What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manufacturing Technician position at COASTAL ECOLOGY GROUP?
CEG’s client, the only privately held coil coatings manufacturer in the United States, is seeking a Manufacturing Technician to join their growing team in Bessemer, Alabama! This direct hire, full time position is with a family-owned business dedicated to delivering innovation and quality in their expanding facility while offering competitive pay, a supportive work environment, and ample growth and training opportunities for employees. This is a fantastic opportunity for an individual looking to advance their career in manufacturing!
Job Summary
As a Manufacturing Technician, you'll handle small and large batch production, mastering processes like additions, premix, side cuts, grind portions, let downs, and precise measurements using advanced touch screen systems. Your responsibilities include running QC batches, assembling, processing, grinding batches on mills, and ensuring recipe accuracy. You'll operate and document the touch screen scale system for solvents, resins, bases, and tint stock, use the touch screen tank farm dosing system, and manage cranes and super sack handling equipment. You'll control mixer speeds, run times, and addition rates of non-bulk raw materials, interacting with supervisors, warehouse staff, and production employees.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Compliance with all site rules, annual refresher training and safe job procedures.
Production first floor Mill area housekeeping and organization.
Scale Operation and Raw Material Additions Measurements.
Mixer Cleaning, Speed Control and Run Times.
Remove batch related garbage and part fill bags and drums.
Mill Operation, Media Inspections, Media charge levels and Media quality.
Cooling Tower Operation.
Batch making and adjustments made to in-process batches in QC.
Raw Material Identification and Quantity accuracy when weighing/dispensing.
Clean work area, put part fills away, take out trash created from batching.
Tub, Tank, Mill Screen, and Spill-pallet/Tray Cleaning.
Clean as you go methodology followed for leaks or drips and spillage!
Participation in Physical Inventory Counts.
Department Paperwork, batch ticket completeness.
Materials Outage and non-batch usage Reporting and Communication (Yield Issues, and Supplies Outages).
Notification of equipment failures to supervisors, leads and maintenance.
Knowledge of Job includes DOT Training and RCRA Requirements.
Interact with production operators as needed to achieve daily production schedule.
Housekeeping, Trash, Hazardous Waste handling and accumulation areas competency.
Knowledge of all Batch Process Related Work.
Return part fill bags and drums of Raw Materials.
Qualifications
High school diploma or general education degree (GED) desired; or six months to one-year related experience and/or training
Prior team leadership and/or other applicable leadership experience.
DOT Hazmat general knowledge.
Training in mill operations, small and large batch assembly, batch adjusting, and hazardous waste handling.
Physical Demands/Work Environment
Regularly lift and/or move up to 70 pounds.
Climb stairs or ladders (both step and vertical), and work in elevated positions.
Stand for prolonged periods of time, sit, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, use hands to finger, handle, feel, reach with hands and arms, and talk and hear.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Working in a manufacturing facility environment with fumes and airborne particles and regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions.
Regular exposure to various chemicals.
Use of personal protective equipment to minimize the potential for injury (safety glasses or goggles, steel-toed shoes, gloves, and respirators).
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Salary : $18 - $25
