LEAN Technician 2nd Shift

Position Summary

The Engineered Valves site in Lancaster, PA develops and manufactures valves serving the Pharmaceutical, Chemical, and Nuclear industries. Lean Technicians are responsible for polishing our hygienic valve products, while performing other production related activities for all goods manufactured by flowing the product at the pull of the customer. Responsible for the inspection and quality of the products produced at the Lancaster site.

This is a 2nd shift position.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Responsible for the inspection of production and manufacturing materials to ensure conformance and quality specifications are met. Any defective part or materials should be given to the Inspector, Quality or Production Supervisor.

Manually or automatically polishes all standard and custom-designed body configurations to finishes of 35, 25, 20, 15, and 11

Ra or as specified by the customer.

Utilizes different types of measuring instruments to perform dimensional and surface finish examinations such as profilometer, dial calipers, wall thickness gauges and other inspection equipment to insure the finish level.

Certifies the quality of the polished bodies to industry standards and indicates acceptance or rejection by completion of proper documentation upon completion of polish work.

Operates air-powered tools and other finishing equipment, small hand tools, and lifting tables and hoists.

Participates in Kaizen events, providing suggestions or ideas for continuous improvements projects to improve productivity.

Follows company Environmental, Health and Safety, quality and process policies. Reports safety incidents, near misses, or any safety concerns to supervisor.

Performs Sustain activities to assure that all 6S areas are maintained and assures a clean and safe work area.

Reads and interprets shop orders and obtains drawings and other instructions needed per the individual shop order.

Accesses the Dimensions timekeeping system for productivity tracking; utilizes the bar code system to perform accurate labor tracking. Clocks in and out times to ensure accurate attendance transactions for payroll.

Communicates with department personnel as well as with all other supporting departments such as Environmental Safety & Health, Production, Quality, Engineering, and Facilities/Maintenance.

Trains other co-workers in job duties/functions, as assigned.

Core Skills - Lean Tech I

Polisher & Certified Polisher Telesis Tumblers Paint  & SandblastB-Grind.

Other duties may be assigned

Cross Training occurs organically

Other Skills/Knowledge/Experience

Attention to detail – All of our sanitary valves go through a 100% inspection process after polish.

Ability to work under pressure – The customers might ask us to expedite and order, so employees should be able to finish the work in a timely manner when circumstances like these arise.

Strong organizational and communication skills, analytical experience and problem solving. Must be self-motivated, independent, and flexible to frequently changing tasks and priorities.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

High school diploma or equivalent, or equivalent related experience. Basic knowledge of computer operation. Prior experience in production or manufacturing, and use of hand production tools, strongly preferred.

Language Skills

Must be able to read, write, speak and understand English. Ability to effectively communicate with coworkers, managers, customers, etc.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out…