What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manufacturing Technician position at Johnson Outdoors Inc.?
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Troubleshoots, repairs and modifies production equipment, and other process related equipment. Applies principles and theories of mechanical and electromechanical repair and testing.
- Responsible for maintaining facilities including buildings, lights, HVAC, compressed air systems, parking lots, and other facility equipment.
- Operates hand and bench drills, mills, lathes, grinding wheels, welders or other machine tools to fabricate parts.
- Checks functioning of equipment to evaluate system performance under actual operating conditions.
- Set-ups, maintains and/or calibrates equipment on a regular or as needed basis.
- Assembles, disassembles, modifies, inspects and reworks various production equipment. ·Works with others to streamline process flow and reduce waste.
- ·Assists in the development and documentation of procedures.
- Promotes company safety policies, workmanship standards and operational procedures among team members while displaying strong quality consciousness at all times.
- Keeps supervisor informed of any situations that may be detrimental to production, quality, or safety goals.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
- Education: Associate degree in Engineering Technology or equivalent.
- Experience: Typically requires a minimum of 2 years of experience as a manufacturing technician within a consumer goods environment.
- Certification requirements:
- Natural gas
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in effectively troubleshooting and repairing equipment and systems.
- Demonstrates a broad understanding of production processes. Demonstrated skills and abilities in mechanical dexterity, assembly, manufacturing, soldering, and inspection.
- Knowledge of mechanical and electromechanical electronics processes and procedures.
- Skills in reading, understanding and adhering to engineering drawings, documents and procedures.
- Ability to function as a team while completing multiple tasks effectively with minimal supervision. Take initiative to aid fellow employees to smooth overall process flow.
- Ability to manage time effectively.
- Ability to recognize equipment/tooling malfunctions to detect irregular or deficient product.
- Excellent problem solving and communication skills (written and verbal) and ability to drive to corrective actions with minimal supervision.
- Above average computer literacy and math abilities.
