• Job Description

  Req#: 230006N
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  By joining our team, you will earn competitive pay, benefits, insurance, 401k, pension and more while working in an environment with the highest safety standards in the industry. We look for employees who are driven, determined, and ready to accelerate their future.
  
  The Position:
  A Trailer Builder perfomrs multiple tasks, using a variety of hand-held tools and manufacturing equipment in the production of semi-trailers. Builds and/or attaches component assemblies to be installed as parts of a larger product on a moving production line. Specific duties may vary from department to department. Functions may also vary within a department based on specific task and types of materials to be assembled as directed by the Team Leader or Supervisor.
  Key Responsibilities:
  • Operates various hand held pneumatic and electric power tools and other machinery including drills, drivers (screws and other fasteners), riveters (pistol grip, pop riveters, mashers and squeezers), impact wrenches, saws and grinders.
  • Works with various building materials including steel, aluminum, fiberglass, composites, small fasteners and fittings, adhesives and oil-based products.
  • Supplies area with these materials using an overhead crane, forklift, hand / powered carts or carrying materials by hand.
  • Keeps equipment and work area clean and orderly.
  • Observes all safety and security procedures.
  • Performs other routine duties as necessary.
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  Job Requirements:
  STANDARDS: To perform the job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform to the following Process, Quantity and Quality Standards:
  • Employee must be able to use pneumatic power tools and equipment of all types.
  • Employee must be able to accurately read a tape measure.
  • Employee must be able to perform and remember how to perform multiple tasks from day to day.
  • Employee must look for potential cost savings in the work process, help keep scrap and waste to a minimum and be efficient in use of all supplies.
  • The employee must perform the assigned tasks in a manner in which they meet or exceed the required production level.
  • The quantity of units, parts, assemblies and/ or installations that is expected will vary with the process being performed, customer specification, volume and location.
  • Trailer Builder must inspect his/her product as instructed by standard operating procedures.
  PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
  • Ability to stand and move about on concrete for 10 hours a day. Ability to see, walk, bend, reach, grasp, stoop, kneel, twist, crawl, carry, climb (including ladders), work overhead, push and pull.
  • Ability to do heavy lifting (up to 50 pounds) multiple times daily in a 10 hour shift.
  • Ability to maneuver large parts and assemblies (up to 180 pounds) by pushing, pulling and flipping them into place.
  • Ability to work in a constant state of alertness.
  Why Should You Apply?
  • Want to make a difference in the USA? Our Trailers are on the roads everywhere transporting every type of product. You will have made that possible.
  • Like mechanical, dynamic manual work? That’s what you’ll be doing!
  • Love teamwork? We hire GREAT people.
  • Looking for Competitive Pay, Pension, Advancement Opportunities & Tuition Reimbursement … you’ve found us!
  A favorable background screening, Drug Screening, and proof of work authorization in the United States is required for employment.
  
  Great Dane is an Equal Opportunity Employer
  
  
  Wayne Plant (GWAN)
  1200 N Centennial Rd
  Wayne, 68787
  
  

• About the company

  Great Dane, formerly known as Great Dane Trailers, is a Chicago, Illinois based manufacturer of truck dry van, refrigerated van and flatbed semi-trailers.

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