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.

• 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 polish all standard and custom‑designed body configurations to finishes of 35, 25, 20, 15, and 11
  
  Ra or as specified by the customer.
• Utilize 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.
• Certify the quality of the polished bodies to industry standards and indicate acceptance or rejection by completion of proper documentation upon completion of polish work.
• Operate air‑powered tools and other finishing equipment, small hand tools, and lifting tables and hoists.
• Participate in Kaizen events, providing suggestions or ideas for continuous improvement projects to improve productivity.
• Follow company Environmental, Health and Safety, quality and process policies. Report safety incidents, near misses, or any safety concerns to supervisor.
• Perform Sustain activities to assure that all 6S areas are maintained and assure a clean and safe work area.
• Read and interpret shop orders and obtain drawings and other instructions needed per the individual shop order.
• Access the Dimensions timekeeping system for productivity tracking; utilize the bar code system to perform accurate labor tracking. Clocks in and out times to ensure accurate attendance transactions for payroll.
• Communicate with department personnel as well as with all other supporting departments such as Environmental Safety & Health, Production, Quality, Engineering, and Facilities/Maintenance.
• Train other co‑workers in job duties/functions, as assigned.

• Core Skills – Lean Tech I
• Polisher & Certified Polisher
• Telesis
• Tumblers
• Paint & Sandblast
• B‑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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions…