Thermoforming - Process Technician
About The Position
Novolex is seeking a Thermoforming Process Technician for immediate hiring in Bridgeview, IL. This role is crucial for guiding the team's mission in productivity, safety, quality, operations, continuous improvement, and team effectiveness. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Thermoforming and Extrusion, with a strong understanding of mechanical and electrical principles. This position involves operating and troubleshooting processes and equipment to resolve complex issues, collaborating with maintenance, automation, and tooling teams, and ensuring products run at standard production rates. The role also requires updating and recommending improvements to process sheets and developing programs to enhance product quality and line efficiencies.
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years relevant experience (or similar combination of education and experience)
- Experience in plastics processing, including forming and extrusion required
- Experience working with machinery
- Understanding of tooling, machining, material flow practices for extrusion and thermoforming
- Strong interpersonal skills to be able to train, communicate, and lead effectively
- Ability to work a 12 hours COP shift
- Demonstrated ability to comply with all Company policies and procedures and to uphold, support and exemplify the safety programs and standards
Nice To Haves
- Two or four year technical degree or certification
- Project team coordinator experience
- Experience with FEA (finite element analysis) and quality gauges to support a zero part defect environment
Responsibilities
- Assist with performing changeovers with minimal downtime
- Ensure all products are running at standard production rate for assigned shift
- Update, review and provide recommendations to plant Process Engineer for process sheet updates
- Develop, implement and execute programs to improve overall product quality and line efficiencies
- Operate and troubleshoot processes and equipment at an elevated level to resolve complex issues with supporting plant maintenance, automation, and tooling teams
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Variety of other well-being resources focused on mental, physical and financial health
- Constant opportunities for advancement
- Skills development
- Advanced education programs
- Training and development programs and courses available through MyLearning
- Company and industry training curricula
- Support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union)
- Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
