POSITION SUMMARY: The Process Technician is primarily responsible for improving the efficiency of the pad department, which includes but is not limited to troubleshooting operational and quality issues; helping prioritize maintenance and preventative maintenance activities of converting equipment to meet or exceed manufacturing and customer expectations/requirements. The Process Technician will support start up and shut down processes, making sure safety and environmental rules are being followed.
RESPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES:
- Responsible for the daily activities of the technical aspects of converting processes to ensure that a controlled process is being run and that overall safety practices are being followed.
- Oversee and complete converting machine start up and shut down processes, following company standards
- Conduct real-time assessments, making necessary adjustments or scheduling maintenance actions as required.
- Primary contact for troubleshooting of converting process/equipment problems, analyze problems/solutions
- Support the manufacturing of quality product thru material changes and equipment maintenance
- Ensure that proper start-up, shutdown, and troubleshooting procedures are followed
- Ensure that product specifications and quality procedures are followed
- Support Continuous Improvement by proposing and supporting longer term processing solutions that will reduce costs by way of improved scrap rates, enhanced throughput, and optimized efficiency
- Ensure all processes are running to baseline and that any changes are properly evaluated and documented with the appropriate change form.
- Assist Engineering and R&D teams with trials and improvement opportunities
- Improve the equipment and processes to meet current and future business state, to include implementing and tracking projects to completion.
- Provide guidance and coordination between operators and maintenance technicians/team.
- Work with Continuous Improvement and Quality teams to reduce customer complaints and improve waste performance.
- Ensure equipment integrity through timely replacements and repairs of deficiencies, by coordinating with maintenance and operations.
- Facilitate knowledge transfer through partnership with Continuous Improvement team by documenting, training and SOP creation
- Provide guidance on the management of spare parts inventory.
- Provide leadership and direction to operators by coaching and training on manufacturing line specific needs for optimization.
- Work with central planning on efficient scheduling of machine
- Acts as a mentor/coach for other employees.
- Provide staffing feedback to production manager and suggest improvement opportunities.
Experience and Competencies:
- High school diploma, technical degree strongly preferred
- Five or more years of experience operating continuous manufacturing equipment
- Experience performing mechanical, electrical, electronics, hydraulics or pneumatic systems repair is a requirement
- Strong attention to detail and ability to follow procedures
- Excellent teamwork and communication skills
- Bilingual Spanish/English strongly preferred
