Employment Opportunities

Assembler

Classification: Full-time, all shifts
Wage: $15-20/hr, DOE

Duties:

• Assemble and pack both sub-assemblies and completed assemblies with close supervision.
• Maintain required work efficiency and productivity on assigned work station/assembly position.
• Monitor daily quality of assemblies and communicate any discrepancies.
• Participate in QAT and problem solving to continually improve the quality of assemblies and processes.
• Report information on quality, delivery and cost.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Ability to follow a standard operating procedure
• Reliable Transportation

Requirements:

• Requires the ability to perform continuous short cycle work with light to 40 lb. (or equivalent) weight materials.
• Ability to efficiently perform basic assembly from detailed instructions.
• Requires the ability to add and subtract decimals or fractions and work from operation layouts and written instructions.

Designer Drafter

Classification: Full Time Contractor

Essential Duties:
CAD design & documentation:

• Participate in the design of new products in cooperation with a design team consisting of engineers, other designers, and lab technicians
• Produce CAD models/detail drawings of new products
• Revise and redraw as required, production drawings of existing standard products
• Use and apply Graco drafting standards
• Complete ECOs by utilizing PDM and other tools

• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Two year technical or equivalent
• Thorough knowledge of mechanical design drafting practices
• Capable of using and applying Graco drafting standards

Electrical Controls Engineer

Classification: Full-time

Essential Duties:
Perform electrical hardware and software engineering tasks in the development of new products and cost reduction:

• Demonstrated experience with and knowledge of embedded controllers
• Participate in development of product specification
• Produce conceptual designs
• Guide development process to produce practical designs
• Create detailed circuit and hardware drawings and software code
• Identify applicable standards
• Provide analysis of design to applicable standards
• Provide analysis of design using engineering analysis tools and techniques (e.g., Circuit simulation, software analysis tools)
• Review instruction manuals and product literature
• Define and lead prototype development and lab and field tests
• Work with manufacturing on process development
• Conduct design reviews, safety reviews

Participate in new product development as a member of a design team by:

• Identification and communication of threats to schedule
• Participating in release-for-sale activities
• Working effectively in a team environment

Assist in standard product support activities, such as:

• Analyzing and writing Engineering Change Orders
• Troubleshooting product problems in manufacturing, lab or field

Learn, participate in development, and apply knowledge of:

• Developments in technical field by staying abreast of developments to maintain technical knowledge
• Graco product line
• Operational systems
• Graco and industry design standards
• Graco Quality Management System
• Graco customer applications and requirements
• Emerging trends in our customers’ markets

• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, computer or software engineering or computer science.
• 0-5 years of experience in new product development with demonstrated ability to produce results.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Good mechanical aptitude with ability to be an effective contributor to product development or standard product support activities.

Machinist

Classification: Full-Time, Swing Shift
Wage: $20-30/hr, DOE

Duties:

• Operate a variety of CNC machines within a factory
• Maintain a clean, safe work area.
• Adjusts tools and replace as needed
• Perform daily maintenance of machines as required and keep supervisor informed of necessary maintenance beyond operator ability
• Must read and understand layouts, routings and blueprints for the parts being run
• Demonstrated proficiency with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
• Provide accurate inventory counts at all times and keep parts in appropriate storage areas
• Proficient in the use of comparators, CMM, Trimos, gages and related measurement tools
• Collect and input SPC data which involves the use of comparator, CMM, Trimos, gages and related test instruments
• Perform necessary side operations during machine cycle time as required (i.e., deburring).
• Work as a team member to aid all shifts and support personnel to produce machined parts which meet Graco standards of quality and productivity goals
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• High School diploma or GED
• Completion of a Machine Tool Technology degree program or a Technical School Certificate in Machining, or an equivalent number of years of machining experience is preferred.
• Candidates that have completed the first year of a 2-year Machine Tool Technology program may be considered for employment contingent on the successful completion of the degree, certificate, or program.

Requirements:

• In terms of an 8-hour workday, “occasionally” means 1-33%, “frequently” means 34-66% or the time, and “continuous” means 67-100% of the time.
• In an 8-hr workday, must be able to sit 1 hr, stand 3 hrs, and walk 4 hrs
• Position requires frequent bending and stooping, occasional use of fixed or portable stairs, crouching and kneeling and reaching above the shoulder
• Employee must occasionally lift and load up to 40 lbs. or greater with the assistance of mechanical lift systems.
• The position requires frequent repetitive elbow movements and simple grasping with both hands and occasional firm grasping and fine manipulation with both hands (lifting, dexterity, coordination, mobility, etc.)