Manufacturing Operator (1st shift)
Department: Manufacturing
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Minden, Nevada
Reporting To: Jeremy Bigelow
Compensation: $15.00 – $17.00 / hour
Description
We are a quickly growing and profitable division of Knowles Corporation. Our division, Knowles Precision Devices (KPD), focuses on production of a wide variety of highly engineered capacitors and RF devices for use in critical applications in military, medical, electric vehicle, and 5G market segments. Radar, pacemakers, MRI equipment, satellites, airplanes, electric vehicles and mobile phone base stations are just a few of the places you will find our products. Our small parts make a big difference!
It’s an exciting time to work for KPD! The surge in demand for 5G technology and electric vehicles along with an ongoing appetite for strategic acquisitions is quickly accelerating our growth. We have a new leadership team in place, we are making significant investments in our technology and our facilities and are always searching for employees who have a sense of urgency and a winner’s mindset, and who model ownership and who show up…big. We are personally invested in the success of our employees and customize development plans to help individuals meet their professional goals. We continue to build out our tools, systems and facilities to support our growing organization and have a keen eye focused on value creation, continuous improvement, and serving our customers.
Job Overview: We have many opportunities for entry-level manufacturing operators, right here in Minden, Nevada ! This is a hands-on manufacturing role assigned to of the manufacturing work centers tasked in building the thin film product.
Key Responsibilities
- Follow and support all safety practices by wearing proper PPE, identification of potential safety risks, and reporting all safety incidents as they occur.
- Review and monitor all product, processes, and equipment operation for potential safety risk.
- Follow “pre-flight and first article” requirements if required.
- Identify product perceived as not having met the specification criteria as noted on the line card or within the work instruction. Initiate communication with a supervisor to have the issue resolved.
- Keeps management abreast of process or equipment problems preventing timely product processing.
- Identify equipment requiring repair, calibration, and improvement efforts meet or improve equipment performance within process specifications.
- Perform process start-up activates.
- Perform In-Process inspections for operations performed.
Skills Knowledge and Expertise
- This individual must have the ability to verbally communicate with supervisors and/or fellow employees.
- Must be capable of following direction, taking accurate data, reading and following written instruction and asking questions prior to acting when unsure of specific requirements and outcome.
- Ability to identify problems, collect data, and follow both written and verbal instructions.
- The individual must have good hand and eye coordination to work with small products.
- The individual may be required to perform process operations using a microscope for extended periods of time.
- The individual may need to stand for extended periods of time to perform process operations.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be in close proximity to moving mechanical parts, chemicals and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.
- Individuals that are designated chemical mixers and hazardous waste handlers must participate in additional training that includes emergency procedures, waste disposal, and chemical handling.
- All applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S. without restriction to ITAR documentation and materials.
- Must be a U.S. citizen, legal permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.
Benefits
What’s in it for you on Day 1:
- Medical, dental and vision insurance plans
- Prescription Drug Plans
- Basic Life Insurance
- 401k plan with company match
- Tuition Reimbursement Program
- Employee Referral Program
- Overtime opportunities
- Multiple work schedules available
- PTO (10 days) and Paid Sick Leave
- Paid Holidays
Exciting Onsite Perks:
- Free coffee available at our cafeteria
- Employee Appreciation Events
Knowles is committed to providing a competitive and fair total compensation package for all employees.
One element in our total compensation package is base pay. The starting hourly pay for this role is targeted to be between $15.00 to $17.00.
Individual compensation decisions are based on a number of factors, including but not limited to previous experience and skills acquired prior to joining Knowles, cost of living in the assigned work location, assigned schedule, and salaries of similarly situated peers at the company. It is to be expected that candidates will come to us with different sets of skills and experiences and therefore will be paid at different points in the stated range. We recognize that the person(s) we select for hire may be less experienced or more experienced than the role as posted; if this is the case, any updates to available salary ranges will be communicated with candidates during the recruitment process.
Equal Opportunity Statement: Knowles Precision Devices prohibits pay discrimination and discrimination of any kind based on race, color, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, or other legally protected status.