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General Responsibilities:

Responsible for producing the highest quality paddles.  Meet or exceed daily quantities to reach productivity and efficiency expectations for the lamination area.  Responsible for the results of that area while working within a team.  Ensure all safety protocol is being followed in this area.  Be an active and contributing part of Werner Paddles positive environment.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Check molds for scratches and contamination
• Receive and mix materials following proper lay up and ensuring accuracy
• Mold blades to spec, inspect for quality, clean molds and put in inventory
• Notice trends in defects and be proactive in finding resolutions to day to day problems
• Monitor mold conditions and communicate withBladeQCabout mold conditions
• Communicate with Blade QC and the team leader as to blade quality and concerns

·        Follow specific work instructions, documentation and training for this process

·        Utilize tools and equipment to do the job

·        Keep area clean and organized at all times

·        Maintain attendance according to Company attendance policy

·        This is an outline of job responsibilities – other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Good communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Light Construction/ cooking or quality experience
• Organized
• Honest and trustworthy
• Reliable and dependable
• Works independently
• Gets along well with others/Excellent people skills
• Team player
• Clean and Tidy
• Good attendance record
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Must be 18 years of age or older

Physical Demands:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential responsibilities of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, use hands and fingers to handle and feel objects, tools or controls.  The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms, and occasionally walk, stoop, crouch, twist, bend, talk and hear.

The employee must regularly lift 10-20 pounds and occasionally lift and move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works with resin and fiber materials in a high temperature area. Workers are required to wear safety gear, such as safety glasses, Steel steel-toed shoes, and often recommended or required to wear safety gear such as, gloves, flame-resistant clothing, a respirator mask or ear plugs. Depending on the materials and equipment involved, team members can experience exposure to loud noise and /or hazardous fumes, in a high heat work environment, Workers must also pay attention at all times, as assembly line tools and machinery can potentially inflict serious injury as the result of negligence or breakdown.

Experience:

• Prior manufacturing or production experience in fiberglass production a plus.
• Prior experience in cooking and or light construction with a detailed emphasis on quality.

The above statements are meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required of personnel so classified.

“Jackson Kayak/ Werner Paddles is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and veteran or disability status.”

Jackson Kayak originated in 2004 with the launch of Jackson Kayaks, a made-in- America whitewater brand founded by world champion and Olympic kayaker, Eric Jackson, design partner David Knight and friend, Tony Lunt. From its headquarters near Rock Island, Tennessee, the brand quickly established itself as the leader in innovation and build quality and soon diversified into a line of recreational and fishing kayaks equally distinctive for thoughtful design and elite performance.

A premium cooler brand, Orion, arrived in 2014. And in 2018, Jackson Adventures created a whole new category of personal recreational and fishing craft with Blue Sky Boatworks, a super-stable, highly efficient platform that claimed Best Fishing Craft honors at 2018’s iCast. In 2019, the latest brand to join the family, Orion Kennels, brings the Jackson Adventures DNA of intelligent design and singular performance, to dog owners.

The tradition of pioneering kayaks, boats, outdoor products and essential accessories continues with the arrival of Jackson Adventures’ propulsion breakthrough, the FlexDrive 3D system that seamlessly integrates easily upgradable propulsion, power and steering solutions for the industry’s most advanced interface between the user and his craft.

Throughout this journey, Jackson Kayak and now Adventures, has never veered from the central values that launched the company: That we always be open and welcoming. That we make our growing family of customers and dealers feel close. That we strive for improvements in the products we create so that they reflect our authentic and honest understanding of the adventure and the adventurer