Job Description
Job Summary:
The final engine preparation and assembly before testing and inspection.
Essential Job Duties:
* The assembler will put on all final engine components.
* Get the engine ready for testing and final Quality Inspection.
* Use hand and power tools.
* Follow all specifications from the computer.
* Follow all approved Standardized Work Instructions.
* Assembler will verify all parts and check for any defects prior to sending forward in line.
* Assure safety standards are used at all times and comply with all OSHA and L&I regulations.
* Follow established company policies that are outlined in the employee handbook.
* Assumes other duties as assigned
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Requirements
Education & Experience: Complete Engine Assembly training boot camp. Complete all training from Standardized Work Instructions.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Competent in following all Standard Work Instructions and can read specifications and verify pictures from the computer program.
Essential Physical Demands/Work Environment: Lifting 5-50 pounds using proper lifting techniques or equipment, bending, and twisting. Standing for entire shift. Loud work environment. Personal Protective Equipment is required at all times including Safety Glasses, Steel toed boots, and Hearing Protection. Painting requires additional respiratory fit testing and respiratory mask worn at all times.
Preferred Qualifications: Engine Assembly, Remanufacturing and Engine Testing/Quality Experience.
Benefits:
* Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
* Paid Time Off
* 401k with Generous Company Match
* Company Paid Life Insurance and Long Term Disability
* Short Term Disability
* Employee Assistance Program
* Tuition Reimbursement
* Employee Discounts
Position Type
Full-time
Chicago, IL
LKQ Corporation is an American provider of alternative and specialty parts to repair and accessorize automobiles and other vehicles. LKQ has operations in North America, Europe and Taiwan. LKQ offers its customers a broad range of replacement systems, components, equipment and parts to repair and accessorize automobiles, trucks, and recreational and performance vehicles. As of 2018, it was #300 on the Fortune 500 list. In March of 2017, Dominick P. Zarcone was selected to become the new President and Chief Executive Office.
LKQ was initially formed in 1998 through the combination of a number of wholesale recycled products businesses located in Florida, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin. We subsequently expanded through internal development and over 220 acquisitions of aftermarket, recycled, refurbished, and remanufactured product suppliers and manufacturers; self service retail businesses; and specialty vehicle aftermarket equipment and accessories suppliers. Our most significant acquisitions include:
• 2007 acquisition of Keystone Automotive Industries, Inc., which, at the time of acquisition, was the leading domestic distributor of aftermarket products, including collision replacement products, paint products, refurbished steel bumpers, bumper covers and alloy wheels.
• 2011 acquisition of Euro Car Parts Holdings Limited ("ECP"), a vehicle mechanical aftermarket parts distribution company operating in the United Kingdom. This acquisition allowed us to expand our operations into the European automotive aftermarket business.
• 2013 acquisition of Sator Beheer B.V. ("Sator"), a vehicle mechanical aftermarket parts distribution company based in the Netherlands, with operations in the Netherlands, Belgium and Northern France. This acquisition allowed us to further expand our geographic presence into continental Europe.
• 2014 acquisition of Keystone Specialty, which expanded our product offering and increased our addressable market to include specialty vehicle aftermarket equipment and accessories.
• On December 22, 2015, LKQ announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the holding company of Rhiag-Inter Auto Parts Italia
• S.p.A (“Rhiag”), a leading pan-European business-to-business distributor of aftermarket spare parts for passenger cars and commercial vehicles. Rhiag has operations in Italy, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Poland and Spain. The transaction is expected to be completed in the first half of 2016 and is subject to customary closing conditions and necessary regulatory approvals.