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Production Associate

Bridgestone Americas

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Compensation
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Location
Williamsburg, KY
Work Authorization
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Job overview

Bridgestone Americas is hiring a Production Associate. Bridgestone's Firestone Airide designs and manufactures air springs for a wide range of vehicles and industrial applications. Production Associates set up, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot manufacturing equipment while ensuring products meet specifications, schedules, and quality standards in a supportive, global work environment.

Key focus areas include Operate machine tool, chemical processing, assembly, or packaging equipment to produce products according to specifications and targets, Move, pack, and sort raw materials or finished goods, and Monitor quality of output to identify and address faulty products.

Successful candidates bring High School Degree Or 1-2 Year Vocational Training / Associates Degree. Important skills include Operating Manufacturing Production Equipment, Moving Raw Materials Or Finished Goods, Monitoring Quality Output, Maintaining Production Records, Machine Tool Operation, and Chemical Processing Equipment Operation.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Operating Manufacturing Production EquipmentMoving Raw Materials or Finished GoodsMonitoring Quality OutputMaintaining Production RecordsMachine Tool OperationChemical Processing Equipment OperationAssembly Equipment OperationPackaging Equipment OperationQuality MonitoringProduction Record KeepingMaterial Handling

Qualifications

High School Diploma or 1-2 Year Vocational Training or Associate Degree

Full job description

Company Overview

Firestone Airide, specializes in air spring manufacturing and technology with a history of more than 80 years of research and development on technologically advanced air springs for the global marketplace. Firestone engineers air springs and related products for commercial trucks and trailers, cars, sport utility vehicles, light trucks, mini vans, motor homes, buses, agricultural equipment, rail and industrial applications.

Job Category

Production & Skilled Trades

Position Summary

Manufacturing Production Workers focus on setting up, operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting manufacturing production (i.e., machining, processing, assembly, or packaging) equipment

Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

  • Operating machine tool, chemical processing, assembly, or packaging equipment to manufacture products according to production specifications, schedules, volume/cost/wastage targets, and quality standards

  • Moving, packing, and sorting raw materials or finished goods

•Monitoring the quality of output to identify, discard, or re-manufacture faulty products

•Maintaining accurate daily production records as input to manufacturing performance analysis

  • Other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications:

n/a

Minimum Qualifications

Typically requires a high school degree; or 1-2 year vocational training / associates degree

What we offer

At Bridgestone, what really matters is to foster co-creation opportunities and empowering you to be creative and curious to make mobility safer, more efficient, and more sustainable for future generations. Whatever role you fill, when you represent Bridgestone, you are a valued teammate, and part of our larger mission to “Serve Society with Superior Quality”, for that, we offer you more than just a competitive compensation; we will provide you:

  • A supportive and engaging onboarding experience to ensure a smooth transition into our team.

  • The opportunity to develop and grow, through training and regular mentorship.

  • Corporate Social Responsibility activities.

  • A truly global, dynamic and challenging work environment.

  • Agility and work/life effectiveness and your long-term well-being.

  • An effective and inclusive team.

Bridgestone is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is our policy to consider all individuals for employment based on their unique merit and without regard to age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Employment Eligibility

If hired, a Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification must be completed at the start of employment. Temporary work authorization or the need for sponsorship may disqualify you from employment.

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