Job Description

Machine Operator

Who we are!

Indiana Automotive Fasteners, Inc., has been a stable employer in the Greenfield community for 27 years, producing excellent fasteners for the automotive industry.

We are seeking all motivated and knowledge-seeking individuals to join IAF with a drive to become a valued Team Member, while learning machine operation, and how fasteners bring an automobile together. Who is ready to embrace our mission and make a meaningful impact on the fasteners we create?

IAF is one of 15 US manufacturers that can train and offer opportunities in multiple manufacturing processes. All of our processes are under one roof, including Cold-Forming (Machine Set Up Operator), Thread Rolling (Machine Set Up Operator), Heat Treatment (Machine Operator), Electroplating (Machine Operator), Coating (Machine Operator), and Material Handling to our Shipping Department.

A Day in the Life of an IAF Team Member?

As a Machine Operator, you will operate up to 3 machines to our safety, quality, and production standards. In this position, you will verify parts are correct for the process and load fasteners into the machine, understand how the process works, and keep up with the production cycle times of the machine(s). Once the cycle is complete, then the parts are unloaded and inspected according to IAF quality standards.  There are chemicals used in the machine processing such as caustic, acids, zinc, paint-like coatings, and oil. As a machine operator in these areas there are different chemical smells.

You would Thrive in this position if: You have a willingness to learn new skills. Or if you already have experience as a machine operator in the manufacturing industry. Experienced with maintaining cycle times. Utilizing gauges to perform quality checks, as well as visual inspection. If you are mechanically inclined with experience in troubleshooting malfunctioning machines, or a desire to learn those skills.

Why work with us:

• Competitive pay, $21.00 to $ 23.00 per hour, plus paid time off including holiday shut down
• Training on 1st 6:30am-3:00pm 4 to 6 weeks in our Global Training Center, where we train you basic knowledge of the machine, then move to the department to apply basic skills thought in the Global Training Center on the floor.
• Great Benefits (comprehensive health insurance, dental, prescription and vision coverage, uniforms paid for with laundry services, Steel-toed shoes, PPE supplied, 401K with employer match)
• Focus on your health and wellness (on-site clinic & cafeteria)
• Opportunity for growth and advancement
• Team atmosphere

Job Qualifications Title: Machine Operator

Qualifications

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 essential functions.

What you’ll need:

• Six months of related experience and or training, one- year certificate from a college or technical school, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Machine aptitude (preferred)
• Troubleshooting experience (preferred)
• Good communication
• Organization and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work as a team
• Ability to lift container up to 25lbs (repetitively) to 100lbs (occasionally)
• Ability to stand for extended periods, use of hands, walk, bend, and or twist
• Ability to stand in one spot for periods of time
• Ability to work 8-12 hours daily (including weekend overtime based on production requirements)

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.  Ability to write reports business correspondence, and procedure manuals.  Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public. Fluent in English. 

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtracts, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the Team Member is regularly required to talk or hear.  The Team Member is occasionally required to stand and use hands, walk, bend, lift, or twist.  The Team Member frequently is required to reach with hands and arms.  The Team Member is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell.  The Team Member must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  The Team Member must be able to lift a container of fasteners weighing up to 25 pounds on a regular basis.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.  While performing the duties of this job, the Team Member is frequently required to sit; to use their hands to finger, handle, or feel; and to talk or hear.

CODE OF CONDUCT

Indiana Automotive Fasteners is a team environment. We operate with mission-driven integrity. Our mission of “Ensuring your family’s SAFETY through our team’s QUALITY” is at the heart of all our decisions and actions. We exemplify ethical practices, professionalism, and personal integrity, creating respectful and trusting collaborative work environments where sound advice is valued. We contribute to the IAF team by living the core values of T.E.A.M.W.O.R.K.

• We are Trustworthy. We do the right things right every time. We do our jobs with honest effort every time, every day. We follow all Safety, Quality, and Work Policies.
• We are Engaged. We are eager and enthusiastic to help our team succeed. We persistently pursue excellence every day. We work together to continuously improve.
• We are Accountable. We are responsible for every product and process we touch. Our choices and actions matter because our work matters. We produce Excellent Quality fasteners. Our work is a critical component to critical features on vehicles. It is our responsibility to follow our Quality-controlled procedures to ensure the Safety of our products.
• We are Motivated. Our work drives us. We can achieve, and we will achieve. We care about what we do.
• We are Welcoming. We encourage everyone’s best. We greet everyone with a friendly smile. We care about each other.
• We are Open-minded. We ask. We listen. We consider. We are curious about new possibilities. We are not content with the status quo, and we believe that our diverse backgrounds are what makes us stronger, so we listen to learn from each other.
• We are Respectful. We listen to understand. We help each other. We believe every team member matter and deserves respect.
• We are Knowledge-seeking. We Genchi Genbutsu: Go, Look, See. We keep learning, we keep growing. We strive to understand, so we investigate problems to learn from our mistakes. We train and develop our team so that we continue to grow and improve.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Team Member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Indiana Automotive Fasteners is an equal opportunity employer.