Production Technician

Position Title: Production Technician

Wage: $21.00/hour

Shift: 2nd

Hours: 4:45pm - 3:15am (Monday - Thursday)

Feeling underpaid or undervalued? This could be the position that you deserve!

QPS Employment Group has a great opportunity available for a Production Technician at a company in Franklin, WI. This is a potential to hire position for 2nd shift. Apply now!

Production Technician Responsibilities:

- Prioritize and manage daily material movement in alignment with the production schedule to support efficient manufacturing operations, maintain product flow, and minimize production downtime

- Complete yield calculations indicated based on RPO (released production order) and work instructions. Use the calculations to determine the amount of product and what product needs to be heated based on the production schedule

- Ensure drums heat time does not exceed the allowable amounts by checking the drum labels for prior heating time, verify allowed heating time from work instructions and calculating remaining allowable heat time

- Document how long each drum has been heated and calculate the remaining allowable heating time

- Calculate how much product from the drum should be added to the filling tank to avoid excess material and reduce loss. The pourer is responsible for deciding the amount to add without supervisor confirmation

- Assume accountability for accurate yield and heating time calculations, using strong attention to detail and decision-making to prevent significant product losses

- Follow all applicable safety procedures when handling hot materials and hazardous substances

- Monitor and maintain formula levels in tanks and hoppers based on equipment-specific minimum fill requirements to ensure timely replenishment, minimize product loss, and prevent short filling of tubes, jars, and sticks

- Clean pump, dosing tray, kettles, tools and tanks when needed (wash, sanitize)

- Use of stacker, power jack, drum tilt throughout the day (requires PIV training and certification)

- Follow GMP's in the department

- Fill proper Redzone, cleaning logbook and formula hours heat tracking

- Utilize labels and redzone to confirm batched production for use to avoid production contamination

- Maintain strong communication with your supervisor for daily activities by reporting shortages, drum running out of oven time, etc.

- Report any malfunctioning equipment to supervisor

- Report quality issues immediately to supervisor

- Support training and development of other employees

- Support supervisor to create and develop a culture that includes the following principles; Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost

Requirements for Production Technician:

- At least one year of experience in similar environment

- Good communication skills

- Basic math skills

- Able to follow SOP for cleaning and operation of the equipment

- Able to complete proper documentation

QPS Employment Group is a full-service staffing firm comprised of dedicated and passionate people with over 50 offices throughout the United States. We place great people with great companies in industrial, skilled trades, administrative, manufacturing, general labor and professional employment. Hiring immediately!

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