Production line technician job description

PRODUCTION MAINTENANCE LINE TECHNICIAN- 2ND SHIFT (4PM-12PM)
Perform equipment maintenance, under minimal direction of management, in a team-based filling and packaging production facility. Must be able to work weekends and OT as needed.

Responsibilities:

•Perform equipment repairs/replacements activities including accurate, complete, and timely follow-up documentation.
•Utilize TPM methodologies, specifically Effective Maintenance, to ensure equipment efficiency and reliability.
•Effectively communicates with others by presenting information, responding to questions, and seeking feedback/input.
•Actively participates and/or lead in project initiatives and selected cross-functional teams as approved.
•Effectively work with managers, operators, contractors, service people, vendors/suppliers to ensure timely and accurate completion of services.
•Train others to develop basic maintenance and advanced operating skills
•Defines, selects, and requisitions parts and materials while following approved procedures.
•Perform all tasks and responsibilities in a fashion that assures personal safety and the safety of others and equipment.
•Maintains and cleans: Work area, crib, job site, tools, and equipment.
•Perform production related tasks including changeovers, batch coding, quality inspections, and equipment calibrations
•Follow all cGMP's (Current Good Manufacturing Practices)
•Follow all Voyant Beauty policies and procedures
•Follow Company and Plant environmental hazard Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs); handle all cleaning and waste materials properly.
•Other duties as assigned
Qualifications/Requirements:
• Excellent Attendance
• Ability to read, write, and speak English
• Ability to perform in a manufacturing environment- ability to lift 50+ lbs.
• Critical Thinking - Problem Solving
• Excellent Interpersonal Skills
• Time Management and Organization
• Ability to multi-task and react to changing priorities
• Must have electrical and mechanical experience.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical and mechanical prints
• Troubleshoot electrical circuits up to 480v
• Experience with Allen Bradley VFD's
• Experience with PLC's
• Experience with Conveyor systems
• Experience with filling and packing equipment is a plus.
Education Requirements:
High School Diploma or GED

Other Functional Responsibilities:
Perform all preventive maintenance of Packaging Machinery. Complete code sheets and logbooks. Performs and completes daily operations safety checklist. Performs periodic equipment rebuilds. Assists Team Leader with lunch and break schedule for line employees. Clean and maintain area after changeovers and repairs. Follow established Safety/GMP guidelines.

Production Line Technician

LOCATION: Albany, GA

STATUS: Open, Funded - Temporary hire with potential permanent employment

TRAVEL: Negligible

CLEARANCE: Must be able to obtain a Secret Security Clearance

BENEFITS: 401K, Life/Health/ Dental/Disability Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Tuition Reimbursement.

DESCRIPTION: Patricio Enterprises is seeking a Production Line Technician for a temporary position assignment. Primary duties include performing standardized or prescribed assignments involving a sequence of related operations in a production focused work area. Follow standard work methods on recurring assignments but receive explicit instructions on unfamiliar assignments. Technical adequacy of routine work is reviewed on completion; non-routine work may be reviewed in progress. This technician performs at this level, one or a combination of such typical duties as:

+ Following specific instructions, assembles or constructs simple or standard equipment or parts, servicing or repairing simple instruments or equipment.

+ Conducting a variety of tests using established methods, preparing test specimens, adjusting and operating equipment, recording test data, and pointing out deviations resulting from equipment malfunction or observational errors.

Primary duties will include (but not limited to):

+ Review system parts lists and record any deviations.

+ Conduct inventory control of Government equipment, repair parts, and supplies.

+ Provide testing, repair and maintenance of Chemical and Biological protection masks

+ Perform visual inspections, functional tests, and machine testing to evaluate the condition of Chemical and Biological protection masks in accordance with established procedures.

+ Record station data into a computer program daily.

+ Comply with host facility regulations relevant to safety and environmental issues.

