Description
Location: Plymouth MN 55442
Schedule: Monday–Thursday, 3:30 p.m. – 2:00 a.m.
(Overtime may be required on Friday and Saturday)
Pay Rate: $18.50/hour base
Employment Type: Temp-to-Hire
Grow with Kelly®
At Kelly®, we believe in helping great people continuously grow, learn, and evolve. We're seeking a dedicated Assembly Operator to join a leading manufacturing facility in [City, State]. If you enjoy hands-on technical work, take pride in precision, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this is a great opportunity to develop your skills with a company that values your contributions.
What You'll Do
As an Assembly Operator, you'll be responsible for operating and maintaining high-speed automated assembly machines while ensuring safety, quality, and efficiency.
Key Responsibilities:
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Operate assigned automated assembly equipment safely and efficiently.
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Perform complex machine repairs, adjustments, set-ups, and changeovers as needed.
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Conduct quality checks following the Quality Inspection Plan (QIP) and document results at required intervals.
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Complete preventive and routine maintenance on machines daily, weekly, and monthly.
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Troubleshoot and correct equipment issues to maintain production flow.
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Identify and reset machine faults, clear jams, restart production, and package finished products.
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Use precision tools such as height indicators, gauges, microscopes, and ram optics to verify quality.
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Perform tooling adjustments (e.g., sharpening, conditioning, spring pin height checks, bend and insertion stations).
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Replace components such as sensors, punches, dies, air cylinders, belts, or stock materials as required.
What You'll Bring
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Experience: Minimum 1 year of manufacturing or machine operation experience.
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Technical Skills: Ability to operate and adjust automated assembly machinery.
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Quality Focus: Strong attention to detail with experience performing visual and measurement-based quality checks.
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Mechanical Aptitude: Comfortable using tools, gauges, and precision measurement instruments.
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Dependability: Reliable, safety-conscious, and able to work scheduled overtime as needed.
Work Environment
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Fast-paced, hands-on production setting.
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Semi-routine duties requiring judgment and initiative to maintain quality and productivity.
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Adherence to all safety and company policies is essential.
As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.
Put your skills to work.
There are a lot of different light industrial jobs out there. Kelly® Professional & Industrial recruiters are focused on only offering opportunities with companies that provide competitive pay, safe work environments, and cultures that recognize your value. Whether you're looking for flexible shifts, performance bonuses, or a progressive work culture—we're dedicated to finding the very best opportunities for you.About Kelly
Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we're obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it's about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity. It's the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It's the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world. Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life—just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.Kelly is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status, and we take affirmative action to recruit, employ, and advance qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in the workforce. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to the Kelly Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California's state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment. Kelly participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.
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