2nd Shift Assembler Specialist
Fives Gidding and Lewis // Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Join Our Team!
Fives Gidding & Lewis is actively seeking an Assembler Specialist to join our team in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
Position Summary
Perform a wide range of mechanical assembly work per engineered-assembly drawings. Use hand and power tools to assemble components. Use overhead cranes to lift weldments or castings and assemblies into location. Requires skill, judgment and knowledge related to precision assembly methods. Knowledge of GD&T and the ability to read blueprints beneficial.
Key Responsibilities
The successful candidate will:
- Assemble units and machines to engineering specifications per assembly drawings
- Build machines and associated units to specified-time requirements in work schedules
- Test and ensure quality standards are met for all units built in the area
- Perform part inspection as needed, identify defective parts if necessary
- Clean, fit, align, adjust and assemble parts as needed
- Follow, create and maintain written assembly procedures
- Interpret guidance and communicate with other departments in absence of supervisor
- Maintain equipment in the assigned area at a basic user level
- Recommend design improvements; seek to increase efficiency in unit assembly area
- Operate hand tools, power tools, grinders and machines throughout the course of the build cycle as needed
- Work independently with limited supervision
- Awareness of 9001 and 14001 policies and procedures
Qualifications
To be successful in this role, candidates should possess:
- Associate’s degree or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or 4-6 years related experience and/or training
- High degree of mechanical aptitude
- Read and interpret assembly drawings
- Work with English and Metric measurements
- Operator gages such as OD and ID micrometers, verniers, gage blocks, etc.
- Operate small machines, including lathe, grinder, drill press, belt sander, etc.
- Basic computer literacy
- Operate overhead crane and forklifts to stack units for machine assembly
What We Offer
Fives Giddings and Lewis are proud to provide a comprehensive total rewards package that may include:
- Competitive compensation
- Annual performance incentive opportunities
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Company-paid life and disability insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid vacation and holidays
- Career development and training opportunities
- Employee assistance programs
- Opportunities for advancement within a global organization
Why Come to Fives?
By becoming part of Fives, you will be joining an international group that will provide you with access to numerous opportunities for growth and mobility across a wide range of industries and functions.
We will give you room to learn, grow, and develop, both professionally and personally while contributing to innovative solutions that are shaping the future of industry.
Industry Can Do It With You!
Corporate Group Overview
We are a part of an industrial engineering group with a heritage of over 200 years, Fives Group designs and delivers machines, process equipment, and production lines for the world's largest industrial players. Across the globe, we are committed to making industry smarter, more efficient, and more sustainable.
Site Company Overview
Fives Giddings & Lewis is a renowned manufacturer of metal cutting machine tools, including horizontal boring mills, vertical turning centers and horizontal machining centers for customers across aerospace, defense, energy, power generation, construction and mining, and industrial markets.
Fives is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.