Production Associate

Founded in 1979, QEP is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. QEP is a leading global provider of high quality, innovative and value-driven flooring installation solutions. QEP manufactures, markets and sells a comprehensive line of installation tools, adhesives, and other flooring-related products for the professional installer and do-it-yourselfer.

We have an exciting opportunity available for a 1st shift Production Associate at our Tolleson, AZ facility!

Schedule for this position: Monday - Friday, 6:00am-2:30pm. Overtime is required based on business need.

• Position: Production Associate
• Classification: Non-exempt
• Department: Production
• Reports to: Production supervisor
• Starting wage is $20.00 and above per hour!
• Schedule: Monday – Friday 6:00 am – 2:30 pm and required OT

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:

• Performs one or more operations to manufacture, assemble, label, inspect and package product.
• Informs appropriate supervisor of any process malfunctions or product issues.
• Ability to adhere to company policies and procedures.
• Ability to set up production line with proper packaging material, material routing, valve settings, and weight calibrations.
• Ability to use a fork truck and scanning gun to record movements of materials in the facility's Warehouse Management System (WMS).
• Must be available to work scheduled shift and overtime as necessary.

• Ability to fill quart, gallon and four-gallon pails with product and applying lids.
• Ability to prepare cases with appropriate labels and assemble cases.
• Ability to prepare, placard, assemble, package, close and palletize cases with pails.
• Ability to move pallets to stretch wrapper, stretch wrapping pallets and move finished pallet to staging area utilizing fork truck.
• Must be able to receive finished goods into warehouse management system utilizing scan gun.

• Must maintain a clean and organized facility to include sweeping, trash removal, consolidating pallets etc.
• Must maintain a safe work environment including by adhering to all safety rules and reporting all accidents, near misses and unsafe conditions to management.
• Other duties assigned.

Qualification Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

• Understand and follow directions.
• Maintain effective working relationship with other employees
• Operate assigned equipment safely and efficiently
• High school education or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to communicate in the English language, both written and spoken.
• Average ability to work out mathematical calculations, which require extending numbers by using multiplication, division, addition and subtraction.
• Two to three years related work experience.
• Ability to lift from floor level to a height of four (4) feet.
• Must be able to see and to step over obstacles with a height of six (6) inches, and around obstacles of 40’’ x 48’’.
• Lift properly. At QEP, you are regularly required to lift and/or move items weighing 50-70 pounds (depending on assignment); up to 100 lbs. occasionally with mechanical aids and team lifting.
• Must be able to hear forklift and related equipment.
• Must be able to stand or sit for long periods.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10’s and 100’s.
• Ability to perform these operations using weight measurement and volume.
• Ability to use scales, measuring devices, sample gauges and markers.

Reasoning Skills

• Ability to understand and follow instructions, ability to learn the methods of various tasks, ability to maintain effective working relationships with other employees.
• Ability to operate assigned equipment safely and efficiently.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Employee frequently works on and near moving materials, handling equipment.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

QEP offers a highly competitive total compensation package with comprehensive flexible benefits. New employees are eligible for benefits the first of the month following 30 days of employment!

If you are looking for a dynamic, innovative, growing company committed to excellence and integrity, then consider QEP!