Product Specialist (Assembly) in Kingston, New York at RBW

About RBW

RBW is a contemporary lighting design and manufacturing studio leading the industry in LED fixtures for hospitality and workplace. Our purpose is to realize the unlimited potential of lighting. Through a collaborative process of exploration, discovery, and improvement with our customers and partners, we craft thoughtful light fixtures. We believe in the power of light to create atmosphere.

What Success Looks like

As a Product Specialist, your primary goal will be to build light fixtures adhering to our high standards of production, preparing them for shipment. In addition, assistance with inventory, quality control, shop maintenance, and other duties will be expected. During your first year, you will also rotate through adjacent departments such as Warehousing, Shipping and Powder Coating to learn useful skills that will help accelerate your career at RBW. We are looking for self-starters, who are proactive and enjoy seeing tasks through to completion.

Responsibilities & Key Activities

• Assemble products and sub-assemblies to accurately fulfill work orders
• Conform to standard building operations to ensure high-quality products and sub-assemblies
• Clearly and accurately package products with the customer in mind
• Maintain a consistent production build time average across all product collections, within an average deviation of 15% of the planned time
• Actively encourage safe behavior, 5S housekeeping activities and engage in collaborative projects
• Use the job instruction training method where applicable
• Perform problem-solving and improvement of Kaizen activities
• Demonstrate initiative in maintaining cleanliness and efficiency of workplace and machinery
• Contribute by being vocal of ideas and actively listening to others
• Pick parts from inventory to prepare work orders for assembly
• Inspect parts and assemblies as part of our quality control process
• Support our internal powder coating operation by carrying out tasks including, but not limited to cleaning parts, hanging/racking, masking, and powder coating (Training provided)
• Assist with shipping, inventory, and warehousing tasks

Skills, knowledge and expertise

• Familiarity of working with hand tools
• Attention to detail
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions
• Ability to work as a member of a team
• Ability to stand for long periods of time and lift up to 50 lbs
• Willingness to learn new skills and support other teams as needed

RBW Benefits Package

As a full-time employee you will be able to participate in our benefit package outlined below. You’ll also have access to awesome perks such as an on-site Fitness Space in our Kingston Factory, fully-stocked snacks and beverage options, great colleagues, and an open, collaborative team environment.

• Health/Dental/Vision Insurance: effective 1st of the month following hire date; low cost premium options
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) & Health Savings Account (HSA) options
• 80 Vacation hours; plus accrue 8 additional hours per year up to 120 vacation hours (starting on your 1 year anniversary)
• Your Birthday Off
• 40 Wellness hours each year
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Floating holiday
• RBW Holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day & Friday after Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, & additional Christmas Holiday (Christmas Eve, Boxing Day - varies year to year)
• Prorated 12-week paid parental leave
• Adoption Assistance
• 401(k) - 3% company contribution after the first year of employment, regardless of individual contribution
• Profit-Sharing - 5-year vesting (20% a year, qualifies after the first year of employment) Provided there is a strong and profitable year, the company gifts a portion of the profits to the employees in the form of a retirement contribution
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefit program
• Life/ADD insurance policy, with an option for voluntary additional coverage
• Voluntary employee-paid short-term disability coverage
• Monthly EV credit towards electric car charging on premises at Kingston Factory
• Generous Discount on RBW products

Compensation

$21.00 - $23.00 per hour (Kingston, NY - Factory)