Job description

Serta Simmons Bedding is proud to be one of North America’s largest bedding manufacturers, and the company behind some of the best-selling brands including Serta, Beautyrest, Simmons and Tuft & Needle.

When you join Serta Simmons Bedding, you become part of our 220-year legacy of sleep solutions with endless opportunities to impact our future for centuries to come.

Once you’re here, you’ll be part of a winning company that invests and supports our team members’ career journeys. We offer competitive benefits, job training, learning and development, and other employee perks such as our employee discount on all products.

Benefits:

· Health, Dental, and Vision (starts on day one)

· 401K with company match

· Paid Time Off / Vacation

· 12 company holidays

· Sick days

· Employee discounts

· Referral Bonus

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Operates within one or more area(s) in a continuous flow manufacturing process, executing prescribed, repetitive processes to meet production and quality standards.
• Identifies process disruptions/malfunctions and makes minor adjustments per standard operating procedures and protocols.
• Performs routine inspections and basic preventative maintenance on equipment.
• Process Areas: Coiling, Foam Encasement, Assembly, Gluing, Sewing, Borders, Quilting, Closing and Packing Follows all safety policies and procedures defined by the company safety program and OSHA regulations to eliminate work related injuries.
• Practices Lean principles and participates in Kaizen events and continuous improvement projects.
• Manufactures sufficient quantities of quality products per specified standards.
• Sets up and operates automatic or semiautomatic machines and related equipment in a continuous production/processing operation.
• Monitors the process using meters, gauges, valves, flow ratios, temperatures, pressures, and related controls and guidelines to ensure adherence to production/process specifications.
• Reports any malfunctions or abnormalities and makes minor adjustments and repairs to equipment.
• Assembles mechanical units, fabricated parts/components and/or electrical/electronic systems to make subassemblies, assemblies or complete units using hand tools, power tools, jigs, fixtures and miscellaneous equipment.
• Fits, aligns, calibrates and adjusts parts and mechanisms to meet tolerances and product operating requirements; repairing units or products that have failed to meet requirements.
• Follows established procedures for operating various conventional and/or CNC (computerized numerical control) manufacturing equipment for tasks such as cutting, punching, forming, drilling, tapping, turning, milling, and stamping to fabricate, form or shape manufactured parts, tools or parts assemblies from raw materials.
• Selects and measures raw materials and parts to specifications to prepare for production processing.
• Resolves issues related to the organization's production, machinery, processing and/or packaging operations.

Functional/Technical Competencies

• Demonstrates pride, ownership and accountability for Safety and Quality.
• Strong mechanical aptitude, analytical thinking and ability to problem solve.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work in cross-functional teams.
• Ability and willingness to cross-train. Adapt to changing circumstances and priorities.
• Effectively solve targeted problems.
• Encourage and own a safe work environment.
• Produce high quality work and services.
• Work cooperatively with others and achieve outcomes.
• Open to feedback and motivated to grow outside the comfort zone. Communicate efficiently and effectively with others.
• Uphold SSB Mission & Core Values

Experience/Education

• Previous experience in a manufacturing operations environment preferred.

• Must be able to read, write, and speak English.
• High school diploma or GED required.

Job Factors/Work Environments

• Must stand and walk for a minimum of 8 hours per day or longer in overtime situations as required. 
• Also must be able to lift heavy product or raw materials up to 120 pounds multiple times per hour during an 8-hour shift or longer in overtime situations to meet customer demand.  Heavy loads must be team-lifted.  A work pace that maintains integrity of make-to-order system is required. 
• Safety-focused, fast-paced manufacturing plant engaged in Lean Manufacturing/Continuous Improvement. 
• Work environment includes a clean and safe work area and exposure to high noise decibels, hot raw materials, fire-retardant materials, and limited chemicals. 
• Personal Protective Equipment is required to be worn for any hazards and is supplied by the company. 

Serta Simmons Bedding is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer with a Drug-Free Working Environment. It is committed to not discriminating and treating all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $18.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 12 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• Overnight shift
• Overtime
• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Waycross, GA 31503: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: One location

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