Production Floater

Leggett & Platt; Kouts (IN); On-site; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Leggett & Platt in Kouts, Indiana is seeking a Production Floater to support multiple departments at the Merit Steel location. The role covers absences, high workloads, and special projects, ensuring smooth daily operations.

The ideal candidate learns quickly, adapts to varied tasks, and maintains safety, quality, and productivity while working a 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. shift.

Qualifications

• 1+ year of manufacturing experience.
• Able to learn multiple job functions.
• Attend and be punctual at all shifts.
• Safety conscious and detail oriented.
• Work well in a team across departments.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with supervisor at start of shift to determine daily functions.
• Fill various roles in operations including annealing, shipping, and machine operation.
• Keep wire drawing machines supplied with carriers.
• Perform plant housekeeping duties.
• Operate and inspect equipment as needed.
• Assist with tasks to support daily production goals.

Skills

Attendance

Quality

Safety

Multi-tasking

Detail oriented

Job description

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.

Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership span more than 130 years. Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products for all areas of life. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the automotive, furniture, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile and geo components industries.

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

Bedding

The world leader in bedding technology.

Leggett & Platt has been the driving force in bedding components technology since inventing the bedspring in 1885. Now, we own more mattress industry patents than anyone in the world.

Springs, foam, adjustable beds, machinery – our Bedding businesses design, produce, and supply innovative sleep solutions that help you rest comfortably.

Learn more about Bedding Components: L&P Bedding Group

Shift/Hours: M-F 3 p.m. to 11 p.m.

We are seeking a Production Floater to join our team at our Merit Steel location in Kouts, Indiana. The Production Floater is a dynamic and adaptable team member responsible for performing a variety of duties across multiple departments as needed. This position is designed to provide support wherever required, ensuring the smooth operation of daily business activities and covering absences, high workloads, or special projects. The ideal candidate is flexible, quick to learn new tasks, and able to work effectively in diverse environments.

So, what will you be doing as a Production Floater?

• At the beginning of each shift coordinate with supervisor to determine what job functions are needed for the day
• Step into various roles within operations, including but not limited to positions in the annealing department, shipping department, and machine operating.
• Keep wire drawing machines supplied with proper carriers.
• Perform plant housekeeping duties.
• Fill propane.
• Operate and inspect sweeper.
• Dump lube barrels.
• Dispose of garbage.
• Dump scrap hoppers.
• Practice good safety techniques
• Perform other duties as assigned

To Be Successful In This Role, You’ll Need

• Attendance/Punctuality - Is consistently at work and on time.
• Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; maintains a clean and organized work environment.
• Quantity - Meets productivity standards; Completes work in timely manner; Strives to increase productivity.
• Safety - Observes all safety procedures and policies; Reports potentially unsafe conditions to supervisor; Uses equipment and materials properly.
• Good attention to detail.
• Ability to learn multiple job functions with a willingness to tackle tasks as needed on a day-to-day basis.
• Able to work accurately from verbal and written instructions.
• 1+ years of manufacturing experience.

Our Values

• Put People First reflects our commitment to safety and care of each other, learning and development, and creating an 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, processes and practices promote equal opportunity for all. Join us! We welcome and encourage all applicants to apply. We’d love the opportunity to consider you.

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