Production Helper

Job description

HELP OPERATORS BY PERFORMING DUTIES REQUIRING LESS SKILL. DUTIES INCLUDE SUPPLYING OR HOLDING MATERIALS OR TOOLS, AND CLEANING WORK AREA AND EQUIPMENT. TASKS INCLUDE BUT NOT ENTIRELY: OPERATE MACHINERY USED IN THE PRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION PROCESS AND ASSIST MACHINE OPERATORS. EXAMINE PRODUCTS TO VERIFY CONFORMANCE TO QUALITY STANDARDS. OBSERVE EQUIPMENT OPERATIONS SO THAT MALFUNCTIONS CAN BE DETECTED, AND NOTIFY OPERATORS OF ANY MALFUNCTIONS. LIFT RAW MATERIALS, FINISHED PRODUCTS, AND PACKED ITEMS, MANUALLY OR USING HOISTS. COUNT FINISHED PRODUCTS TO DETERMINE IF PRODUCT ORDERS ARE COMPLETE. MARK OR TAG IDENTIFICATION ON PARTS. LOAD AND UNLOAD ITEMS FROM MACHINES, CONVEYORS, CONVEYANCES AND TRUCKS. RECORD INFORMATION, SUCH AS THE NUMBER OF PRODUCTS TESTED, METER READINGS, OR DATES AND TIMES OF PRODUCT PRODUCTION. Work Environment: Warehouse is hot and humid in the summer months, cold during the winter months. High noise level requires use of hearing protection.

Minimum 35 hours per week up to possible 50 hours per week. Open 7 days/week. Rotating shifts, 6:00am-6:00pm and 6:00pm-6:00am. Normal schedule includes 3 days on/2 days off/2 days on/3 days off and may be Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Work days and shift time may vary with production schedule. Breaks and lunch included within shift schedule.

Special Requirements

No minimum education or experience required.
Must be able to work a 12-hr rotating shift, including weekends and holidays. Day and night shifts assigned based on need. Pre-employment/post-injury or incident and reasonable suspicion drug test required, cost paid by employer and applied equally to all workers, US and foreign/H2B.
Pre-employment criminal background check required, cost paid by employer and applied equally to all workers, US and foreign/H2B.
Able to lift 50 lbs. multiple times during 12-hr shift. Bend and stand repeatedly. Able to push 80lbs on rollers/wheels.
Applicants must complete an employment application.


Employer will provide worker at no charge all tools, supplies, and equipment required to perform job. Employer will provide on the job training.

The employer guarantees to offer work for hours equal to at least three-fourths of the workdays in each 12-week period of the total employment period.

H-2B workers will be reimbursed in the first workweek for all visa, visa processing, border crossing, and other related fees, including those mandated by the government (excluding passport fees).

If worker completes half the employment period, employer will arrange and pay directly for transportation and subsistence from the place of recruitment to the place of work. Upon completion of the employment period or where the worker is dismissed early, the employer will provide or pay for workers reasonable costs of return transportation and subsistence back home or to the place the worker originally departed to work, except where the worker will not return due to subsequent employment with another employer or where the employer has appropriately reported a workers voluntary abandonment of employment. The amount of transportation payment or reimbursement will be equal to the most economical and reasonable common carrier for the distances involved. Daily subsistence will be provided at a rate of at least $15.88 per day during travel to a maximum of $59.00 per day with receipts. All transportation costs are to be preapproved. If necessary, employer will reimburse worker within first pay period for approved cost of meals and lodging at the applicable exchange rate, not to exceed reasonable costs. Receipts must be submitted.