Quality/Manufacturing Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Who We Are

Metrix is the preferred supplier of industrial condition monitoring systems to many of the world’s leading manufacturers and users of cooling towers, gas turbines, reciprocating compressors, and other rotating and reciprocating machinery. With headquarters in Houston, Texas, we operate in more than 40 countries via factory-direct sales and service professionals, along with a strategic network of instrumentation partners. We pioneered the concept of simple, affordable machinery protection with our seismic measurement technology. Initially focused on geophysical exploration, this technology also found abundant applications for vibration measurements on industrial machines and has been our focus for 50 years.

Your Role

Responsible to assure the effective utilization of equipment and materials with an objective of maximizing production output while maintaining safety, quality and cost standards. This hands-on position will support ongoing manufacturing with a strong emphasis on implementing and sustaining lean process improvements, ensuring process capability, and process repeatability. Serves as an internal quality analyst for solving quality issues to ensure consistent high value with the company’s product and installation. Must be available to work Monday-Friday and overtime on Saturdays as required from our NW Houston manufacturing site.

• Develop, evaluate, implement, improve and document manufacturing equipment, tooling and processes.
• Implement and sustain Lean Manufacturing techniques and training on the shop floor.
• Team with planning and design staff concerning product design and tooling to ensure efficient production processes as well as process reliability.
• Evaluate, rework and reject levels for design, process, and training improvement opportunities.
• Implement process and product improvements resulting in a positive impact on production cycle time, product costs and product quality.
• Analyze and plan work force utilization, space requirements, and workflow and design layout of equipment and workspace for optimum efficiency and safety.
• Confer with management, engineering and other team members regarding manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, and other considerations to facilitate production processes.
• Develop and evaluate equipment and processes to produce a high-quality product at a competitive cost for either improvements in current processes or development for new product releases.
• Facilitate the development of corrective action plans to resolve internal quality or delivery issues.
• Conduct production feasibility, Design for Manufacturability, and Design for Quality reviews while generating assembly instructions, in-process inspection, and tooling.
• Provide technical direction, and training for operators performing detailed process steps to ensure that production assemblers, testers, inspectors and support staff have necessary skills, appropriate documentation, tooling and process control capability.
• Works closely with Engineering, Operations, Procurement, R&D and Marketing in the following functions:
• Leads Continuous Process Improvement activities ( Ex:Inhouse & Vendor Scrap reduction).
• Document Control plan / Work instructions for new product launches.
• Improving the Customer PPM.
• Be in touch with current and future trends in Quality and Process Improvement in industry and adapt to company, as necessary.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:

• Lead change productively and other duties as required.
• Follow all company safety policies and procedures.
• Respond to change productively and handle other duties as required.
• Work independently and employ effective time management skills.
• Over-time as required.

QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• 2-years Engineer Tech degree in an engineering discipline (Electrical, Electronics, or Industrial Engineering preferred) or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum 2-years experience with manufacturing and/or quality processes.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:

• Demonstrated technical analysis capabilities including process improvement methodologies, quality assurance concepts and systems, etc.
• Demonstrated strong and effective communication skills; written, oral and interpersonal.
• Ability to multi-task, work independently and employ effective time management skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Proven teamwork ability.
• Hands-on experience with maintenance & sustaining Process.
• Auditor experience is a plus.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read, analyzes, and interprets technical procedures or governmental regulations. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customes/suppliers. Ability to effectively present information to production team, supply chain, and engineering.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual should be proficient working with an ERP (IFS) or comparable ERP system. The individual should be knowledge in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

REASONING ABILITY:

Proven problem-solving ability. Ability to define problems collects 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.

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:

Ability to work independently and as part of a team. Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills. Understands safe work environment requirements.

Electrical Candidates – Knowledgeable of electrical assemblies and systems with capability to diagnose issues in electrical systems from PCBAs to signal interruptions, loss, or variations in multiple connection systems. Capable of working at completed assembly process in systems as well as understanding and working with suppliers at component level manufacturing. Familiar with software coding language and capable of diagnosing with limited training in software.

Mechanical/Systems Candidates – Knowledgeable of metal and plastic component manufacturing processes from molding and casting processes to finished machining processes. Knowledgeable and experience working with pressure and flow as components of a finished system and capable of calculating flow loss across process plumbing. Working knowledge of integration of electronics and electro-mechanical components and assemblies.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

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 be on the production floor; walk and reach with hands and arms, and constant verbal communication with assemblers. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

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 is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock when in the operations or laboratory areas. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, but due to open office environment noise level may occasionally be high.

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We offer a generous compensation package that offers:

• Competitive salary
• 401(k) contribution with immediate 100% vesting in all company matching contribution
• Health, vision, and dental insurance
• Health Savings Accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Educational Reimbursement
• Competitive paid time off program
• Pet Insurance and Discount options

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Metrix is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.