Production-Plating Operators - Night Shift

TTM • Forest Grove, OR

8d

About The Position

TTM Technologies is hiring Production-Plating Operators to manufacture printed circuit boards. Operators set and maintain processing equipment within operational parameters, meet output targets, and follow detailed production, safety, and quality requirements. The role requires reading blueprints, customer standards, shop-control documents, and English instructions to produce precisely designed products. Operators follow dispatch requirements while accommodating schedule changes for hot orders and customer needs, and work closely with teammates in a customer-focused, urgent, and exacting production environment. The position requires graveyard hours and the ability to stand throughout the shift and lift up to 30 pounds without straining.

The role also requires compliance with TTM’s export-control policies and applicable laws, including identifying ITAR products and understanding restrictions on access to those products and related technical data, recognizing foreign visitors, following facility visitor authorization procedures, understanding export requirements for shipments, and managing vendor approvals for ITAR manufacturing and services.

TTM describes a supportive workplace and offers an Operator Advancement Program through which operators and assemblers can certify skills and pursue career advancement. The role may be eligible for a 90-day evaluation with a pay increase if key performance indicators are met; this eligibility is stated for O1 and select A1 levels only.

Requirements

• Knowledge and/or previous experience using circuit board terminology.
• Previous experience using CNC machinery and measurement and inspection tools, including magnification, scopes, eye loops, calipers, and gauges.
• Strong comprehension of written English instructions, including customer standards, blueprints, and shop-control documents.
• Ability to read, write, and communicate in English to the degree necessary to perform the job.
• Ability to perform detailed work and basic arithmetic.
• Ability to lift up to 30 pounds without straining.
• Ability to stand throughout the shift.
• Ability to work graveyard hours.
• Must comply with TTM export-control policies and applicable laws, including ITAR, EAR, and OFAC.

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Previous experience in process and/or printed circuit board manufacturing is a plus.
• Knowledge and experience with Lean Principles and/or continuous improvement preferred.
• Printed circuit board manufacturing experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Adhere to production time-sensitive disciplines.
• Set and maintain processing equipment within operational parameters.
• Meet or exceed expected output targets and metrics.
• Read blueprints and understand English instruction documents and engineering notes to take the specific actions needed to produce precisely designed products.
• Comply strictly with safety and quality guidelines.
• Follow dispatch requirements while allowing for schedule changes to accommodate hot orders and customer requirements.
• Work closely with others in a team environment.
• Demonstrate a strong, customer-focused culture and a sense of urgency.
• Follow process requirements exactly.
• Comply with TTM export-control policies and applicable laws, including ITAR, EAR, and OFAC requirements.
• Identify ITAR products on the manufacturing floor and understand access restrictions for products and related technical data.
• Recognize foreign visitors by badge differentiation and follow procedures for authorizing foreign visitors into facilities.
• Understand export and ITAR requirements for shipments leaving the United States.
• Manage vendor approvals for ITAR manufacturing and services.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 10 paid holidays.
• Three weeks of paid time off annually.
• 401(k).
• Flexible Spending Account.
• Health Savings Account.
• Accident benefits.
• Life insurance.
• Disability benefits.
• Operator Advancement Program supporting skill certification and career development.
• Competitive compensation with annual compensation reviews.
• For O1 and select A1 levels only, a 90-day evaluation that may include a pay increase if key performance indicators are met.

What This Job Offers

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