Senior Engineering Technician

Job Description:

SUMMARY: Support engineering department on the execution and follow up of activities related to process transfers and process improvements.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSABILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Provide support to the engineering team on the planning, execution and control of the process improvements and transfers.
• Contribute on maintaining safe and clean work environment by following company regulations, policies and procedures for Health, Safety and Environment.
• Support the engineering team on the set up of the facilities and new production lines.
• Execute Installation Qualification protocols of new equipment during process transfers if needed.
• Coordinate with engineers and supply chain the purchasing of tooling and supplies for training, validations and production start up.
• Responsible for execution of engineering studies, dry runs or design of experiments in the floor.
• Provide support to the manufacturing department on the planning and execution of process improvements.
• Coordinate and/or execute engineering change orders (ECO’s) to keep the documentation system in compliance with our regulation and policies as well as assure documentation is clear, updated and accurate for operators.
• Update the production control system (Epicor) with proper method of manufacturing, standard times and yields.
• Responds to and participates in corrective action implementation to observations identified in internal audits.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Direction: Receive guidance with respect to general objectives; in the majority of tasks and projects assigned, determine methods, work sequence, scheduling, and how to achieve objectives of assignments; operate within specific policy guidelines.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma and technical degree.
• Advanced bachelor degree in engineering is needed, and 8+ years of experience related are required.
• Proficient personal computer skills including electronic mail, record keeping, routine database activity, word processing, spreadsheet, graphics, etc.

OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES:

• Team work, ability to work with low supervision, learns quickly and independently in the context of industrial or technical activities; seeks opportunities to extend and deepen learning.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
• Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conforms to prescribed style and format.
• Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
• Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations.
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

MANUAL DEXTERITY Manual dexterity sufficient to reach and handle items.

VISION REQUIREMENTS No special vision requirements

WORK SCHEDULE/HOURS Monday – Friday 8am-5pm.

TRAVEL: Minimal overnight travel.

ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING CONDITIONS

Well-lighted, heated and/or air-conditioned indoor office setting with adequate ventilation.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Other physical working conditions:     

• Lifting or carrying items.
• Moderate noise (examples: business office with computers and printers, light traffic).

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVEL:

Sedentary physical activity performing non-strenuous daily activities of an administrative nature.

COMMENTS:  This position is an outline of the major recurring responsibilities of the job.  It is not intended to be all-inclusive of the work to be performed.  The incumbents(s) will typically perform other related job objectives, special assignments and less significant responsibilities.