Operations Assistant, Manufacturing

Title: Operations Assistant

Location: Onsite, Boise, Idaho

Reports to: Production Manager

HydroPoint is seeking a full-time, on-site Operation Assistant in Boise, ID to help our customers (and the planet) use water as efficiently as possible.

This role is responsible for product manufacturing, shipping, warehouse support duties, testing and calibration, quality control, and general data entry and collection activities. The applicant must be able to be productive with minimal supervision.

Key Responsibilities

• Performing product manufacturing, shipping, warehouse, quality control, and engineering support duties and activities as directed.
• Operating test and measurement equipment.
• Following assembly documentation.
• Maintaining quality processes and procedures.
• Collecting and recording technical data, verifying compliance with specifications.
• Conducting mechanical product assembly and packaging.
• Facilitating shipping and receiving using various automated methods.
• Recording activity through data entry operations.
• Using warehouse equipment, manifest and information collection systems, and label printers.
• Safely using various material handling equipment.
• Palletizing product, loading and unloading material and equipment.
• Performing administrative activities associated with the effective management of shop operations, including compiling, storing, and retrieving production data for reports.
• Working during peak activity times (month/quarter end, inventory), with overtime as needed.

Required Skills & Experience

• Shipping and Receiving
• Data entry
• Ability to communicate
• Mechanical assembly
• Basic PC knowledge
• Solder and basic electronic assembly a plus
• Manual dexterity
• Familiarity with warehouse support equipment
• Forklift experience a plus (or the ability to become forklift certified)

This role also requires the applicant to have the ability to:

• Read and comprehend assembly documentation
• Use ERP warehouse systems to complete shipping and warehouse processes
• Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Write routine reports and correspondence
• Speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization
• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions
• Deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

This role requires the ability to lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand. The employee is occasionally required to walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. Employee will need the ability ship and palletize product.

Background

High school education, manufacturing/warehouse experience and/or assembly experience.

HydroPoint is the leader in smart water management solutions, helping companies to maximize water savings, reduce operating costs, minimize business risks, and achieve sustainability goals. An EPA WaterSense® Partner of the Year, the company combines the latest in IoT technology, data analytics, and automation to optimize irrigation, flow management, and leak detection across an entire site. HydroPoint solutions deliver visibility and control for a broad range of commercial, government, education, and community applications. Located in the San Francisco North Bay, HydroPoint has been helping the world save, and not waste, water for more than 15 years. Our mission is to make the best and most efficient use of our world's most important resource.

HydroPoint provides a competitive compensation package including salary, 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off and holidays, and comprehensive health benefits.

HydroPoint is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants in all company facilities without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, childbirth, physical disability, mental and/or intellectual disability, age, military status or status as a Vietnam-era or special disabled veteran, marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression), medical condition (including, but not limited to, cancer related or HIV/AIDS related), genetic information, or sexual orientation in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. HydroPoint participates in the E-Verify program as required by law.