Manufacturing Process Optimization Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Manufacturing Process Optimization Technician

Compensation: $32–$36 per hour DOE | Employment Type: Direct Hire | Start: Immediate

Location: Grand Rapids, MI

You start your morning reviewing production schedules and latest quality notes. A work center flags a throughput issue—within minutes you’re on the floor, analyzing data, reviewing specs and prints, and collaborating with operators. By midday, you’ve led a quick Kaizen huddle to cut waste, updated a maintenance history record, and validated a tweak to a labor standard. The afternoon wraps with a cost/defect analysis, a check-in with engineering on a process design question, and concise updates to stakeholders so improvements stick.

• Drive process-improvement initiatives that boost efficiency, reduce scrap, and lower defect rates.
• Provide technical and engineering support to manufacturing work centers.
• Capture and maintain equipment history, maintenance activity, production capacity, and CI project data.
• Help develop and assess manufacturing methods, labor-utilization standards, and cost/scrap systems.
• Participate in lean events; implement countermeasures and sustain the gains.
• Support quality-control goals and corrective actions to enhance reliability and reduce operating costs.
• Collaborate cross-functionally on Kaizen efforts—identify opportunities, implement solutions, track and report results.
• Review drawings, specs, work orders, and documentation to confirm methods and procedures.
• Evaluate technical requirements and cost factors tied to process and product design objectives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• 1st Shift: 5:00 AM – 3:30 PM
• 2nd Shift: 3:30 PM – 4:00 AM (Overtime as needed)

• Associate or bachelor’s degree, relevant engineering/technical coursework, or equivalent experience.
• Self-directed, accountable, and ownership-driven.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing processes, production techniques, CAD, and blueprint reading.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook; comfortable with computers in a plant setting.

• Meticulous attention to detail and unwavering quality focus.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent organization and time management; able to shift priorities under deadlines with limited supervision.
• Data-driven approach to diagnosing problems and drawing practical conclusions.
• Team-oriented, procedure-following, and receptive to direction.
• Familiarity with material-handling methods and equipment.

• Time Study Analysis
• Continuous Improvement
• CAD Software
• Process Engineering
• Kaizen
• Lean Manufacturing Principles
• Process Development

Direct-hire placement with comprehensive benefits through our client upon hire, including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• PTO
• 401(k)

We offer weekly pay and a robust benefits package. Join a team that values safety, quality, and continuous improvement.

Contact Tracie Metcalf at View email address on ziprecruiter.com or call 219-23-4740 to learn more.

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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities