Machine Operator Level 2 - Semi Auto Specialist

1025 LEGO Manufacturing Virginia Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 29,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family Care Leave

Life and Disability Insurance

Headspace app

Colleague discount

Bonus program

Job summary

LEGO Group in the United States is seeking a Semiautomatic Specialist Operator to support line leaders with Change Overs, quality inspections, and timely escalation. You will operate the Semiautomatic Box Former and/or Box Closer or Case Packer, helping maintain high quality and on‑time production while adhering to safety standards.

Technical education in Mechanics and 1–2 years of machine operator experience on high‑speed lines are required; you should read tape measures, understand fractions

Qualifications

• Technical education in Mechanics is required.
• 1–2 years of experience as machine operator on high‑speed lines.
• Experience with cardboard processing machinery preferred.

Responsibilities

• Operate semiautomatic line equipment (box former/box closer/case packer).
• Support line leaders with changeovers and quality checks.
• Maintain clean and safe work area and follow SOPs.
• Escalate safety/quality issues promptly.

Skills

Good communication

Math skills

Tape measure reading

Fractions & decimals

Analytical reasoning

Physical stamina

Education

Technical education in Mechanics

Tools

Easy HMI

Job description

Job Description

In Final Pack we work as a team, always collaborating and helping each other to satisfy the needs of our three main customers: Planning, Shipping and Warehouse. Our key focus: Keep or increase our efficiency while ensuring high quality products and a safe environment delivering pieces on time in full.

Semiautomatic Specialist Operator exists because it is a position to support the line leaders with some activities regarding Change Overs, quality inspections, machine cleaning, proactive detection of safety and quality issues and timely escalating any issue to the Line leaders or Production team leads to receive the proper support. This position operates one or multiple pieces of production equipment, including moving raw material to the production line, filling, lifting, carrying. Provide support, participate proactively and demonstrate leadership on Safety and Quality in the area. Comply with the Safety legal requirements, standards (External / internal) and others applicable to the area.

Responsible for keeping the machines and working area clean and in good conditions, before, during and after shift. Responsible for the Operation, Change Over and fine adjustments of the production Semiautomatic Line, specifically the Box Former and/or Box Closer or Case Packer following SOP (Standard Operating Procedures). Troubleshoot and resolve issues in a timely manner. Follow the Quality standards to get a high quality product coming out from Box Former and/or Box Closer, Case Packer Contribute to the constant flow of the line avoiding unexpected downtimes and working with maintenance, engineering and other support areas as necessary.

Accomplish with the standard hourly results of production. Support line operation activities (Autonomous Maintenance (AM), 5S, Quality Checks, Line Release Audit, etc.) Propose improvements in production processes regarding safety, quality and operations. Collaborate to keep an excellent communication with peers following LEGO values. Regular, reliable and predictable attendance, and able to work in 2-2-3 pattern and Overtime when requested.

REQUIREMENTS

• Technical education in Mechanics.
• 1-2 years of experience as machine operator, similar to a box former / box closer and Case packer machines, and with high speed production lines.
• Preferred experience with carboard processing machinery.
• Good communication skills (verbal and written) with peers and leaders.
• Good Math skills.
• Ability to read a tape measure.
• Understand fractions and decimals, and ability to convert fractions and decimals.
• Analytical reasoning/problem-solving skills required.
• Experience with computers in a manufacturing setting (Easy HMI, electronic settings, solving for faults/alarms).
• Experience with minor mechanical repairs (e.g., jams, using tools, making basic adjustments to equipment, etc.).
• Experience with conducting preventative maintenance (e.g., inspecting and maintaining equipment, detecting and correcting issues before they occur, etc.).
• Must be able to lift/pull/push 50 lbs.
• up to 50 % of the shift.
• Must be able to stand/walk/bend/twist for prolonged periods of up to 12 hours/day as needed per production area.
• Maintenance experience.
• Syntegon box former/closer/case packer machines experience preferred.

salary: 21.74

What’s in it for you?

• Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.
• Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.
• Wellbeing – We want you to be your best self, so you'll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programs run by local teams where you are based.
• Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.
• Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.
• Your workplace – You'll find this at the top of this advert and when you join the team, we'll confirm this with you.

We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong. The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion and Veteran status) to apply for roles in our team.

We support our employees in being there for the moments that matter in life and celebrate families of all kinds, the loved ones that make us who we are.

Being part of the LEGO Group also means taking part in our annual Play Day, playing a part in building a sustainable future and continuing our mission to "inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow".

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children's Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer. Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

We conduct drug screening as a part of our drug free workplace policy and in support of our commitment to the health and safety of our employees.

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Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do.

Our founder Ole Kirk Kristiansen made his first wooden toy in 1932. He persevered against the odds until his business was a success. Constantly innovating, never compromising. Building, rebuilding, and striving for the best. It is this resilience and permanent sense of renewal that drives us forward. We are never still. We will always be creating, inventing, and having fun. Build your career brick by brick and play your part in continuing our mission to "inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow".