Production Lab Tech - Optical Manufacturing

Production Lab Tech - Optical Manufacturing

National Vision is one of the largest optical retail companies in the United States with over 1,100 stores. We operate four retail brands: America's Best Contacts & Eyeglasses, Eyeglass World, and Vista Opticals inside select Fred Meyer stores and on select military bases. We offer an innovative culture where training is a priority, hard work is praised, and career growth is a reality.

Our optical manufacturing facility is growing! We're excited to offer new openings, including entry level, for production lab techs in various departments at our manufacturing lab.

Shift Hours: Mondays through Fridays, 6:00am - 2:30pm

Entry level starting $15.50/hr PLUS additional bi-weekly bonus opportunities. We also have a generous PTO plan and many other benefits.

Job Description

Our associates are responsible for performing a variety of duties, depending on their assigned department and lab needs. Production techs help expedite job orders throughout the manufacturing process in a timely and efficient manner in order to serve our customers.

Associates observe data on job orders, sort and organize jobs, utilize RF scanning and perform other department specific tasks.

We have production positions available in our Surface and Inventory Departments.

Surface duties include:

• Backside coating - making sure lens is clean, spraying, wiping lens and loading in machine
• Blocking and Deblocking, block prep
• Machine operation, taping, generating, polishing
• Lens washing - removing lens from block, rinsing, washing and drying lens to remove debris

Inventory duties include:

• Printing orders and prepping job trays
• Picking frames and lenses by locating the bin number on the Rx, scanning the barcode and tray and frame
• Removing lenses from manufacturer's box, placing on the correct side of the tray for processing
• Pre-inspecting lenses for visual imperfections
• Ensuring orders are sent to the correct departments within the lab
• Assisting with restocking, inventory counts

Qualifications

• No specific education required
• No specific experience required for entry level but prior mass production, machine operation, picking orders, inventory or warehouse experience is preferred
• Prior related or optical experience desirable
• Must be able to read and write English

Additional Information

National Vision offers a competitive benefits package. Some of the benefits include:

• Generous Paid-Time-Off (PTO) policy
• BONUS opportunities - including biweekly lab production bonus
• 401k with company match
• Health Insurance (one HSA option)
• Dental Insurance
• Flex Spending Account
• Vision benefits
• Life Insurance
• Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Referral bonus program
• Wellness Plan incentives
• Other insurance options, employee assistance and much more

National Vision Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: EYE) is one of the largest optical retail companies in the United States with over 1,100 stores in 38 states and Puerto Rico. With a mission of helping people by making quality eye care and eyewear more affordable and accessible, the company operates four retail brands: America's Best Contacts & Eyeglasses, Eyeglass World, and Vista Opticals inside select Fred Meyer stores and on select military bases, and e-commerce websites, offering a variety of products and services for customers' eye care needs. For more information, please visit

We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

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