Skilled - Production Technician

Position Title:

Production Technician

Wage: $25.37-$38.52/hour

Shift: 2nd

Hours:

6:30pm-6:30am

QPS Employment Group is hiring a Production Technician for a company in Mequon, WI. This is a direct hire opportunity on 2nd shift.

• Job Set Up and Teardown
  - Perform mold changes, insert changes, and assist with material changes as needed
• Verify and change colorant per work order
• Verify and change in-mold labels per work order
• Ensure all safety devices are working on presses and auxiliary equipment while in operation
• Set-up auxiliary equipment needed for the operation
• Set-up workstations for optimum workflow
• Complete Molding Start Up Shutdown Checklist (F-407) in a timely manner
• Submit last shot and tool logbook with molds being returned as required; report any issues with the tool that may require repair
• Clean the machine and return all components no longer needed back to the proper storage location
• Process Monitoring
  - Review and record the process parameters for presses in operation
• Identify and correct problems
• Look for ways to improve process performance and increase efficiency
• Troubleshooting
  - Make adjustments to the machine, auxiliary equipment and operating processes as needed to ensure parts are meeting production requirements
• Document all process changes
• Communicate with the Quality Assurance Inspector to verify parts are meeting tolerances and customer requirements
• Food Safety
  - Understand and follow all Quality Food Safety Management System (QFSMS) policies and procedures
• Report problems with the QFSMS to a supervisor or manager

Production Technician Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalency or higher; or 3-5 years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience desired
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization
• 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
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
• Ability to obtain and maintain required certifications; provide all applicable tools to perform their duties
• Regularly stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and communicate
• Frequently walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Occasionally lift and carry up to 60 pounds (misc. equipment) for several feet; height of the 60 pounds objects is from floor to waist height; must initiate push/pulling forces of up to 40 pounds and sustain forces of up to 20 pounds for a distance of up to 100 feet
• Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• Regularly work near moving mechanical parts
• Occasionally work in high, precarious places
• Occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and risk of electrical shock
• The noise level is loud
• The work environment is climate controlled

IND
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