Production Technician

Joining the team at SC Johnson Professional® makes you part of a family company with a deep history in the professional market as a leading manufacturer of skincare, cleaning and hygiene products, and smart technologies. We provide solutions to Healthcare, Clean Industrial, Industrial, Office & Institutional, Hospitality & Travel, and Retail & Entertainment markets.

SC Johnson Professional® is a business unit within SC Johnson, a family-owned and led company and leading manufacturer of quality, trusted products since 1886.

Location: Denby

About the Role:

The production technician will be responsible for leading the setup, changeover, washout, asset care and general operation of mixing filling and packaging equipment to consume the production plan. The role will act as a champion to ensure adherence to non-negotiable safety and quality requirements and support the training of new operators. To perform any other reasonable tasks

or responsibilities that relate to the production technician role.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure that all manufacturing activities are carried out with a non-negotiable approach to quality and safety.
• Act as a champion for developing and coaching the key processes of asset care, machine startup and quality assurance, peer-to-peer safety, changeover and troubleshooting to drive continuous improvements in the key areas of safety, product quality, performance and reliability.
• Support the risk assessment of standard operating procedures for manufacturing processes.
• Proactively engage in solving issues relating to safety, quality or environmental matters. Utilise the good spot system to identify areas of concern and opportunities for improvement.
• Coach agency operators to ensure that requirements of safety and quality are clearly understood and that procedures are followed. Work within your peer group to encourage constructive challenge of any concern relating to compliance with safety or quality standards.
• Operate stop-work authority where any concerns are recognized in relation to the safety of people or the quality of manufactured goods.
• Ensure full compliance with the factory PPE requirements and GMP policies.
• Operate mixing equipment in accordance with system instructions and SOPs.
• Accurately weigh and add raw materials into mixers.

Experience you’ll bring:

• Experience of operating and troubleshooting automated equipment such as mixing vessels, CIP systems, filling machines, case packing machines and palletising robots.
• Experience of operating manufacturing equipment to defined quality specifications and standard operating procedures.
• Experience of compliance with safety requirements in a manufacturing environment.

Behaviors you’ll need:

• A strong mindset towards the non-negotiables of safety and quality.
• A high level of active engagement in daily communication with other team members, and at planned events, able to coach other team members with a level of patience and understanding.
• An attitude of accountability and responsibility resulting in ownership and positive action where needed.

Inclusion & Diversity 

We believe Inclusion and Diversity is more than a program. We embed inclusive practices in our day-to-day work, the way we relate to our colleagues, collaborate and make decisions.

We value the collective richness of the differences people bring to the organization, including style, personality, thoughts, race, ethnicity, culture, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, and disability – that enables all to bring their full contributions to the organization.