1st Shift Operator Technician

Operator Technician

Do you have at least 5 years of manufacturing experience? Do you like being on schedule with minimum defects? Do you prefer to take ownership of your work?

We are looking for an Operator Technician (7:00am-3:30pm) with Faber-Castell Cosmetics, a division of Faber-Castell. We are one of the leading providers of private label cosmetic pencils (face, eye, lip, and nail). We are almost 800 employees worldwide with production facilities in Germany and Brazil. Our clients are well known brands in cosmetics and we are bringing our state-of-the-art facilities, process, and knowledge to Elgin, IL. Help us color the world!

In this role, you will:

• Take ownership of your work and outcomes by operating your equipment to safety and quality standards.
• Work on machines that produce our cosmetic pencils, stamps them, and/or packages them (clean room environment).
• Ensure equipment is maintained properly and handle any troubleshooting.
• Your attention to detail will be useful while conducting in-process quality checks you will take the necessary actions on non-compliance pieces.
• Use your problem-solving abilities to determine the root cause. Your understanding of quality control and work requests will ensure our documentation is always up to date.

Requirements

This position will be ideal for you if you:

• Have a high school diploma or equivalent
• Have at least 5 years of hands-on machine operator experience
• Able to do minor maintenance work on machines
• Are organized
• Are able to follow a written process
• Possess strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Can regularly lift, push, or move up to 50 pounds
• Can regularly climb a ladder/steps

In return you will receive competitive pay and full benefits.

Responsibilities include:

• Operate equipment in accordance to safety, quality, and standard work guidelines
• Take ownership of KPIs and process, drive improvement within, and coordinate activities within/across line teams
• Conduct in-process quality checks
• Take necessary actions for non-compliance
• Complete root cause problem solving and action planning as required
• Conduct daily autonomous maintenance (AM) activities
• Conduct systematic troubleshooting and basic maintenance on assemble line to maximize up-time
• Document work request to facilitate short and medium range maintenance plans
• Maintain and document work in-progress and completed
• Complete all documents as required
• (setting up of machine, changing work process)
• Other duties as requested

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) include:

• Safety Zero unsafe acts and conditions
• 5S Compliance
• In-process Scrap less than xx MU%
• Defects less than xx PPM
• First Pass Yield minimum of xx%
• Mean Time between Failure no more than xx
• Overall Equipment Effectiveness no less than xx%
• Schedule Compliance no less than xx%

Qualifications include:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Minimum 5 years' experience in manufacturing with hands-on mechanical positions, or a combination of experience with education.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Knowledge of basic Lean principles and tools including 5S, Standard Work, and AM Steps 1-3
• Able to follow written processes
• Basic equipment/mechanical troubleshooting knowledge

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill and ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands include:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear and see. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee will regularly lift, push, or move up to 50 pounds. Regularly climb a ladder and/or steps.

Work Environment is usually moderate noise level.

Reasoning Ability includes:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several variables in standardized situations. Understand statistical process control, translating product specifications to finished goods.

A W Faber Castell Cosmetics, LLC