The Process Technician serves as the primary technical resource during off shift and is responsible for monitoring and improving the manufacturing process.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical support to production teams during off-shift operations.
- Troubleshoot process, equipment, and product quality issues to minimize downtime.
- Monitors critical process parameters and ensure compliance with established process standards.
- Lead process adjustments and optimization efforts to improve throughput, yield, and product consistency.
- Support start-ups, shutdowns, changeovers, and new product introductions.
- Investigate process deviations, scrap generation, and customer quality concerns.
- Work with Maintenance to diagnose and resolve equipment-related process issues.
- Support implementation and sustainment of Lean Manufacturing and 5S initatives.
- Collect and analyze production data to identify trends and recommend improvements.
- Coordinate production priorities with Shift Supervisors and Operations leadership.
- Support achievement of plant KPIs including OEE, downtime, yield, throughput, and on-time delivery.
- Maintain safe work practices and promote compliance with all company safety.
- Other duties/responsibilities as assigned, or apparent.
Skills and Abilities
- Must be hands-on with the ability and willingness to work under tight deadlines.
- Must have a positive attitude and possess excellent communication and organization skills.
- Must show mechanical aptitude and be detail oriented.
- Must be dependable with strong work ethic.
- Must be able to work well with others.
- Must be able to work with computers or related electronic tools.
- Must demonstrate strong safety awareness and follow through.
- Effectively manages time; gives balanced attention to appropriate long-term and short-term priorities.
- Must have the ability to prioritize, plan, and execute duties with minimal supervision.
- Must be able to periodically work all shifts, if/when needed.
- Attendance is an essential function of the job.
- Must be able to read, write, and speak English.
.Education and Experience
- High school diploma; AA degree in process engineering or related preferred.
- 3+ years of experience related experience preferred.
- Good computer skills desired.
- Understanding of the CIMPRO system is desired.
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions
Contacts: Internal – Continuously (67 - 100%) External – Occasionally (< 33%)
Contacts involve giving or exchanging information of a limited controversial nature.
Regularly
- Communicates via phone, email, in person
- Required to sit, walk, stand for prolonged periods of time
- Required to reach with arms and hands.
Frequently
- Required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- Talk and hear to coordinate day-to-day in person transactions.
- Lift and/or move up to 50 lbs. of materials.
Occasionally
- Position may require travel.
- Operates a computer and other office equipment such as a copy machine and printer.
Standard production environment. The noise level is usually moderate due to production equipment.
Specific vision abilities required, including close vision.
