Assembler I (3rd Shift)

Mt. Laurel, NJ

Overview

Since 1904, Nelson Miller Group (NMG) has been a leading global provider of custom engineering and manufacturing solutions across industrial, IoT, lighting, medical, telecommunications, consumer, and aerospace & defense sectors.

We bring ideas to life through global Joint Design Manufacturing—helping customers innovate, grow, and deliver products the world can depend on.

At the heart of our culture is The Nelson Miller Group Way: Unleash the Power of One — One Global Team / One Vision / One Commitment.

Our century-long legacy is built on a deep commitment to innovation, operational excellence, and unwavering customer satisfaction—principles strengthened by our TEAM core values: Take Ownership, Exceed Expectations, Act with Integrity, and Make an Impact.

Description

Since 1904, Nelson Miller Group (NMG) has been a leading global provider of custom solutions, partnering with organizations across industrial, IoT, lighting, medical, telecommunications, consumer, and aerospace and defense sectors. We bring complex products to life by solving intricate challenges in engineering design, manufacturing, and supply chain management. Our expertise spans Human-Machine Interface (HMI) solutions, value-added distribution, plastics, membrane switches, overlays, touch panels, electronics, metals, and cables.

Our century-long legacy is built on a deep commitment to innovation, operational excellence, and unwavering customer satisfaction. These principles drive everything we do. 

General Description 

• Follows companywide safety policies and procedures. 
• Receives assignments from shift supervisor and accomplishes tasks in accordance with all documented procedures and instructions. 
• Ensures Quality through regular inspection of production before packaging. Uses supplied gauges, fixtures, and measuring tools to verify dimensions.  Notifies the quality inspector when product has been found to be suspect. 
• Maximizes work cell uptime and production output whether attending to automatic machine, operator attended machine, or assembly station. 
• Evaluates machine performance and condition periodically and refers all unusual or unsafe conditions to supervisor. Items to be evaluated include obvious part defects, incorrect number of parts being produced, machine damage or malfunction, etc.  
• Verifies counting scale is counting correctly periodically during shift and advises QC Inspector or Supervisor of issues. 
• Sorts, counts, packs and performs secondary operations as required. Trims and assembles components using automatic and manual equipment. 
• Submits all production reporting forms to shift supervisor or designee as required.  Accounts for all good production and scrap produced on assigned workstations. 
• Keeps entire assigned work area clean and orderly at all times. 
• When directed, may collect last shot when work order/job has been completed. 
• Works to continuously improve skills and capabilities in operations. Effectively and actively participates in group problems solving and improvement activities. 
• May provide training to other personnel on company procedures or specific job requirements. 
• All other duties as assigned. 

Qualification Requirements

Education: High school diploma or general education degree (GED).

Language Skills: Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively to all employees with the organization, and occasionally interface with customers. Ability to comprehend and comply with written and verbal procedures, instructions, and assignments. Ability to deal with situations involving several variables in standard manufacturing conditions. Ability to actively participate in group problem solving activities.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to use ratios and percents and perform multi-step calculations. Experience with basic and advanced statistical analysis is required.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Ability to prioritize and balance multiple tasks simultaneously.

Other Skills and Abilities: Strong time management skills, experience working within a Medical Device and/or Cleanroom manufacturing environment is a plus

Working Conditions

• Manufacturing plant environment with exposure to heat, noise, and moving machinery. 
• May require occasional overtime, weekends, or on-call support. 
• Standing, walking, lifting, and hands-on troubleshooting required. 

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Frequently required to sit, stand, walk; Use hands or fingers, handle or feel; Reach with hands or arms; Climb or balance; Stoop, Kneel, Crouch or crawl; Talk or hear.
• Ability to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Due to ITAR and / or CUI compliance, this position requires candidates to be a U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident Alien, or Protected Individual per 8 U.S.C.1324b(a)(3).

Candidates being considered for hire must pass a pre-employment background check.

Compensation and Benefits:

Pay Range: $20.00 (Pay to be determined by the experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the candidate, and alignment with market data).

Benefits Offered: Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental and vision coverage; company-paid basic life/AD&D insurance, voluntary supplemental insurances, flexible spending accounts and employee assistance program (EAP). Sick Leave, Vacation Time, and company-paid Holidays are provided as paid time off. Nelson Miller Group also provides a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan option with a safe harbor non-elective company contribution.

Nelson Miller Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.