What are the responsibilities and job description for the Material Techinician position at HCI?
Position Summary:
The position is directly responsible for inspection, maintenance, and inventory control of fixture stands and clamps. This position is also responsible for the materials reception, management, preparation, staging, and reporting for all related hardware and materials. This role requires strict adherence to safety protocols & quality standards. This role is responsible for adhering to and participating in continuous improvements in the organization.
The Material Technician represents High Country Industrial Corp. professionally, while providing excellent service to customers as well as maintaining the highest standards of safety and quality.
Reporting Relationships:
This position reports directly to the shop manager of HCI.
Position Requirements:
General Requirements:
- Knowledge of reading blueprints, drawings, specifications, and other prints
- Basic math knowledge, problem solving
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Written and verbal communication skills
- Lean practice or exposure of concepts
Physical Requirements:
This job is considered medium to heavy work in nature with occasional heavy tasks.
Maximum lifting of up to 75 pounds with frequent lifting of weights up to 50 pounds.
Typically standing and walking for 6 hours out of an 8-hour day.
Working Conditions:
Working conditions vary depending on the weather and changes to the indoor environment (which cannot always be predicted or controlled).
Primary Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
The position will be responsible for the following to help HCI operate smoothly. These responsibilities may change from time to time as required by changing business conditions, company management structure, or other reasons that management deems appropriate.
- Consistent punctuality, minimal absenteeism and dependability in completing assignments.
- Maintain professional and cooperative working relationships with Management and other staff members.
- Maintaining company tools, equipment, and vehicles.
Employees will also apply the 5S Methodology to ensure a clean, organized and efficient workplace. These principles include the following:
Sort: Identify and remove unnecessary items from the workplace, focusing on what is needed and what can be eliminated.
Set in Order: Organize the remaining items in a way that is easy to find and use, ensuring everything has a designated place.
Shine: Maintain a clean and tidy workspace, including regular cleaning and upkeep of equipment and tools.
Standardize: Establish and maintain standards for the first three steps, ensuring consistency and creating a system for ongoing improvement.
Sustain: Foster a culture of continuous improvement and make the 5S principles a habit, ensuring that the benefits are maintained over time.
Material and Equipment Preparation- 15%
- Review the production schedule every week to anticipate and plan the material stocking process for the following week(s) to ensure goods are pulled from designated locations and staged in advance.
- Identify and sort various materials and hardware for inventory and shipping.
- Load and unload trucks with equipment and hardware ensuring correct types and quantities are present and accounted for.
- Prepare and organize different material sizes and types for varying models.
- Sort equipment by model, capacity, and status. Identify and label with accurate real time information.
- Create a real-time safety plan for materials movement before moving to the work cells and
staging area. If the build requires significant motion, coordinate support prior to starting the
build.
Equipment Maintenance and Repairs-40%
- Inspect and record equipment to identify defects and needed repairs.
- Repair equipment to manufacturer specifications.
- Replace all damaged or missing parts and stock toolboxes with spare parts.
Inventory Kanban Systems- 20%
1. Responsible for the management and conduction of the Kanban system, ensuring accurate
counts, cycle times, and usage rates.
2. Monitor stocking levels at pull points and all storage locations, communicating replenishment needs to Foreman and Operations Manager on a consistent basis.
3. Drive purchase requests with Foreman on quantities and levels when reorder set points are
reached.
4. Document and report feedback from the production floor on vendor quality related to materials and parts.
Material Organization- 15%
1. Collaborate with Foreman to manage operational equipment maintenance records to internal
and ISO standards
2. Review, build, and implement maintenance schedules per equipment used; per schedule apply mechanical skills to troubleshoot and 'fix' operational equipment.
2. Understand, apply, and sustain the "5S" methodology to drive material organization
improvements and efficiency regarding material and consumable storage.
3.Frequently review the material handling workflow to ensure that all obstacles are removed or
minimized to optimize efficiency and work quality.
4. Remove unnecessary parts, materials and consumables that do not affect the quality of
production practices.
5. Keep the work area organized, labeled, and "set" so all materials, parts, tools, etc. can be
accessed easily.
6. Clean the inventory storage areas daily and/or between each work order to ensure equipment
does not deteriorate or become damaged.
7. Continuously look to standardize practices and methods to be the most efficient during work
order production.
Collaboration- 5%
1. Required to collaborate with production staff and other team members to drive efficiency in
production.
2. Work as a team to coordinate workflow to accomplish daily goals and objectives.
3. Ensure that daily production status, concerns and issues are communicated directly to the
Foreman.
4. Help and support all members of the organization to drive teamwork and to ensure workload is balanced as a team.
Continuous Improvement- 5%
- Maintain and improve work process flows and processes to drive for zero quality issues and time reduction for production.
- Partner with the production employees to improve the production process on a frequent basis.
- Participate in work cell improvement initiatives and improvements to reduce cycle time and to improve safety and quality
