Manufacturing Technician
About The Position
The Manufacturing Technician supports the Manufacturing Engineering team in developing, executing, and continuously improving manufacturing processes for RK Mission Critical’s modular power and data center products. The role works hands-on in a factory environment, supporting design for manufacturability initiatives, process validation, tooling implementation, and build sequencing. It also provides feedback between engineering and production. The position is based in Aurora, Colorado, and is not a telecommuting position. It involves working in varied factory and jobsite conditions, following company safety and work procedures, and occasionally traveling between corporate offices and jobsites within the Greater Denver Area during work hours. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship; sponsorship is unavailable.
Requirements
- Technical certificate, associate degree, or equivalent hands-on manufacturing experience.
- 2–5+ years of experience in a manufacturing, fabrication, or assembly environment; modular, electrical, or industrial experience is preferred.
- Ability to read and interpret basic engineering drawings and work instructions.
- Hands-on experience with hand tools, power tools, and basic fabrication equipment.
- Strong mechanical aptitude and attention to detail.
- Comfort working in a factory environment and supporting hands-on builds.
- Willingness to learn lean manufacturing principles and manufacturing engineering concepts.
- Strong communication skills and willingness to provide constructive feedback to engineering teams.
- Ability to follow procedures, document work, and support process discipline.
- Working knowledge of trade materials and tools.
- Ability to work outside and inside, in dusty, noisy, hazardous, high, tight, confined, and other adverse locations, and in all types of weather.
- Ability to climb, balance, squat, kneel, and crouch.
- Ability to lift and carry 51–75 pounds occasionally, apply 31–45 pounds of force frequently, and apply greater than negligible up to 16–22 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
- Reliable transportation to and from the Aurora workplace.
- Authorization to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a modular, electrical, or industrial manufacturing, fabrication, or assembly environment.
Responsibilities
- Support Manufacturing Engineers in setting up, validating, and improving assembly and integration processes for modular products.
- Assist with sequencing production builds, developing standard work instructions, and transitioning critical-to-quality characteristics from design to production.
- Support process trials, pilot builds, and engineering builds, documenting observations and issues.
- Assist with time studies, cycle-time measurements, and data collection for lean initiatives.
- Review work instructions, shop drawings, and build documentation and provide design-for-manufacturing feedback.
- Identify and escalate manufacturing issues, defects, and inefficiencies observed on the production floor.
- Support root-cause investigations by collecting data, testing corrective actions, and validating improvements.
- Help maintain process documentation, including work instructions, standard work, and process change records.
- Collaborate with production personnel, quality, and engineering to support safe and repeatable builds.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives led by Manufacturing Engineering.
- Comply with company policies and procedures and support workplace safety, including stopping work and notifying a supervisor when an unsafe condition is present.
- Maintain prompt, punctual, and regular attendance during core business hours.
- Occasionally travel between corporate offices and jobsites within the Greater Denver Area during work hours.
Benefits
- Competitive benefits to support employee growth and well-being.
- Hands-on training and development through RK University, including leadership and technical learning opportunities.
- Accredited apprentice program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
