What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Technician position at tesa?
Are you ready to revolutionize tape with us?
At tesa, we're not just colleagues; we're collaborators who thrive on pushing boundaries and challenging the status quo. Our mission is to create sustainable adhesive solutions that improve the work, products, and lives of our customers - we're passionate about making a difference!
We’re looking for technical SKILLED MACHINE OPERATORS to join our 2nd and 3rd shift production teams. Our operators are trained to use tools for set-up, changeovers and troubleshooting, while running different products each with unique characteristics to adapt the machine to. If you want a career, not just a job and are looking for a work "home," apply so you can find out what makes tesa so special!
Who/what are we looking for?
At tesa, we're not just colleagues; we're collaborators who thrive on pushing boundaries and challenging the status quo. Our mission is to create sustainable adhesive solutions that improve the work, products, and lives of our customers - we're passionate about making a difference!
We’re looking for technical SKILLED MACHINE OPERATORS to join our 2nd and 3rd shift production teams. Our operators are trained to use tools for set-up, changeovers and troubleshooting, while running different products each with unique characteristics to adapt the machine to. If you want a career, not just a job and are looking for a work "home," apply so you can find out what makes tesa so special!
Who/what are we looking for?
- Individuals who have mechanical aptitude and the ability to solve problems while thinking outside the box.
- Stable work history - training takes 3 - 6 months on all our machines (no one comes here knowing how to make tape, so we will train you to make products for cars, appliances, construction, overnight mail envelopes, and much more).
- Above average pay - we pay new hires based on job related experience and there are multiple job levels to achieve through gaining new skills.
- Skill-based pay - when you gain new skills by learning a new machine, your pay rate is increased.
- Quarterly bonus – up to 12% of gross earnings per quarter and new employees are eligible from day 1. It has never been missed, even during COVID.
- Merit increase - annual performance reviews with potential increases, too.
- Education assistance - tuition reimbursement for tesa or manufacturing-related classes.
- Opportunity for OT - when you sign up and work OT, it increases your quarterly bonus.
- Profit sharing 401(k) bonus - tesa contributes up to 7% of gross annual earnings to eligible employees' 401(k) in addition to the 50% match up to 6%. That means, if you put in 6%, you get 10% more from tesa, subject to plan rules.
- Culture of respect - you will be asked for your opinion by engineers and management alike.
- Job security - we’ve been here for 43 years and continue to expand our facility.
- Benefits start the 1st of the month after hire - 2 medical plans, dental, vision, disability, life, and more.
- PTO and sick time available after your first 3 months - 20 days combined per year, prorated the first year. Another day is added on each anniversary date.
- Paid Parental Leave – Up to 4 weeks of paid time off to bond with a new baby.
- Holiday pay - eligible immediately and holiday work is extremely rare. Family time is important to us, too.
