What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Machine Specialist II-IL position at Republic National Ind?
Job Function:
Under direction of the Mill & Face Frames Supervisor, the Technical Machine Specialist I will follow all established procedures and policies while providing technical operations support to the machine operators responsible for Molders, Chop Saw, Fletcher, HPM, etc.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborates with Operators with setups, programming, parameter adjustments, PM’s, etc.
- Drive material yield improvements and scrap reductions
- Ability to accurately troubleshoot and address root cause of quality defects and machine downtime
- Conduct daily spot inspections of product quality to ensure processes stay on target
- Provide appropriate feedback to Operators, Team Leads, Supervisors and Managers
- Attend vendor training and work with outside technicians to learn proper methods and technique
- Train and mentor machine Operators on proper operating methods and techniques
- TEAMWORK: Support efforts by all team members to continuously improve equipment performance
Working Conditions:
- Stand, kneel, bend, twist, and walk 8-12 hours per day.
- Occasionally required to lift up to 100 lbs.
- Indoor Manufacturing Environment
- Varying noise levels.
- Fast-paced work.
Job Qualifications:
- Technical Specialist Certification or Associates Degree (Technical/Manufacturing)
- Possess knowledge and ability to program mill & face frame machine centers.
- Perform each direct responsibility satisfactorily
- Strong oral, written and interpersonal communications skills
- Self-direction and initiative
- Ability to read a tape measure and perform basic arithmetic
- Bilingual (English and Spanish) a plus