Production Support Specialist

About the role

We are currently seeking a Production Support Specialist to join our team in Clackamas, OR. This hands-on role is responsible for assembling, testing, troubleshooting, and inspecting vacuum pump systems and skid-mounted equipment while ensuring the highest quality and safety standards. This is a great opportunity for someone with strong mechanical aptitude who enjoys working with precision, solving problems, and building complex equipment in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Follow all safety policies, procedures, and PPE requirements; report unsafe conditions or injuries immediately.
• Assemble vacuum pumps, skid-mounted equipment, and related mechanical components using engineering drawings, blueprints, schematics, and work instructions.
• Install, fit, align, and verify mechanical components, piping, instrumentation, and support structures to required specifications.
• Perform testing, inspections, and troubleshooting to ensure product quality, functionality, and compliance.
• Complete production and quality documentation, including build records, inspections, and test reports.
• Maintain clean, organized work areas and support 5S and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Identify and communicate quality issues, material shortages, and production concerns.
• Assist with packaging, shipping preparation, inventory handling, and other production support activities as needed.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• 1-3 years of manufacturing, mechanical assembly, or industrial production experience.
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings, schematics, and work instructions.
• Mechanical aptitude with strong attention to quality, safety, and detail.
• Basic math, measurement, and computer skills.

What We're Looking For

• Technical or vocational training in a related field.
• Experience with vacuum systems, pumps, skid-mounted equipment, piping, hydraulics, or pneumatics.
• Familiarity with testing, leak detection, and quality systems (ISO, IPC, etc.).
• Experience in cleanroom, semiconductor, industrial manufacturing, or process-control environments.
• Forklift, crane, rigging, or material-handling experience.

Benefits

• 10 paid holidays and PTO starting at 2 weeks per year.
• 401K Plan - Up to 7.5% (3% employer contribution and up to another 4.5% employer matching) as based on your contribution thereafter: immediate full vesting.
• Two medical plans: PPO and HDHP with HSADental/Vision coverage.
• Pet Insurance.
• Company-paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Two weeks of paid Parental Leave.
• Company-Paid Life Insurance & AD&D, Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability.
• Safety Shoes: Get up to $250 reimbursed every two years.
• Prescription Safety Glasses: Get up to $250 reimbursement every two years.
• Employee Rewards and Recognition Program.
• Coffee and healthy snacks daily.
• Free lunch with food truck Fridays throughout the Summer, a summer party for the family, holiday events, and Santa Day for the kids.
• Additional Voluntary Life Insurance & AD&D.
• Supplemental health insurance: hospital, accident, and critical illness insurance.
• Safety Shoes: Get up to $250 reimbursed every two years.
• Prescription Safety Glasses: Get up to $250 reimbursement every two years.
• Employee Rewards and Recognition Program.
• Coffee and healthy snacks daily.
• Free lunch with food truck Fridays throughout the Summer, a summer party for the family, holiday events, and Santa Day for the kids.
• Additional Voluntary Life Insurance & AD&D.
• Supplemental health insurance: hospital, accident, and critical illness insurance.