Archived listing. The details below describe a past opening.
Overview
Job code: 9820401
Job Family: Technician
SUMMARY:
In the role of CI technician fabrication your focus and responsibilities are on the building of components/products which may involve paint, welding, molding and other processes. In this role you will use the principles and theories of science, engineering, and mathematics to solve technical problems in research and development, manufacturing, inspection, and maintenance. Additionally, this role is responsible for helping improve identify and implement processes improvements.
Responsibilities
Job Responsibilities:
- Identify and track quality issues and inefficient work processes
- Troubleshoot and provide solutions using available resources
- Create, produce and present OS's and improvements to department, ME and Quality
- Communicate and work with outside departments or vendors to achieve quick response for quality issues interrupting line or placing units on-hold
- Perform operator audits to assure proper sequence, time and process of operator tasks
- Maintain audit sheets for operators and models
- Perform Operator audits as needed related to results of End-of-line finished goods by QE
- Maintain audit sheets for all models
- Identify opportunities, participate and complete projects Train Associates to prepare and implement Kaizens and Small Group Activities
- Area Representative for both Kaizens and Small Groups
- Track all department activity, maintain database, attend monthly/quarterly meetings, track and report activity levels
- Assists in ISO department activities, CAR and SCAR activity. Assist in closing CAR's assigned to department
- Assists inspectors on new models
- Rework defective unitsAttend ECM meetings and communicate ECN's with supervisors
- Maintain departmental engineering records
Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Strong work ethic, on-time attendance performance, with a high degree of reliability is required to be successful in this role.
- Must interact positively and effectively with all layers of Management, co-workers and subordinates
- Enough physical ability to perform moderate to heavy lifting (upto 40lbs repeatedly)
- Attention to detail.
- Working knowledge of the units being produced, processes and experience in quality testing.
- Must demonstrate strong leadership qualities and proven problem-solving skills.
- Must be able to successfully complete a target number of Kaizens per year.
Education / Experience:
- High School Diploma or GED (General Education Diploma) required
- 3 year’s minimum experience in manufacturing, required.
- A minimum of 1 years’ experience in fabrication with general process knowledge of welding, paint, molding, is required.
- Prior Kaizen experience preferred.
- Intermediate computer skills preferred, including Microsoft Office suite (proficient in Word, PowerPoint and Excel).
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Work may be accomplished on manufacturing facility floor, outside or in office environment. This position requires employee to frequently work in a fluid, fast paced environment. No travel is required in this role.
The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of this job, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, the above is intended only to describe the general nature of the job.
Management retains discretion to add or change duties of this position at any time.
Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation of America is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Where required by state law and/or city ordinance; this employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.