Tire Testing Technician – Napanee

For more than a century, Goodyear has led the industry in manufacturing innovative tires that deliver the highest level of performance for everything from passenger cars and trucks to airplanes, heavy-duty mining equipment, and racecars. We are devoted to advancing tire technology, applying our innovations to new products that deliver confident mobility for drivers everywhere. If you are looking for a challenging, yet rewarding career path, come join us on a new chapter of our exciting journey where you can enjoy being a part of our manufacturing team.

For more than a century, Goodyear has led the industry in manufacturing innovative tires that deliver the highest level of performance for everything from passenger cars and trucks to airplanes, heavy-duty mining equipment, and racecars. We are devoted to advancing tire technology, applying our innovations to new products that deliver confident mobility for drivers everywhere. If you are looking for a challenging, yet rewarding career path, come join us on a new chapter of our exciting journey where you can enjoy being a part of our manufacturing team.

Goodyear Napanee is a non-unionized facility with a thriving culture and a bright future. A community culture is maintained through offsite recreation club events, biannual celebrations and fundraisers run by our team members for local charities. Goodyear Napanee team members work together to support each other and have been foundational to the success it currently experiences in the automotive supply industry.

Because of that success we have been selected to develop our facility in an expansion that is currently underway where we will be growing to develop products for the future in this facility for years to come.

Salary - Base hourly rate - $36.85 / hour (excluding RSB / OT)

Hourly rate with shift bonus paid on all hours worked-$38.98

Base Bi-weekly salary - $2948.36 (excluding RSB / OT)

Salary with shift bonus paid on all hours worked- $3274.49

Shift – 12 hour rotating continental shift – Crew to be determined

Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• Compliance with all plant safety policies
• Compliance with all applicable GQMTS / QAI / legal requirements and record retention
• Tire Testing System – document results for all tire wheel tests, complete package and report results.
• Collect appropriate tires for production monitor testing-tire wheel tests/CTA/Low Profile Tires / New Tire Release
• Perform tire mounting and loading tires on resiliometer
• Perform tire labelling, measurements and document results
• Perform tire footprint test and document results
• Perform bead unseat and plunger tests and document results
• Perform High Speed / Load Speed and Endurance tests, perform inspections and document results
• Perform World Class Appearance audits (As Produced and As Shipped) on plant floor
• Perform cut tire analysis using CTMAS and scanner for production monitoring and development.
• Perform X-Ray ratings for production tires based on the provided schedule, document results for feedback
• Disposition and disposal of any non-conforming product
• Initiate Product Quality Alert if tire containment is necessary based on audit findings
• Interface with Plant Quality Leader, Quality Support Coordinator, Quality Technicians, Team Leaders, Production Technicians, Production Support Technicians, Shift Operations Managers and Manufacturing Unit staff on a continuous basis for matters concerning process performance and product acceptability
• Teach, mentor and provide feedback to Production Technicians regarding internal process and product specs as well as customer requirements
• Review and analysis of non-compliant, customer return or warranty tires
• Complete New Product Industrialization activities as scheduled or required
• Perfo…