Machine Tech

Elevation Labs • Idaho Falls, ID

2d

About The Position

The Machine Tech sets up and adjusts machinery to fill containers to required weights, ensure caps meet torque specifications, and complete labeling, lot coding, and packaging according to production requirements. The role oversees line staff to help meet production quality and performance measures, checks job components against production documentation, and transfers finished products around the plant and warehouse. The position also involves equipment cleaning and changeovers, minor maintenance, safety practices, and communication with maintenance and production leads about machine problems.

The job is performed in a factory and manufacturing environment, including areas where chemical materials are encountered and machinery is moving. Employees are regularly required to wear appropriate personal protective equipment and may encounter variable noise levels. The role requires attention to personnel and equipment safety and the ability to perform essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Ability to read, write, and speak English.
• Ability to communicate with employees at all levels.
• Basic troubleshooting skills.
• Basic math skills, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
• Ability to work well under pressure and stay organized.
• Ability to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation without posing a direct threat to oneself or others.
• Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of regularly standing and reaching with hands and arms; frequently walking; and occasionally climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling.
• Ability and willingness to work in a factory setting, including areas with chemical materials and moving machinery, and to wear appropriate personal protective equipment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with pallet jacks, tape guns, tape machines, heat guns, and labelers.
• Previous experience with liquid filling machines, cappers, conveyors, lot coders, and shrink tunnels.

Responsibilities

• Read production job specification sheets and determine machine adjustments needed to use the correct components and dosage of product.
• Recommend to the supervisor the amount of labor needed to produce a job effectively and efficiently.
• Set up, clean, and change over machinery from one product to another.
• Oversee line staff to ensure production throughput and quality requirements are met.
• Set stops or guides to specified lengths using scales, rules, or manufacturing standards.
• Activate and stop machines using buttons or pedals.
• Observe machine operation to detect workpiece defects or machine malfunctions.
• Measure workpiece dimensions using rules, manufacturing standards, or other measuring instruments to check machine accuracy.
• Perform minor machine maintenance.
• Maintain a safe and clean workspace and environment.
• Communicate machine problems to maintenance, the Crew Lead, and/or the Shift Lead.
• Set up machinery to stack, mark, pack, and transport finished workpieces.
• Transfer finished products around the plant and warehouse using a hand truck or pallet jack.
• Connect pumps and hoses securely to transfer bulk material from containment vessels to machinery, and from totes to barrels or pails when needed.
• Check the Batch Ticket Bill of Materials/Component Sheet to confirm all parts are accounted for and correct, including comparison of item numbers and descriptions with carton labeling and packaging components.
• Verify pump and machinery cleanliness by reviewing cleaning logs before introducing bulk material.
• Accurately complete cleaning logs after cleaning.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED