Process Technician

Johns Manville•Spartanburg, SC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Process Technician's role is to monitor, maintain, and optimize Johns Manville (JM) Spartanburg Spunbond process lines, equipment, and operating settings. This role includes performing and supporting light maintenance activities to prevent equipment downtime and support safe, reliable operations. The Process Technician assists in coordinating training, enforcing safety guidelines, and interfacing with the production and maintenance teams in support of first pass yield (FPY), operational efficiency (OE), and equipment reliability.

Requirements

High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
Must have 2+ years production Team Lead experience.
Basic computer skills.
Interface with computers including controls systems, MES, and SAP.
Forklift license.
Ability to read a variety of gauges, meters, etc.
Ability to analyze computer-generated material.
Ability to direct the activities of others, time management skills, and the ability to coordinate activities is essential.
Working knowledge of all Spunbond processes and the ability to troubleshoot is essential.
Strong problem solving and collaboration skills.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Nice To Haves

Maintenance experience preferred
Demonstrated mechanical aptitude or maintenance experience preferred, including familiarity with tools, equipment components, and safe maintenance practices.
Prior operator-level maintenance experience preferred.
Computer skills and experience with Lean manufacturing principles are extremely beneficial.

Responsibilities

Ensure all observed tasks are being performed in a safe and controlled manner and assist safety team in ergonomic review and JSA based task improvements.
Audit production conformity to SOC (Standard Operating Conditions) and work with team to return deviation to standard.
Work with production and maintenance to identify issues, general cleaning and other activities that may be required that are impacting Safety, Quality, FPY or OE.
Support production supervisors in training and providing direction to production team.
Communicate with Production Team Leaders to ensure team understands established operating systems in safety, quality, and process controls.
Support production in product changeover and other high risk quality conditions.
Utilize data collection to identify deviations quickly and implement corrective measures.
Support production to make the production area a visual workplace.
Support Root Cause Corrective Actions (RCCA).
Review weekly metrics to discover gaps in production, high waste generation, or other deviations from FPY or OE production goals.
Identify potential equipment failure risks and proactively communicate issues to maintenance and production leadership.
Maintain tools, spare parts, and work areas associated with process equipment in a clean and organized state.
Partner with process engineering for long-term projects and advanced data analysis.
Perform and complete other work as assigned.
Support all plant and JM goals and objectives.