Operations Technician - Hodges, SC

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!

Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—​we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.

Are you looking to make a direct impact on production excellence while working with advanced automation? As an Operations Technician I, you will own the effective operation, autonomous & preventative maintenance, sanitation, and changeover of production equipment to ensure we deliver high-quality products safely and efficiently. You will drive continuous improvement by collaborating with cross-functional teams. This role offers you the unique opportunity to be a technical leader on the floor, fostering a team environment where your ideas and problem-solving truly matter.

• Understands and is accountable for full compliance with safety and other Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) requirements
• Understands and is accountable for following: all Quality, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), and cleaning standards and guidelines
• Operates, monitors, and performs changeovers of automated equipment through computer terminals, control panels and/or by manual means in the manufacturing of Colgate-Palmolive products
• Troubleshoots, performs minor maintenance and repairs on production equipment, supported by maintenance personnel as needed
• Must be familiar with procedures for all equipment within their work area including, but not limited to, normal operations, quality inspections, safety procedures and safeguards, and lock out tag out (LOTO )
• Utilize SAP and other processes to confirm in-house availability of raw and packing materials for current and next runs. Know and understand the planned schedule to coordinate the upstream and downstream processes by working with others in planning, warehouse, receiving and vendor representatives to ensure availability of materials
• Performs quality inspections and sampling for statistical process control activities throughout the manufacturing process
• Utilizes computer systems (SAP, Wonderware, OPERA, InBatch, etc.) and documentation to properly record production and quality related information
• Undertakes daily reporting and updates of information systems (SAP, Cycle Counts, OPERA, etc.) and updates the shop floor communication boards upon request
• Performs raw materials receiving operations including SAP transactions, sampling and quality tests as per procedures in place
• Transfers raw materials and work-in-progress materials from the staging areas to the respective point of use according to the daily production schedule
• Executes quality tests on work-in-process materials and compares the result to the Key Release Specifications in order to define usage decision
• Performs raw materials pre-weigh activities during the work-in-process production cycle
• Performs cleaning activities of change parts, portable totes, pucks, etc. to ensure quality and operational requirements are met
• Performs materials cycle counts to verify process accuracy and yield
• Performs housekeeping activities as per established protocol and conducts/participates in area housekeeping assessments per requirement. Responsible for house‑keeping of teamwork area and common area
• Accurately and fully completes all regulatory and compliance related…