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The Thermoforming Technician supports engineering activities related to equipment and processes. Support includes, but is not limited to: testing, assembly or disassembly of equipment, acquiring and fabricating machine parts, leading small scale development efforts, traveling to production facilities, and troubleshooting existing equipment. The successful candidate for this position will use their technical knowledge of processing, operations, and equipment to aid in the completion of projects aimed at commercializing new products, reducing costs, improving quality, improving reliability, expanding production capacity, developing new technologies and maintaining regulatory compliance.
Specific Duties:
Specify and recommend purchases ranging from auxiliary systems and production lines including supporting the completion of Purchase Order Requisitions.
Author project reports, trip reports, standard operating procedures and other written materials.
Lead and/or participate in the (dis)assembly of machinery and installation of equipment.
Facilitate meeting production plant requests, serving at times as the interface between Engineering, plants, Vendors and suppliers
Lead/Participate in the troubleshooting and analysis of problems to rapidly identify, evaluate, propose and implement corrective actions, document the process and verify results.
Lead the support of production facilities and Machinery Manufacturing by responding to requests for assistance, including but not limited to, part numbers, machinery operation, and drawings.
Lead testing and validation of production and/or prototype thermoforming machinery or tooling.
Create assemblies or perform repairs using MIG and TIG welding with appropriate jigs and fixtures
Provide email or phone support to production facilities for complex issues
Travel to production facilities to lead and support new machine installations, troubleshooting, and training
Maintain accurate records of machinery functions, test results, and equipment documentation
Design basic machine components in 2D and 3D CAD
