Manufacturing Technician
About the Role: The Core Technology Custom Intermediates Team at Lovett is seeking a highly motivated 2nd shift manufacturing technician to support manufacturing and R&D. This commitment provides the opportunity to join an established team with a growing product base and help ensure that we are meeting our operations objectives and business needs. The standard 2nd shift hours are Monday – Friday 3:00 p.m. – 11:30 a.m.
This role will be located in Elkton, Maryland.
Please note that evening, night and weekend shift positions are eligible for an additional $2/hour shift differential pay (in California, the shift differential pay is $2.40/hour).
Medical, Dental and Vision benefits effective on Day 1 of employment!
Responsibilities:
- Learn, support, practice the Gore culture
- Follow and advocate safety practices, including the use of personal protective equipment
- Set up, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot complex manufacturing equipment with a focus on producing quality product and achieving team production goals
- Interact and communicate with a cross-functional group, including shop associates, process engineers, and new-product-development engineers.
- Collaborate with shift to ensure production plans are met with the ability to monitor and ship production orders on time to downstream partners
- Understand and adhere to basic work instructions and procedures, while providing suggestions for improvement
- Occasional completion of NPD experiments on production equipment, while helping with sampling and data collection
- Utilize our quality systems to ensure that processes consistently deliver products that meet customer needs and expectations
- Identify and actively participate in continuing improvement efforts
- Adhere to and champion of 5S standards
Required Qualifications:
- Excellent interpersonal skills, both verbal and written communication skills
- Attentiveness to detail, good documentation and record keeping skills
- Basic math and computer skills with ability to learn more advanced computer applications
- Demonstrated mechanical aptitude, including experience performing preventative maintenance and rebuilds/changeovers on complex equipment
- Ability to work overtime, weekends, and alternate between shifts to meet business needs
- Ability to lift 35 pounds several times over an 8-hour period; also stand for most of the shift
- Ability to and climb steps as needed
- Ability to identify, conceptualize, and solve problems
- Ability to work effectively independently and in team situations as both a leader and a follower
- Ability to adapt to changes in production schedule and shift to other manufacturing areas (including manufacturing at Cherry Hill) on short notice
Desired Qualifications:
- Tenter frame experience
- Lot allocation capability
- Experience running R&D and working with NPD associates
This position requires access to export-controlled areas and information. Candidates must be "U.S. persons" as that term is defined in 8 USC §1324b(a)(3). The term "U.S. persons" includes resident aliens ("green-card" holders) as well as certain refugees, asylum-holders and residents qualifying for temporary residence under the terms of 8 USC §1255a.
What We Offer: Our success is based on the capability and creativity of our Associates, and we are proud to offer a comprehensive and competitive total rewards program that supports your everyday and helps you build your tomorrow.
We provide benefits that offer choice and flexibility and promote overall well-being. And in keeping with our belief that every Associate should share in the collective success of the enterprise; we provide a distinctive Associate Stock Ownership Plan in each country as well as potential opportunities for “profit-sharing”. Learn more at gore.com/careers/benefits
We believe in the strength of a diverse and inclusive workplace. With diverse perspectives, ideas and experiences, we uncover new possibilities and make a greater impact in the world. We are proud of Associates for building on our rich history of innovation, upholding our values and supporting an inclusive work environment where we treat each other and our external partners with fairness, dignity and respect.
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Gore is committed to a drug-free workplace. All employment is contingent upon successful completion of drug and background screening. Gore will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, e.g., arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws.
Gore requires all applicants to be eligible to work within the U.S. Gore generally will not sponsor visas unless otherwise noted on the position description.
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