Production Technician

Hickory, North Carolina, United States

US Conec, Ltd.

Engineering Innovation. Precision Plastics. Powering AI.

USConec, Ltd. is a trusted, global company that prides itself on engineering excellence—creating innovative connectivity solutions that support today’s most important technologies. We foster a friendly, inclusive culture that values teamwork, creativity, and mutual respect. At USConec, you’ll find real opportunities to grow and make a meaningful impact in a company that genuinely cares about its people and its customers. With competitive compensation, excellent benefits, and a supportive environment, this is a place where you can build your future—whether your interests lie in manufacturing, engineering, operations, or beyond.

Shift: Monday-Thursday 6pm-4am

US Conec is seeking a hands‑on Production Technician to support manufacturing operations through process improvement, troubleshooting, production data analysis, and technical documentation. This role partners closely with Production Engineering, Supervisors, Team Leads, Quality, RD&E, and Automation teams to help drive safe, efficient, and consistent production performance while supporting continuous improvement initiatives across the manufacturing environment.

• Support production process improvements focused on quality, efficiency, productivity, safety, and cost reduction.
• Assist with the implementation, validation, and sustainment of new or modified manufacturing processes, work methods, and standardized procedures.
• Conduct time studies, workflow evaluations, and process observations to identify opportunities for operational improvement.
• Establish, monitor, and maintain production standards, cycle times, and process requirements.
• Identify and help implement solutions to reduce waste, downtime, defects, rework, and other production inefficiencies.
• Evaluate process changes to ensure improvements are effective, sustainable, and properly documented.
• Collect, verify, and analyze production data including output, cycle times, downtime, scrap, and quality metrics.
• Maintain accurate production records, reports, databases, dashboards, and tracking systems while identifying and correcting data discrepancies.
• Support the development and enhancement of production tracking tools, reporting systems, and data collection processes.
• Analyze manufacturing data to identify trends, validate system performance, and recommend process improvements.
• Troubleshoot production equipment, tooling, fixtures, and process‑related issues in partnership with engineering and automation teams.
• Participate in root cause analysis activities and support corrective and preventive action implementation.
• Assist with testing and validating solutions to improve process reliability, equipment performance, and production consistency.
• Support the installation, setup, qualification, and evaluation of new or modified manufacturing equipment and tooling.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation including SOPs, work instructions, setup guides, process specifications, checklists, and visual work aids.
• Ensure manufacturing documentation remains current, accurate, and aligned with approved production processes.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with Production, Quality, RD&E, Automation, and other teams to support operational excellence initiatives.
• Assist with employee training related to new equipment, processes, tooling, and work instructions.
• Support quality improvement efforts aimed at reducing defects, scrap, and rework.
• Promote a safe work environment by identifying hazards and supporting compliant manufacturing practices.

• Associate degree or technical certification in Manufacturing Technology, Engineering Technology, Industrial Technology, or a related…