What are the responsibilities and job description for the Coating Technician position at Drake Plastics?
About Us:
Drake is a dynamic manufacturing company based in Cypress, TX. We are proud to serve leading customers such as SpaceX while fostering a collaborative, supportive workplace. Our employees are valued, empowered, and provided with hands-on training and specialized materials and equipment, along with ongoing opportunities for growth. At Drake, we believe in building success together.
Position Summary:
The Coating Technician supports the extrusion production team to ensure they produce quality products delivered on time. This includes knowledge of extrusion setups, proficiency with computers, hand tools, surface preparation, and coating technology, and measurement devices. The Coating Technician is expected to keep a clean and orderly workspace and maintain systems for tracking extrusion tools and extrusion setups.
Key Responsibilities:
- Surface prep and coating of tools for extrusion production, medical production, and R&D.
- Maintaining heater, thermocouple hardware, and extrusion tooling inventory.
- "Head start" extrusion tooling setup, including hardware, heaters, and thermocouples, so extrusion production staff have everything they need to set up extrusion lines efficiently. Footstep minimization.
- Use systems or best judgment to determine when cooling components have reached the end of their lifecycle and properly dispose of them.
- Work alongside Extrusion management and Engineering to order new tooling or tooling rework when needed.
- Mark tooling with appropriate PNs and maintaining traceability.
- Maintain a clean and safe work environment while following all company safety, PPE, and compliance policies.
Qualifications/Requirements:
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Honest and hardworking
- Mechanical aptitude and safety awareness
- Self-motivated with the ability and desire to learn new skills
- Career-minded individual who can grow in a stable work environment
Physical Demands:
Working with various sizes and shapes of tooling daily, up to 50 pounds. Will require standing regularly at long intervals and lifting/moving objects throughout the day. Regular use of a computer terminal also required.
Work Environment/Schedule: (as applicable)
Primary shop or lab type environment working with product, hand tools, shop equipment, and report writing daily.
The Coating Technician position primarily works within climate-controlled industrial buildings but occasionally requires work on outdoor projects. Will spend most of the day on your feet and working with your hands. The standard work schedule is 12-hour day shifts, averaging 42 hours a week, with every other long weekend and holiday off.
Drake Plastics is a drug-free workplace. All applicants who receive conditional job offers will be subject to pre-employment drug testing.