Production Technician III

We are looking for a talented Production Technician – Level III to join our team specializing in Manufacturing for our Cummins Inc. facility in Maxton, NC.
Job Summary:
Operates machines and production equipment independently in accordance with quality and productivity requirements safely in a manufacturing environment and may instruct or coach others.
In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:
• Ensure Safety: By stopping work and reporting any major injury hazards immediately, you'll help maintain a safe work environment.
• Promote Health: Reporting any work-related injury, illness, incident, or hazard ensures that health issues are addressed promptly.
• Compliance: Adhering to HSE standards, policies, procedures, and regulations will help maintain high safety and environmental standards.
• Environmental Stewardship: Recognizing how your work impacts the environment and working to minimize negative effects will contribute to sustainability.
• Quality Assurance: Performing quality inspections and identifying non-conforming materials will help maintain product standards.
• Efficiency: Achieving production goals and maintaining clean, orderly work areas will ensure smooth operations and meet customer expectations.
• Team Support: Instructing and coaching others, and acting as a resource for team members, will foster a collaborative and knowledgeable team environment.
• Continuous Improvement: Participating in training and personal development, and actively seeking ways to improve processes, will drive ongoing improvements in quality, safety, and efficiency.
Overview:
The basic function of the production technician is to utilize manufacturing work instructions to assemble purchased parts into finished Commercial Vehicle System products.
Responsibilities – Essential Functions:
Technicians have the responsibility and authority to:
• Understand what constitutes producing a quality product that meets customer expectations.
• Read, comprehend, and execute written instructions.
• Operate machinery according to set procedures – meeting productivity goals in a safe, quality, and environmentally sound, cost-effective manner.
• Be able to properly operate manufacturing equipment.
• Use precision measuring instruments such as calipers, dial indicators, and micrometers to determine adherence of product characteristics to prescribed specifications.
• Safely operate a fork truck, if assigned, and possess a valid company forklift license.
• Initiate action, up to and including stopping the line, to prevent the occurrence of any nonconformities relating to product, process, and quality systems.
• Identify and record any product, process, and quality system problems.
• Initiate, recommend, or provide solutions through designated channels.
• Verify the implementation of solutions.
• Control further processing, delivery, or installation of nonconforming product until the deficiency or unsatisfactory condition has been corrected as defined by applicable procedures and/or delegation of the area manufacturing manager or designee.
• Perform rework and repair operations on nonconforming material.
• Perform preventative maintenance to all equipment and, in some cases, notify the proper maintenance personnel of necessary repairs.
• Perform safety and housekeeping duties to ensure a safe working environment.
• Participate actively in the team to achieve team goals.
• Maintain flexible work culture with the ability to learn and effectively operate all equipment.
• Comply with all Meritor written environmental (ISO 14001) and quality (TS16949) policies.
• Support development of a continual improvement, employee involvement culture.
• Set high expectations for themselves and the team.
• Hold themselves and team members accountable for superior results.
• Maintain best practice safety and housekeeping standards with continuous emphasis on 5S.
• Support development of the team to work with all levels of the organization.
• Support development of the team to track key performance data, identify variances, and determine root causes, implement corrective action, and documentation to meet or exceed goals.
• Flexible to work any shift and overtime to meet the customer requirements and other work assignments as required.
• Requires broad knowledge of operational procedures and tools obtained through extensive work experience and may require vocational or technical education.
• Works under limited supervision for routine situations.
• Provides assistance and training to lower-level employees.

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