+ Conduct maintenance of Government equipment and specific chemical and biological protection equipment utilizing Government-furnished supplies/parts.

+ Be trained to conduct visual inspections, functional tests, and machine testing of emerging CBRN equipment.

+ Be trained to operate and conduct mask testing on Mask testing machine.

+ Commence work at facility daily at 0730.

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE:

+ High school diploma or General Education Degree (GED).

+ 3-5 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

+ Desired Certification to conduct testing of M40 Series, M50 Series, M53, MCU Series, and M45 protective masks; ALO/AFS/BVO; JB1GU/JB2GU and CP Gloves; and the M2 TAP apron.

+ Be trained to conduct intermediate-level maintenance and be capable of achieving maintenance certification.

+ Be trained to perform operator testing and be capable of achieving certification within 12 months.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:

+ Negligible

EOE. Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.Patricio Enterprises Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

1. Effectively helps in production areas so that production output meets the production schedule
   • Effectively communicate with teammates as it is related to the optimal running of our production lines
   • Utilize "line stop" mentality when it comes to equipment, quality or safety issues.
   • Ensures that all procedures are followed 100% of the time.
   • Demonstrate competency in change over activities to make sure they occur in the minimum time with 100% readiness
   • Communicate with team leads, line leads, and maintenance to coordinate transition to another product on the line
2. Effectively disassemble, re-assemble, adjust, program, and set up equipment as needed to produce the customers' products within the desired specification as called out on the Apex Product Specifications.
   • Equipment such as: cappers, fillers, torquers, sleevers, unscramblers, conveyors, labelers, tapers, sorters. sensors, coders, HMIs, pumps, rails, transfer systems, and other associated equipment.
   • Hook up totes and tanks to ensure fill gets to the production line.
3. Effectively coordinate and perform tasks as they relate to productions needs for change parts.
   • Clean, sanitize, kit, and stage parts of equipment (overhead lines, pumps, etc.) as production needs to perform product change over and set up in a timely manner.
   • Organize and stage non-sanitized parts for production changeover in a timely manner.
   • Follow all established cGMP and safety standards, as taught and measured by Apex International
   • Efficiently and safely follow and adhere to sanitation procedures as defined by Apex International.
   • Perform light maintenance duties as needed to perform the sanitation job.
   • Reports repetitious or major problems to maintenance and immediately.
4. Understand and maintain a culture of "lead action" within the departments so that we live leave better than any organization.
   • Implement and maintain standards and processes that eliminate waste throughout the department.
   • Apply and utilize "lean tools" to permanently implement improvements.
   • Institutionalize 5-S in all aspects of the department. (Sort, Straighten, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain)
5. Perform other work as assigned.

Prior Experience & Technical Skills/Competencies :

• Requires a minimum of 3-5 years prior manufacturing experience, preferably on high speed packaging lines that use conveyors.
• Prefer 1-3 years experience in a maintenance/repair/set up position, ideally with high speed mechanical or electromechanical equipment and systems.
• Demonstrated mechanical skills.
• Has demonstrated working knowledge of how to recall, run, and store existing machine programs (e.g. REB machine and Shorewood) using an HMI or possesses the skills to learn this task.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of hand tools in both Standard and metric.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of fasteners, standard and metric or possesses the skills to learn this task.
• Must possess solid communication skills and read and write at the 6th grade level; 12th grade level preferred.

Knowledge Requirements:

• To be effective, this position requires an ability to follow directions as well as written processes and procedures. Basic math skills including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and able to work with fractions and decimals is a plus.

Licenses and Certifications: Prefer 1-2 years Vo-tech or equivalent in an associated field (mechanics, auto repair, machine repair, etc.).

Technical Competencies:

• Preferable that incumbent can read and write at a 6 th grade level
• Can follow procedures, processes and specifications written in English.
• Demonstrates good documentation
• Can demonstrate attention to detail.
• Can follow directions accurately and safely.
• Understands and can do basic math and measurements.