Assembler - 3rd Shift

Why Badger Meter? Badger Meter is a leading global water technology company, with a mission to preserve and protect the world’s most precious resource. For more than 100 years, cities and businesses have utilized our innovative and trusted solutions to enhance operational efficiency and conserve water while making it more affordable, clean and resilient. Just like every drop counts, at Badger Meter every employee counts because our contributions have a lasting impact on the world! What You Will Contribute: This position is responsible for overall assembly process. General duties include building, assembling, testing, injection molding and packaging a variety of meters or meter reading technology products. You will be responsible for performing the various job functions as described below at an acceptable level of efficiency and quality. The work is completed through manual assembly, utilization of various specialty pieces of equipment, or automated machinery. Employees regularly rotate through various workstations within their home department and occasionally work in other areas of the facility depending on workload and customer orders. Responsible for observing safe work habits and maintaining cleanliness of work area Major Job Duties/Accountability: Meter Assembly Perform a variety of operations such as assembly of meters, leak testing, meter testing, and packaging of meter products while following safety guidelines Assemble products, following work instructions ensuring the highest quality products, meeting company product standards, production goals, and customer specifications and delivery requirements Set up and operate meter accuracy and leak test equipment to determine acceptability of product Operate computer to check schedules, obtain part drawings, set up work procedures and update manufacturing status of jobs Work from dispatch lists or production schedules to obtain required daily output Molding Perform a variety of tasks such as operation of plastic injection molding machines and perform secondary operations to molded parts such as degating, sprue removal and drilling May operate and tend to multiple machines simultaneously Follow work instructions ensuring the highest quality products, meeting company product standards, production goals, and customer specifications and delivery requirements Check parts visually and with the use of inspection tools, gauges, and coordinate measuring machines to ensure parts meet specified quality standards Operate computer to check schedules, obtain part drawings, set up work procedures and update manufacturing status of jobs Work from dispatch lists or production schedules to obtain required daily output Perform part counts and/or scale counts and prepare identification tickets for outgoing materials Registration Assembly Performs highly varied register assembly, sub-assembly and test operations on electro/mechanical units Fits and assembles PC board assemblies along with register sub-assembly into register housing for various specialty application registration devices Works from simple assembly drawings, routings and standard procedures Uses equipment such as small arbor press, screwdriver, nut driver, hand soldering iron, ultrasonic welder and computer-run test equipment Tests assembled register for proper function and accuracy. Assembles cartons and packages registers/generators for distribution according to customer specifications Machining May operate and tend to multiple machines simultaneously Follow work instructions ensuring the highest quality products, meeting company product standards, production goals, and customer specifications and delivery requirement Check parts visually and with the use of inspection tools, gauges, and coordinate measuring machines to ensure parts meet specified quality standards Operate computer to check schedules, obtain part drawings, set up work procedures and update manufacturing status of jobs Work from dispatch lists or production schedules to obtain required daily output Perform part counts and/or scale counts and prepare identification tickets for outgoing materials Load, unload and debur parts Qualifications: 1 years of experience High School degree preferred Basic computer skills Ability to pass internal forklift and hazmat training if applicable Ability to work independently with little supervision Maintains open communication and positive working relationships with staff Basic math skills Ability to read, write and speak English Physical Requirements: Depending on assigned department, must be able to meet one of the following physical requirements. Must be able to demonstrate the ability to perform a 20 pound lift test (Dept. 416, 460 (Small Meter Cell and Flex Material Cell), and 421) Must be able to demonstrate the ability to perform a 40 pound lift test (Dept. 460 (injection molding)) Must demonstrate the ability to perform a 40 pound lift to waist, 50 pound lift to chest and 50 pound carry test (Dept. 417, 480) Competitive Total Rewards at Badger Meter: Competitive Pay Eligible for Annual Pay Increases Comprehensive Health, Vision, and Dental Coverage 15 days Paid Time Off 11 Paid Holidays Two Ways to Save for Retirement: Badger Meter contributes 25 cents for every dollar you contribute to the plan, up to 7% of your eligible compensation. In addition to the match, the company will also contribute 5% of your eligible compensation to your Defined Contribution account on an annual basis. Additional access to a certified financial planner to help ensure your money is working for you, at no cost! Employer Paid benefits including: Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Basic Group Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, and more Educational Assistance – Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 Voluntary benefits including: Additional Life Insurance, Long Term Disability, Accident and Critical Illness coverage Health Savings Account (HSA) & Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Applicants can learn more about their rights regarding equal opportunity in employment by viewing the federal "EEO is the Law" poster and the “EEO is the Law” poster supplement at http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm With more than a century of water technology innovation, Badger Meter is a global provider of industry leading water solutions encompassing flow measurement, quality, and other system parameters. These offerings provide our customers with the data and analytics essential to optimize their operations and contribute to the sustainable use and protection of the world’s most precious resource.