Advanced Manufacturing Technician

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all operational aspects of an advanced manufacturing system in an industrial setting.
• Requires strong understanding of integrated manufacturing processes, which include multi-axis/multi-spindle CNC machining, finishing, cleaning, robotics, inspection, and coordinate measuring equipment.
• Comprehension of digital/data to incorporate into planning, decision making, process improvements and troubleshooting is essential to the role.
• Lead production team members to ensure clear requirements and expectations are upheld.
• Position requires on-call responsibilities as needed for process troubleshooting, team guidance and support for advanced manufacturing system(s).

How You'll Create Impact

• Key responsibilities include equipment set-up, adjustments, manufacturing operation and execution, process flow and operational maintenance to ensure production plan performance, with adherence to quality conformance, process parameters and product specifications.
• Lead production team members to ensure performance requirements and expectations are upheld.
• Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) of equipment, process, and products of responsible area.
• Schedule assigned work using a structured and collaborative strategy.
• Enhance value of people, process, and equipment, promoting a positive culture and work environment.
• Work with diverse groups of operations and quality staff, manufacturing engineers, project engineers, and supply chain to improve value of area of responsibility.
• Support projects (e.g. new product, current production, value improvement, business excellence) as an SME of responsible area.
• Identify and evaluate achievable solutions, improvements, opportunities and predicted challenges across processes and roles.
• Utilize enhanced troubleshooting skills to perform root cause analysis for process and equipment interruptions, product related defects, failure modes and associated losses impacting performance.
• Maintain equipment capacity, utilization, and critical process data documentation.
• Work with human-machine-interface (HMI) applications for real-time data analysis.
• Participate, and/or lead, collaborative meetings with team, supervisors, peers and key business partners to plan upcoming production schedules, project initiatives and other priority activities.
• Present information clearly and actively engages with team and partners.
• Capable of influencing a positive culture in a complex operations environment.
• Responsible for on-call availability as needed to troubleshoot process issues associated with advanced manufacturing system.
• Review and disposition product Non-Conformance Requests within the system requirements.
• Plan and perform routine process and operator asset care.
• Willingness to share knowledge and teach appropriate technical skills to other team members.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Knowledge of business-operational excellence principles and philosophies (e.g. team, respect, value add, lean manufacturing, flow, 5S, structured problem solving).
• Capable of operating/managing an integrated manufacturing process to optimize value.
• Comprehension of data management practices, including equipment utilization and interruption/loss classification, querying databases, data visualization/analytics, and reporting.
• Understanding of key performance indicators (KPIs) and other priority metrics, including process material inventory accuracy, on-time delivery, rework, setup, schedule performance.
• Proficiency in software technologies, including visualization tools, enterprise resource planning (ERP), and manufacturing execution systems (MES).
• Previous experience in serving as project lead or other leadership experience is preferred.
• Evaluates people, process, and data to leverage advanced manufacturing processes to further advance value opportunities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Background

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• 5 years of relevant experience or equal combination of education and experience, preferably with 3 years in advanced manufacturing.
• Related training and/or certification preferred in areas such as industrial technologies field, advanced manufacturing, manufacturing technologies, engineering, or robotic principles.

Travel Expectations

• Up to 5%