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The Production Technician I will be responsible for planning, directing, coordinating, and controlling the activities of workers engaged in assembling parts and sub-assemblies into finished units by performing the following duties
Essential Responsibilities:
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- Develop plans to achieve completion of provided operation schedule and sets run order for areas of responsibility with approval of Manager.
- Interfaces with other departments to ensure customer order deadlines are met.
- Studies production schedules and estimates work hour requirements for completion of job assignment.
- Create detailed schedules to ensure customers shipment dates and equipment specifications are met.
- Develops a process plan including people, resources, equipment, and floor space for customer orders.
- Plans flow of materials through departments assigned over. Works with production control on any work order related issues in regards to material and flow of material to work floor.
- Adjust work procedures to meet production schedules.
- Recommends methods to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product.
- Suggest changes in work areas and use of equipment to increase efficiency of shop, department, or work crew.
- Coordinates man power requirements with Manager by increasing or decreasing personnel and overtime to meet changing conditions.
- Analyzes and resolves work problems, or assists employees in solving work problems.
- Instructs and trains personnel within their area of responsibility. Promotes cross training among employees to benefit work group as a whole.
- Maintains time and production levels.
- Confers with Manager to coordinate individual areas of responsibility and work in relation to products
- being run through other areas of production.
- Reports all equipment malfunctions to maintenance personnel by submitting maintenance work orders on equipment to be serviced.
- Trouble shoots electronics down to component level to determine cause and remedy malfunctions with the unit.
- Trouble shoots electrical and mechanical problems to determine root cause of issue and recommend corrective action.
- Works in conjunction with engineering and production teams with various tests including, but not limited to, implementation of new production products.
- Conducts detailed experimental testing.
- Reads blueprints, wiring diagrams, process sheets, assembly and schematic drawings.
- Maintains appropriate relationship with employees they are directing and adheres to Southern States' Core values.
- Adheres to Southern States' safety standards and company rules and guidelines.
- Represents Southern States to customer and supporting staff in professional and respectful manner at all times.
Minimum Qualifications:
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- High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) and/or multiple years of experience exhibiting the competency requirements listed above.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and Access.
- Excellent customer service skills.Â
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from both internal and external customers.Â
- Good work record, including attendance.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business documents.Â
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.Â
- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondences, and memos.
- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
- Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret graphs.
- Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
- Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
- To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of inventory software, manufacturing software, drawings data base as well as other related Data bases used in areas of responsibility.
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