Schedule: 10:30pm-7:00am; M-F
Pay Rate: $21.85

Summary
Join our lens manufacturing team as a Backside Coating Technician, where you'll operate specialized equipment to apply protective scratch-resistant coatings to ophthalmic lenses. This critical role ensures lens durability and optical quality while preparing lenses for advanced treatments like anti-reflective coatings. You'll work in a fast-paced laboratory environment, maintaining high-quality standards and supporting overall production goals.

Primary Responsibilities
•    Ensure lenses are clean of dust and debris prior to coating application
•    Apply back side scratch coating to lenses using automated equipment
•    Inspect lenses for defects after coating application
•    Reject lenses with poor coating quality and route for rework
•    Return processed lenses to proper trays maintaining organization
•    Assist with routing work in the AR-preparation room

Key Skills Required
•    Must be able to understand prescription requirements and quality standards
•    The ability to do simple/basic math and measurements
•    Able to identify optical and cosmetic defects accurately
•    Problem solving skills for troubleshooting equipment
•    Basic computer skills and familiarity with inspection equipment systems
•    Attention to detail for accurate quality assessment
•    Manual dexterity for operating lens meters and inspection tools

Education Requirements
High School Diploma or equivalent

Experience
Prior experience in optical/lens manufacturing is preferred

Physical Requirements
•    Regularly required to sit and use hands for grasping and manipulation
•    Frequently required to reach with hands and arms
•    Regularly required to walk, stoop, kneel, crawl, and/or crouch
•    Must be able to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds regularly
•    Specific vision abilities required including close vision and ability to adjust focus

Safety Requirements
•    Understanding of workplace safety programs
•    Closed toe shoes and safety glasses when required
•    Regular exposure to moving mechanical parts
•    Safe tool handling practices
•    Moderate to loud noise work environment

HOYA Group: Founded in 1941 in Tokyo, Japan, HOYA Corporation is a global technology and med-tech company and a leading supplier of innovative high-tech and medical products. HOYA’s divisions and business units research and develop products utilized in the healthcare and information technology fields. In the healthcare field, we provide medical device products such as eyeglasses, medical endoscopes, contact and intraocular lenses, orthopedic implants, surgical/therapeutic devices and medical device reprocessing and disinfection solutions. In the information technology field, we provide products such as optical lenses, photomasks and blanks used in the manufacturing process for semiconductor and LCD/OLED devices, text-to-speech, human resources and other software solutions and critical components for the mass memory and cloud storage industries. With over 150 offices and subsidiaries worldwide, HOYA currently employs a multinational workforce of 37,000 people.

HOYA Vision Care: As a global leader in optical technology, HOYA Vision Care is dedicated to providing innovative vision care solutions for every stage of a patient’s life. A steadfast partner to Eye Care Professionals around the world, it stands at the forefront of optical excellence. With a global presence, consisting of 43 laboratories and a growing team of 20,000 employees, HOYA Vision Care delivers innovative lenses and other vision care solutions to millions of people in 110 countries.

We focus on a better tomorrow, today. You can become part of our story. HOYA Vision Care is the place where you can act according to your strengths and evolve according to your aspirations. It’s a place where you can shape the way you work, guided by our CLEAR Values, and empowered by generations of expertise. You can get involved in our sustainability initiatives and choose to become a One Vision ambassador. You can give back the gift of sight to people all over the world by deciding to work with us.

We welcome people who challenge us to become better, who share our sense of purpose and who embrace growth so that our vision and mission align. We invite you to find out more, and together we can continue to provide vision for a lifetime.

Driven by a passion for partnership as well as innovation, HOYA has been a partner to Eye Care Professionals for over 75 years, enabling them to give people the greatest gift, the gift of vision. We provide Eye Care Professionals with the lenses, consultation solutions and other services that help them to develop their practice while changing the way people see the world. We see them as visionaries, and everything we do is for them. Founded in Japan in 1941, today, HOYA has a presence in over 80 countries across the globe.

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Backside Coating Technician (3rd Shift) - Berea, OH