Manufacturing Assembly Team Member

**Manufacturing Assembly Team Member - 1st Shift**

at Landscape Forms Kalamazoo, MI * Fortune Best Small and Medium Workplaces in Manufacturing and Production 2020

* Michigan Manufacturer of the Year

* Great Place to Work Certified - 2019 and 2020

* Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency 2020 Veteran Friendly Employer

Landscape Forms is the industry leader in integrated solutions of high-design site furniture, advanced LED lighting, structure, and custom environments. For more than 50 years we have developed and created solutions that help designers and other clients achieve beautiful, functional landscapes that enhance the experience of outdoor space.

**Lets chat if you:**

* Are dependable and enjoy a fast paced environment

* Prefer a team environment with the opportunity to build relationships with a wide array of people

* Finds value in hard work and knowing your role makes an impact

* Would rather be active and moving than stuck behind a desk all day

* Understand the importance and necessity of maintaining a safe and clean work environment

* Thrive in a positive work environment

* Enjoys innovation and thinking outside the box

* Willing to work overtime

**Qualifications and Skills of the Assembly/Finishing Team member**

* HS Diploma or GED

* Stable work history

* Positive attitude

**Benefits we** **offer our team members:**

* Full-time, direct-hire positions

* **NEW FLEXIBLE HOURS**

+ **Option 1: Tuesday through Friday - 4, 10 hour shifts - 6:00am-4:30pm**

+ **Option 2: Monday through Friday - 5, 8 hour shifts**

* $19 - $21 per hour = Base + Shift Differential + Bonus**

* Career development opportunities

* Quarterly Bonus

* Tuition Reimbursement for continuing education

* Health Insurance (medical/dental/vision) eligible on first day

* 401k Match plus profit sharing

* Vacation/Holiday Pay

* Parental Leave

* Volunteer Time

* Fun Company-wide Activities

**This is an estimate that includes base pay, plus our average bonus payout, plus shift differential and equals your average annual hourly pay.

**Summary**

This position has the responsibility to be proficient at a variety of skills that lead to the successful operation of a team in a manufacturing environment. In order to meet safety, quality, production, cost, and continual improvement objectives each member must be cross-trained and able to operate between the various areas and product specific lines.

**Principal Accountabilities**

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

- Operate within facility safety guidelines and promote the use of safe practices.

- Knowledge of product descriptions, use of scheduling systems, and prioritize work to meet daily production.

- Ability to interpret engineering drawings and use measuring equipment and hand tools.

- Maintain accurate documentation.

- Responsible for learning all operational skills and processes through cross training; i.e. assembly, finishing, packaging products, etc.

- Setup, operate, and maintain machinery and equipment.

- Ability to work independently or as a team member to communicate daily goals and run production.

- Maintain inventory control of materials using the Kan Ban system and other material systems.

- Actively promote workplace organization following established 5S criteria.

- Recognize and prep critical areas to meet established product quality standards.

- Produce a smooth, continuous flow of product through cell to achieve at least 95% on-time delivery.

- Participate and implement suggestions to continuously improve products and processes.

- Adhere to the guidelines as established in the Employee Handbook.

**Education and Experience**

High School Diploma or GED required. Must be able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in common units of measure. Must have the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed instructions and deal with problems involving concrete variables. Must have basic computer proficiency. Ability to read, comprehend, and write basic instructions. Ability to give clear instruction on procedures and policies.

**Physical Requirements and Work Environment**

Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds, bend and twist 80% of the time, and stand up to 10 hours. The work environment is on the shop floor in a noisy and sometimes hot location. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities to perform the principal accountabilities.

**Keeping you Safe**

We are deeply committed to keeping our team members, customers and partners safe while working at our facilities. As we know, the COVID-19 Pandemic has significantly changed the way we live our day to day lives and will change the way in which our business needs to operate.

Landscape Forms has created a COVID-19 Safe Work Playbook that is meant to be a complete plan to allow us to continue manufacturing and minimize the risks of contracting COVID-19. The Safe Work Playbook includes Policies, Guidelines and Team Member expectations. It is based on recommendations and guidance from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization and OSHA.

**PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AND SIGN BELOW IF YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT.**

1. Certification of Truthfulness: I represent that all my statements in support of my Application for Employment are true and complete. I understand and agree that if Landscape Forms Inc., at any time, should determine that any requested information was withheld by me or any of my statements are false or misleading, I may be discharged.

3. Limitation on Claims: I agree that any lawsuit against Landscape Forms Inc. and/or its agents arising out of my employment or termination of employment, including but not limited to claims arising under State or Federal civil rights statutes must be brought within the following time limits or be forever barred: (a) for lawsuits requiring a Notice of Right to Sue from the EEOC, within 30 days after the EEOC issues that Notice; or (b) for all other lawsuits, within (i) 90 days of the event(s) giving rise to the claim, or (ii) the time limit specified by the statute, whichever is shorter. I waive any statute of limitations that exceeds this time limit.

4. Authorization to Work: I certify that I can produce applicable documentation that I am authorized to work as required by the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.

5. Need For Accommodation: If I, due to a physical or mental disability, require an accommodation to perform the job for which I may be selected, I understand that I must give Landscape Forms Inc. written notice of that need within 182 days after I know or reasonably should have known that an accommodation is needed. Failure to do so may bar me from alleging that Landscape Forms Inc. has not accommodated me as required by law.

6. Drug Testing: I agree to provide Landscape Forms Inc. with appropriate specimens to test for the presence of drugs or other controlled substances. I authorize the release of any and all information relating to this test, including but not limited to medical reports, laboratory reports, test or evaluation. I understand that decisions concerning my employment will be made as a result of these tests.

7. Disclosures: I agree that the contents of any offices, work spaces, desks, computer and computer generated data, any Landscape Forms Inc. property I may be using, as well as my person, and any of my own property I bring onto Landscape Forms Inc. premises, may be inspected by Landscape Forms Inc. at any time, and I waive and promise not to make any claims against Landscape Forms Inc. (or its employees or agents) relating to such inspection. I agree that, except as directed otherwise in writing by Landscape Forms Inc., I will not disclose to anyone or use for my own purposes, any of confidential or proprietary inf