Process Improvement Technician – Automotive Brake Manufacturing

About the role

Process Improvement Technician – Automotive Brake Manufacturing, Covington, Georgia, United States.

Work Schedule: 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. or 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (including breaks).

Responsibilities

Essential Responsibility

• Maintain excellent communication with the Manufacturing Supervisors and Assistant Manager.
• Daily follow-up of machine targets and product quality – understanding the deep reasons for under-achievement, work to identify and improve deficiencies.
• High focus on quality of our safety related brake products.
• Ability to troubleshoot alpha jet printers and perform maintenance on the printers (Inkjet).
• Powder Coating PM and maintenance activities. (Ground wires, spray heads, all hoses and fittings to remove sticking powder. Entire powder coating system.)
• Understand the production goals and achieving them.
• Performs all other duties as requested or assigned by the Manufacturing Management Team.

List of Key Tasks / Primary Responsibilities

• Printer (Inkjet) setting, maintenance, and trouble shooting.
  • Take care machine start up.
  • Take care machine down.
  • Refill solvent and ink every beginning of shift (Inkjet only).
  • Daily maintenance and PM.
  • Trouble shooting.
  • Take care every changeover print setting.
  • Investigate when customer complain related with print issue.
• Perform powder coating preventive maintenance as scheduled and trouble shoot issues.
• Maintain safety and quality.
  • By wearing the proper PPE; and supporting the Company's policies, procedures and attendance.
  • Identify report and or repair unsafe condition on the equipment within the Latter Process.
  • Ensure 1st piece checks are performed correctly when setting up printer.
  • Improve 5S in all areas within the Latter Process.
• Assist in corrective action investigation and implementation of countermeasures.
• Initiate and participate in Kaizen activities.

Requirements

Qualifications

Education / Certifications

• High School diploma or GED.
• Two years' experience in a manufacturing and or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience desired.

Required Skills and Knowledge

• Manages time and resources by using tools provided by the Company in order to maximize productivity and to accomplish tasks on time and tool management.
• Keeps management informed by participating in meetings; and by reporting problems to management verbally or in writing in order to avoid confusion and further problems.
• Performs other duties as assigned by manager, supervisor or other management team member.

Additional required skills and knowledge

• Upholds standards of quality, cost, and safety by following the Company's standards and guidelines for maintaining quality, cost, and safety; by taking initiative to make these points top priority at the Company; by immediately reporting any conditions that do not uphold the standards of quality, cost, and safety to the Supervisor or Management; and by making suggestions for necessary improvements to uphold these standards as necessary.
• Contributes to the team effort by consistently achieving individual goals in order to contribute to the achievement of departmental and Company goals; by being flexible in work assignments; by covering for other staff as needed; by accomplishing related tasks when requested; by being open to feedback from peers, Supervisors, and Management; and by using the feedback to improve performance.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attaining job-related certification as necessary; by seeking out job-related training in order to improve personal skills, as well as efficiency and knowledge in the workplace; and by applying that knowledge to the job.
• Upholds professionalism in the workplace by maintaining professional conduct and appearance; by realizing one's own limitations and seeking assistance when needed; and by using established communication channels.

Physical Demands / Work Environment

• Ability to stand, sit, or walk, in office or field duties.
• A full range of motion to see, hear, touch, and to observe documents at the office or materials on the field.
• Ordinary vision and hearing for communication and observation.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.

Experience / Qualification

Language Skills

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business documents, forms and instructions in English.
• Ability to write reports and business correspondence in English and to analyze reports such as production reports.
• Ability to effectively respond to questions in English.
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing in English.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area, circumference and volume.