Press Operator (1st Shift)

Tenneco; Elkhart (IN); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenneco in Elkhart, IN is seeking a factory machinery operator to join a cellular manufacturing team. You will learn and rotate across workstations, set up and operate machines, and perform preventative maintenance while ensuring quality and safety standards.

Candidates should read work orders and manuals, perform basic maintenance, and work well with others in a fast-paced environment. This full-time position requires overtime as needed and offers opportunities for hands-on growth in a leading

Qualifications

• Ability to read and understand work orders, machine manuals, directions, charts and safety regulations.
• Mechanical aptitude to operate machines and perform basic preventative maintenance and minor repairs.
• Basic math skills.
• Ability to work well with others.
• Ability to learn and perform all jobs in assigned Cell group and rotate to each workstation as needed.

Responsibilities

• Perform as a team member of a cellular operating group, which requires the ability to learn, perform preventative maintenance.
• Set-up and operate machines and to be able to rotate to all workstations within each cell.
• Handle materials and tools, operate machines, assemble and inspect all product of varying shape, sizes and weights.
• Maintain safety and quality standards, perform safety checks and daily safety check-off lists.
• Maintain station control of operations, inspect parts, identify production and quality problems and assist Team Leader with problem correction.
• Work within plant policies and applicable work instructions; OT as required.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Basic math skills

Read work orders

Teamwork

Rotate across cells

Job description

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At Tenneco, we don’t follow industry standards; we set them, and we don’t settle for being best-in-class because we hustle to be better than best-in-class. Whether it’s our Core Values – radical candor, simplify, organizational velocity, tenacious execution and win – or our Get Stuff Done (GSD) mindset, we’re determined to become the most trusted partner and best manufacturer and distributor to the transportation industry.

With a product portfolio as expansive as it is innovative, an obsessive commitment to quality and excellence, and a global presence, we’re all about getting stuff done, so we can win.

How do we make it happen?Through the Tenneco Way. Fueled by our Core Values, a winning mindset and a relentless commitment to excellence, the Tenneco Way is how we win. It’s what keeps Team Tenneco bold, driven, and unapologetically focused on pushing past limits and redefining success.

Here, you’ll work alongside a team of relentless problem-solvers who are committed to making a tangible impact. If you’re ready to break boundaries, deliver results, and enjoy the ride along the way, you’ll thrive here.

Operate machines completing one or more processes toward the manufacturing of exhaust pipe assemblies and components. Perform as an active team member in supporting and performing all the tasks within a cell group.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform as a team member of a cellular operating group, which requires the ability to learn, perform preventative maintenance. Set-up and operate machines and to be able to rotate to all workstations within each cell.
• Employee must be able to handle materials and tools, operate machines, assemble and inspect all product of varying shape, sizes and weights.
• Employee must perform the above within acceptable quality, quantity, performance and safety standards.
• Perform safety checks and preventative maintenance on each machine to assure machines are in safe working condition and complete daily safety check-off lists.
• Maintain station control of operations, which includes machine parts to specification, inspect parts to assure the quality standards are met, identify production and quality problems and assist Team Leader with problem correction.
• Employee must perform his/her job within acceptable safety, environmental, quality, productivity and performance standards as outlined in plant policies, handbooks and applicable work instructions.
• Overtime as required/requested.

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Minimum Qualifications

• Ability to read and understand work orders, machine manuals, directions, charts and safety regulations.
• Mechanical aptitude to operate machines and the ability to perform basic preventative maintenance and minor repairs
• Basic math skills
• Ability to work well with others
• Ability to learn and perform all jobs in assigned Cell group and rotates to each workstation as needed.

Equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities