Skills

Mechanical Ability

Desire to Learn

Metal Fabrication Experience

Tools

Metal Fabricating Machines

Job description

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We make life more comfortable.

Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.

Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.

From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries.

Learn more about the history of Leggett: https://leggett.com/history

Furniture

A Leader in the Upholstered Furniture Industry

In our Furniture Components business, we design, manufacture, and distribute a wide range of components and finished products that enhance comfort, motion, and style in upholstered furniture, including recliner mechanisms, seating support systems, and sofa sleeper units. With a global footprint that includes international manufacturing, product development, distribution and sales, we are strategically positioned to support upholstered furniture manufacturers around the world.

Workplace Furniture Solutions

Leggett & Platt is North America’s leading independent manufacturer of office furniture components and mechanism. Our Work Furniture business produces task and finished components, as well as select lines of private label finished seating. From surface-critical bent tube assemblies and molded plywood components to chair mechanisms, bases, arms, seats, and backs, Work Furniture brings diverse world-class manufacturing capabilities together in the production and assembly of high-quality contract furniture products.

Learn more about Furniture components: Furniture

Learn more about Work Furniture: Work Furniture

Moiron, a division of Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, located in north west Grand Rapids, MI is seeking a Machine Operator.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Operate different metal fabricating machines such as cutoff saws, punch presses, hydraulic presses, forming machines, drilling machines, and other machines that cut, shape, and bend metal plates, tubes, and other various parts.

A Few Things You’ll Need

• Must have a mechanical ability and a strong desire to learn

Things We Consider a Plus

• Actual experience in a fast-paced metal fabrication facility

What To Do Next

Now that you’ve had a chance to learn more about us, what are you waiting for! Apply today and allow us the opportunity to learn more about you and the value you can bring to our team. Once you apply, be sure to create a profile, and sign up for job alerts, so you can be the first to know when new opportunities become available.

Our Values

• Put People First reflects our commitment to safety and care of each other, learning and development, and creating an inclusive environment of mutual respect, empathy and belonging.
• Do the Right Thing focuses us on acting with honesty and integrity, delivering the results the right way, taking pride in our work, and speaking the truth – good or bad.
• Do Great Work…Together occurs when we engage without hierarchy, collaborate as a team, embrace challenges, and work for the good of all of us.
• Take Ownership and Raise the Bar demonstrates our responsibility to add value and make a difference, challenge the status quo and biases to make things better, foster innovative and creative solutions to drive impact, and explore new perspectives and embrace change.

Our Commitment to You

We're actively taking steps to make sure our culture is inclusive and that our processes and practices promote equity for all. Leggett & Platt is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veteran status, and more. Join us!

We welcome and encourage applications if you meet the minimum qualifications. Even if you do not meet the preferred qualifications, we’d love the opportunity to consider you.

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Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Management and Manufacturing
• Industries
• Furniture and Home Furnishings Manufacturing

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