Production Technician

Location: Sturtevant, WI, USA

About the role

The Technician must perform skilled‑level work in the fabrication, assembly, maintenance, and repair of a variety of metal parts, machines, and products. The work requires a high degree of accuracy and precision, following oral or written instructions and blueprints. Work methods and procedures are determined by the employee, but all work is inspected during the process and upon completion for quality and conformity with requirements.

Responsibilities

Knowledge of:

• Job‑related materials.
• The tools, materials, methods, and standard practices of the machinist’s trade.
• The hazards and safety precautions of the machinist’s trade.

Ability to:

• Visualize parts or equipment that need to be made from oral or written instructions.
• Use graphic instructions such as blueprints or other visual aids.
• Remain in a standing position for extended periods of time.
• Operate overhead cranes, forklifts, and other lifting devices.
• Set up and operate a variety of manual machine equipment including mills, grinders, punch presses, and drill presses.
• Perform in‑process and final inspection of parts.
• Understand and effectively carry out oral and written instructions in English.
• Learn job‑related material primarily through oral instruction and observation, primarily in an on‑the‑job training setting.
• Work cooperatively with other employees.
• Work safely without presenting a direct threat to self or others.
• Make fine, highly controlled muscular movements to adjust the position of a control mechanism (e.g., operating dials or pedals).
• Perform controlled manipulations of small objects (e.g., working with drills and micrometers).
• Coordinate the movement of more than one limb simultaneously (e.g., operating the milling table vertically and horizontally).
• Troubleshoot maintenance issues as they arise.
• Repair or coordinate the repair of equipment to restore operation.
• Fulfill any additional requests made by management based on the employee’s skill set.
• Bend or stoop, push or pull repeatedly or continually over time.
• Lift up to 50 pounds.

Qualifications

Experience: 1 year of experience as a skilled machinist and completion of a recognized machinist apprenticeship program, or three years of experience as a skilled machinist. Other combinations of experience and education that meet requirements may be substituted.