Manufacturing Technician

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

• Independently operate assigned production machinery, controls, and material handling systems in accordance with qualified operator instructions.
• Perform machine startups, shutdowns, setup, calibration verification, changeovers, production adjustments, and in-process checks.
• Monitor production processes to ensure products meet specifications, tolerances, appearance, bond, dimensional, and quality requirements.
• Troubleshoot equipment, tooling, material flow, adhesive, press, RF, dimensional, surface-quality, recovery, and process issues within trained responsibility.
• Perform routine maintenance, equipment inspections, condition checks, cleaning, lubrication, tooling checks, and authorized component replacement.
• Support work-center-specific processes including lumber preparation, planing, sizing, finger jointing, adhesive application, pressing, RF curing, layup, material handling, and automated line operation.
• Monitor and record production output, material use, quality checks, recovery, downtime, maintenance activity, and equipment condition.
• Train and coach Utility Technicians and newly assigned employees on safe operation, standard work, housekeeping, and quality checks.
• Assist with maintaining and improving operator instructions, setup sheets, checklists, and troubleshooting guides.
• Collaborate with Production, Quality, Maintenance, Engineering, Facilities, and Supervision to resolve issues and improve workflow.
• Receive, stock, issue, and return inventory items; count inventory and support cycle counts, physical inventory, and reconciliation of stock discrepancies. 
• Monitor inventory levels and communicate low inventory, damaged items, missing parts, or replenishment needs to the appropriate team members. 
• Participate in continuous improvement focused on safety, quality, uptime, throughput, recovery, waste reduction, and housekeeping.
• Follow safety protocols and guidelines to maintain a safe working environment.
• Maintain qualification in a primary machine center and complete cross-training in additional work centers as assigned.
• Complete other responsibilities as assigned.

MINIMUM SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Suggested 2+ years of manufacturing, industrial, lumber, engineered wood products, mass timber, equipment operation, or related experience.
• Demonstrated ability to independently operate, set up, adjust, and troubleshoot industrial manufacturing equipment.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and ability to troubleshoot and support repair of machinery within trained responsibility.
• Ability to interpret operator instructions, production specifications, quality requirements, equipment documentation, and technical information.
• Basic to intermediate computer skills for machine interfaces, production systems, maintenance records, and quality documentation.
• Ability to train and support less-experienced employees.
• Ability to work flexible schedules, overtime, and shift work as required.

Preferred

• Experience with planers, finger jointers, RF curing systems, presses, adhesives, glulam or CLT production, automated material handling, or related wood-products equipment.
• Experience with process optimization, preventative maintenance, equipment commissioning, production startup, or work-center training.
• Forklift, overhead crane, rigging, sawmill, mass timber, glulam, CLT, plywood, LVL, or engineered wood manufacturing experience.