Furnace Technician Job Vancouver area,Washington USA,Manufacturing / Production

Position: Furnace Technician 3

Kyocera has a temp‑to‑hire Furnace Tech 3 position at our Vancouver, WA facility. Candidates selected for hire will be hired through one of Kyocera's approved staffing partners. This position may lead to a direct hire offer with Kyocera International, Inc.

Pay is $24-30 per hour.

With nearly 80,000 employees globally, Kyocera is a leading manufacturer of high‑tech ceramics in various industries, including aerospace, automotive, medical applications, and semiconductor processing. Our innovative materials are found in everything from smartphones to space shuttles!

Shift: graveyard

General Description of Position

The Furnace Technician will load, run, and monitor furnaces. Responsibilities include performing minor maintenance and troubleshooting issues with furnaces, understanding production priorities, and working to reduce bottlenecks. The technician will implement statistical process control methods, track product quality, and make improvements as directed. The technician will also operate additional equipment such as powder compacting presses, sand blaster, and precision scales. Must have strong troubleshooting skills and knowledge of a variety of machining processes.

Has substantial understanding of the job and applies knowledge and skills to complete a wide range of tasks. Works on assignments that are moderately difficult, requiring judgment in resolving issues or making recommendations. This level will effectively train others and may lead smaller projects. Be able to work with engineering on specific tests, and work independently on engineering projects that pertain to production improvements.

Perform light maintenance on equipment.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent required.
6‑year experience as a technician.
Ability to read, write and comprehend verbal and written instructions in English.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide all units of measure including common and decimal fractions.
Ability to stand and walk 90% of the workday.
Ability to train other hourly employees effectively.
Ability to use a microscope and variety of calibration tools. 20/20 corrected vision – varies by division.
Ability to grab small parts or hand tools with hands.
Eligible to work in an ITAR environment.
Standing or sitting for extended periods.
Able to lift or push up to 51 pounds.
Available to work on weekends & holidays as well as additional shifts from time to time as the furnace needs to be maintained round the clock.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Load/unload parts as per furnace loading instructions. Prepare furnace for running. Take readings on furnace and record.

Recognize and troubleshoot furnace issues. Perform minor maintenance on furnaces.

Understand production priorities. Identify priority issues and bring to the attention of management and implement changes as needed.

Understand SPC and improvement techniques, track product quality, recognize quality issues, take corrective action, implement, and assist improvement initiatives.

Be proficient using other production equipment in the area, such as powder presses, proficient with measuring tools, including micrometers, calipers, and pyrometers.

Very proficient at making records and entering data as well as ability to read engineering drawings. Perform data entry in Excel and other software such as SAP.

Perform any other related duties as required or assigned.

Troubleshoot process disturbances, identifying resolution and implementing corrective and preventive measures, as required.

Read/interpret CAD drawings, electrical/electronic schematics, and technical documents including but not limited to tolerances, dimensions geometric dimension & tolerancing (GD&T), and component values.

Keeps work area clean and free of obstacles – maintains the quality documents including work orders, process departure reports and inventory cards.

Proficient in the use of specialized hand and measurement tools such as micrometers, calipers, height gauges, pin gauges, thread gauges, dial indicators, Digital Multimeters and more.

Models safety and accurate reporting.

Knowledgeable of entire department process through packaging. Cross trained in most areas.

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