ILUS - Machine Operator

Manufacturing Company with Career Development Opportunities! Comprehensive Benefits Package! Full Time | 1st Shift | Monday - Friday | 5:00am-1:30pm Must be able to read exact measurements on a tape measure without assistance! Must be able to read blueprints!

About Us:

Daifuku is the nation’s leading independent, U.S.

-based provider of intelligent material handling systems. With hundreds of engineers in‑house, the company designs, manufactures, integrates, and installs the full spectrum of intralogistics solutions. We provide leading‑edge conveyor and sortation systems, voice and light‑directed order fulfillment equipment, controls and software, robotics, mezzanines, and structures.

If you want to join a team of industry leading experts and create an impact on the future of material handling solutions, we want to hear from you!

The Machine Operator operates the CNC machine to cut and build rollers and sets up and operates a variety of machines.

• Measuring and setting up machines to manufacture a high volume of parts
• Performing machine shop and mold press operations to support assembly
• Detecting defective materials and questionable conditions and reporting them to the manager
• Maintaining the work area and equipment in a clean, orderly condition
• Following safety regulations
• Performing preventative maintenance on machines
• Employees are responsible for complying with all requirements of Daifuku’s QMS policies and procedures
• Employees are to ensure sustainable process outputs that drive continuous improvement to provide leading industry performance and exceptional customer satisfaction

• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred
• Minimum of 1 year of related experience

• Ability to use a band saw, hand tools and calipers, and perform milling, turning, drilling, tapping, deburring, molding, and all bench operations
• Ability to read blueprints
• Basic math skills
• Knowledge of standard and metric measurements
• Knowledge of quality assurance and self‑inspection techniques
• Self‑motivated and detail‑oriented
• Team orientation
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand the English language

• Medium work:
  Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Reaching:
  Extending hands and arms in any direction.
• Standing:
  Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Walking:
  Moving about on foot to perform tasks, especially for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Pushing:
  Using upper extremities to push against something with steady force to propel forward, downward, or outward.
• Pulling:
  Using upper extremities to exert force to pull, drag, haul, or tug objects in sustained motion.
• Lifting:
  Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from one position to another.
• Grasping:
  Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Hearing:
  Perceiving sound at normal levels, with or without correction, and being able to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine distinctions in sound.
• Repetitive motions:
  Making substantial movements of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• Visual:
  The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform activities such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operations of machines (including inspection); using measuring devices; and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eye.

• The worker is subject to environmental conditions: protection from weather but not necessarily from temperature changes.
• The worker is subject to hazards including a variety of physical conditions such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical currents, and working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or chemicals.