Process Technician - 2nd Shift at AirBorn Inc.

SUMMARY:   Responsible for reviewing manufacturing processes and equipment processes to improve efficiency in production. Assures compliance with approved methods and quality standards. Provides assistance to engineers and production departments. Reviews processes and procedures to determine production readiness of new builds and improvements on existing builds including prototyping, FTB,  and troubleshooting fixtures/tooling.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:  Other duties may be assigned.

• Assists with design and executing test runs and disseminates results in order to facilitate engineering designs.
• Recommends alterations to development and design to improve quality of procedures.
• Assists engineers in the planning and testing of components, equipment, and machinery.
• Helps prepare proposals and cost estimates. Responsible for reviewing manufacturing processes and equipment for production readiness.
• Plans and designs methods to improve efficiency in production.
• Assures compliance with approved methods and quality standards.
• Assists in prototype development by debugging, modifications, assembly, testing and inspecting. 
• Detects failures and makes recommendations to engineers to make parts producible. 
• Reviews customer drawings and evaluates feasibility, and dismantles, repairs, or sends off defective equipment.  Perform, aide, or give direction on periodic preventive maintenance or general repair on equipment or machinery. Operates computer terminal to input and retrieve data and create or update documentation.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES Requires knowledge typically acquired through:

• Completion of a two-year Associates or Technical Degree from a college or university,
• Minimum of one to five years related experience or training; and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. 
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.  
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

QUALIFICATIONS  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. 

The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, talk, hear, walk, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, and controls, and reach with arms and hands. The employee may be required to regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. 

WORK ENVIRONMENT  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate and travel is limited to less than 5%.             

[Equal Opportunity Employer - Disability/Vet]

This job may require applicant to conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.  Learn more about the ITAR