Production Worker

Fairbanks Scales; St. Johnsbury (VT); On-site; USD 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Fairbanks Scales Inc. in Vermont is seeking a production technician who evaluates, touches up and reworks surface mount and through-hole PCB solder joints and operates semi-automatic and automatic preforming equipment.

You’ll set up, run and monitor prep equipment, verify quality, and make adjustments to maintain proper tolerances while adhering to safety and PPE requirements in a general factory setting. Candidates with a high school diploma and manufacturing experience are preferred; good hand

Qualifications

• Ability to work with small hand tools.
• Strong attention to detail and critical thinking.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with internal and external contacts.
• Good problem-solving skills and initiative to improve processes.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and rework PCB solder joints (surface mount and through-hole).
• Set up and operate semi-automatic and automatic preforming equipment.
• Verify quality and adjust processes to meet tolerances and standards.
• Follow safety procedures, wear PPE, and maintain orderly work area.

Skills

Hand tools

Attention to detail

Customer communication

Problem solving

Verbal communication

Multitasking

Relationship building

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Tools

Wire crimping machinery

Job description

Summary

Evaluates, touches up and reworks surface mount and through-hole printed circuit board assembly solder joints. Adjusts and operates semi-automatic and automatic component preforming equipment.

Essential Job Duties

• Checks and repairs printed circuit boards for solder and assembly defects using the workmanship standards as a guide concerning the quality of boards
• Sets up and operates semi-automatic and automatic preforming equipment
• Verifies the quality of the pre-forming and adjusts as necessary
• Requires the ability to plan and perform a sequence of operations, and the making of general decisions as to quality, tolerance, operation and set-up sequence

Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Previous experience working in a manufacturing environment preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to work with small hand tools
• Critical thinker with strong attention to detail
• Good interaction, communication skills with customers at all levels
• Good problem-solving skills
• Good verbal communication skills with all levels of internal and external contacts
• Ability to effectively organize and prioritize work as well as concentrate on multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to develop and maintain business relationships

Work Environment

• General factory conditions including noise and dust
• Must be able to don PPE including hearing protection, safety boots, or glasses where required in the on-site manufacturing areas.

Physical Abilities

• Required to use close vision and be able to focus.
• Occasionally lift, or carry, or lift and carry up to 50 lbs.
• Regularly required to talk and hear; frequently required to sit, stand, and bend at the knee and waist, and walk.
• Must have finger dexterity and hand-eye coordination to work with wire crimping machinery
• Regular attendance is a necessary and essential function.

Fairbanks Scales Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets

DISCLOSURE REGARDING BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION

Fairbanks Scales Inc. may obtain information about you from a third-party consumer reporting agency for employment purposes. Thus, you may be the subject of a "consumer report" and/or "investigative consumer report" which may include information about your character, general reputation, personal characteristics, and/or mode of living, and which can involve personal interviews with sources such as neighbors, friends, or associates, The reports may contain information regarding your credit history, criminal history, social security verification, motor vehicle records ("driving records"), verification of your education or employment history, or other background checks. Credit history will only be requested where such information is substantially related to the duties and responsibilities of the position for which you are applying.

NOTIFICATION OF PRE-EMPLOYMENT DRUG SCREENING

Fairbanks Scales Inc. performs post-offer, pre-employment drug testing for all roles prior to being hired into any role as part of our Drug Free Workplace Policy. In addition, Fairbanks Scales Inc. performs post-offer, pre-employment drug testing under the authority of the U.S. Department of Transportation prior to being hired for any role or transferred into a safety-sensitive role.