Assembly Technician

Position Summary:

Assembly Technicians at Shaffer/Peerless Food Equipment in Sidney, OH, play a vital role in building high-quality industrial food processing machinery. This role involves working with complex components, interpreting detailed technical drawings, and ensuring each assembled piece meets safety and quality standards. The ideal candidate will have strong manual skills, a focus on safety, and a commitment to producing reliable equipment for our customers.

Shift: 3rd Shift, Monday through Friday - 11pm to 7am

Overtime: When production demands require overtime, work hours may be extended from 9pm to 7am including possibility for Saturdays.

Work You'll Do:

• Assemble Shaffer/Peerless Food Equipment's range of industrial food processing machines, including mixers, sandwiching equipment, and product handling systems, ensuring they meet quality and safety standards.
• Follow detailed assembly procedures involving adjusting, trimming, and fitting parts with close tolerances, often working with complex and sometimes unique components.
• Utilize various hand tools to assemble equipment, making precise adjustments to ensure proper fit, function, and compliance with specifications.
• Interpret blueprints, technical drawings, assembly sketches, and instructions to accurately build and verify equipment components.
• Troubleshoot and resolve assembly challenges on the spot, applying good judgment and problem-solving skills to keep production on track.
• Participate in continuous improvement efforts by suggesting ways to improve assembly processes and maintain safety standards.
• Prioritize safety by actively following safety protocols, participating in safety meetings, and maintaining a clean and organized work area.
• Strive for high-quality workmanship, ensuring that assembled equipment functions correctly and meets all customer and company expectations before shipping.
• Use good judgment to follow detailed instructions and resolve simple, routine problems in standard situations.

Team:

• This role will be a part of the assembly team supporting the production process. Shaffer and Peerless Food Manufacturing are under the Coperion Food Equipment umbrella, and this position supports the collective efforts of these divisions.

Basic Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED, with formal trades training or at least two years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, safety instructions, operation manuals, and technical drawings.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, including fractions and decimals.
• Comfortability, experience, and skills to properly use hand & power tools.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds, climb stairs and ladders, and stand for up to 4 hours.
• Comfortable working in a non-air-conditioned environment with loud noise levels and airborne particles.
• Ability to pass background check, drug screening, and provide proof of legal authorization to work in the U.S.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Formal trades training or experience in mechanical assembly.
• Experience operating overhead cranes or driving forklift trucks (training available).
• Previous experience working with blueprints and assembly documentation.

Who we are:

Coperion is an industry leader in compounding and extrusion, feeding and weighing, bulk material handling and service, bringing a wealth of know-how and experience to the market. Customers benefit from Coperion's divisions of Polymer, Equipment & Systems, and Service that are optimally networked on a global basis to offer ultimate support in the design, manufacturing and implementation of ideal systems. Staffed by engineers, chemists, technicians and a variety of industry experts, these Divisions form a powerhouse of process solutions for their customers.Coperion is an Operating Company of Hillenbrand.

Hillenbrand (NYSE: HI) is a global industrial company that provides highly-engineered, mission-critical processing equipment and solutions to customers in over 100 countries around the world. Our portfolio is composed of leading industrial brands that serve large, attractive end markets, including durable plastics, food, and recycling. Guided by our Purpose - Shape What Matters For Tomorrow - we pursue excellence, collaboration, and innovation to consistently shape solutions that best serve our associates, customers, communities, and other stakeholders. To learn more, visit: www.Hillenbrand.com.

EEO: The policy of Hillenbrand Inc. is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status. Additionally, Hillenbrand Inc. and our operating companies are committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us at recruitingaccommodations@hillenbrand.com . In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying. At Hillenbrand, everyone is welcome to apply and "Shape What Matters for Tomorrow".