Production Support

Date

Sep 30, 2026

Location

Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States

Company

Leggett & Platt

We make life more comfortable.

Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.

Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership span more than 130 years. Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products for all areas of life. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the automotive, furniture, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile and geo components industries.

Learn more about the history of Leggett & Platt: https://leggett.com/history

Flooring Products

The cushion under your carpet is vital to your home's comfort – that's why Leggett & Platt's carpet cushions provide luxurious comfort and support, along with enhanced carpet appearance and longevity. Carpet pad doesn't get the marketplace attention it deserves. Few people talk about it. There just hasn't been enough education on how quality carpet pad is the source behind the comfort and added durability in your carpeting.

Learn more about Leggett & Platt Flooring Products: Flooring

BASIC PURPOSE AND FUNCTION

Performs shut down duties at the end of shift, performs production duties by filling in for all positions, and assigned cleanup duties.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential Functions

Assist with shutdown at the end of the daily production run by emptying and scraping the mills and calender, scrape cheek plates. Assist with team to pull the calender,

Clean banbury #1 chute, transfer belt, and brush the rubber out of the pattern belt.

Dumpsters emptied as needed with forklift. Bale cardboard as needed.

Must learn each job classification in the production and shipping departments.

Performs duties within any/all job classifications in all departments, as assigned, to fill vacancies due to employee vacations and other absences, and also relieves operators for breaks.

Performs production duties as assigned by Shift Supervisor including, but not limited to, the following: Color/ product changes, pattern belt changes, assisting with cover belt installation/ removal, backing changes, stapling on at accumulator, cutting rubber for BRMB production, cutting samples, and checking pig weights.

Performs miscellaneous duties as assigned by Production Supervisor including, but not limited to, the following: plant wide cleanup, painting, or other plant safety work assignments, company grounds trash pickup, and snow removal off sidewalks and steps. Other duties as assigned.

Safety

Must adhere to all safety regulations and wear all proper PPE.

Keep work area clean and free of safety hazards.

Perform forklift inspection prior to use.

Participates in SafeGuard zone audits.

Quality Functions
Initiate action to prevent the occurrence of any nonconformities related to product, process and/or the system.

Identify and/or record any problems relating to the product, process and the management system.

Initiate, recommend or provide solutions through designated channels.

Verify the implementation of solutions.

Control further processing, delivery or installation of nonconforming product until the deficiency or unsatisfactory condition has been corrected.

What to Do Next

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Our Values

Our values speak to our shared beliefs, and describe how we approach working together.

• Put People First reflects our commitment to safety and care of each other, learning and development, and creating an environment of mutual respect, empathy and belonging.
• Do the Right Thing focuses us on acting with honesty and integrity, delivering the results the right way, taking pride in our work, and speaking the truth – good or bad.
• Do Great Work…Together occurs when we engage without hierarchy, collaborate as a team, embrace challenges, and work for the good of all of us.
• Take Ownership and Raise the Bar demonstrates our responsibility to add value and make a difference, challenge the status quo and biases to make things better, foster innovative and creative solutions to drive impact, and explore new perspectives and embrace change.

Our Commitment to You

We're actively taking steps to make sure our culture, processes and practices promote equal opportunity for all. Join us!

We welcome and encourage all applicants to apply. We’d love the opportunity to consider you.

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