Skilled Technician

**DESCRIPTION**

**Job Summary**:
The Skilled Technician - Level II supports manufacturing operations by performing skilled activities, selecting and utilizing appropriate tools, machinery, and specialized equipment. Working with limited guidance, this role emphasizes adherence to safety protocols, craftsmanship, and quality, while contributing to preventive and corrective maintenance tasks, continuous improvement activities, and troubleshooting. Proficiency in working with robotics, automation, and industrial equipment is essential.

**Key Responsibilities**:
**Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE)**:

- Immediately stop work and report any hazards or potential injuries.
- Ensure compliance with all HSE standards, policies, procedures, and regulations.
- Actively participate in safety training and promote a culture of safety within the team.
- Use personal protective equipment as required and identify ways to reduce environmental impacts of work.

**Quality**:

- Support uptime and downtime failure analysis to minimize production interruptions.
- Provide feedback for improving preventive maintenance processes.
- Perform quality inspections and ensure all work adheres to quality procedures and process documentation.

**Delivery**:

- Perform skilled technical activities such as equipment repairs, preventive, emergency, corrective, and predictive maintenance.
- Maintain a clean and orderly work environment and ensure equipment is cleaned and maintained appropriately.
- Collaborate with peers and support staff to reduce manufacturing constraints, solve technical problems, and improve processes.
- Actively participate in Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) teams to improve safety, process efficiency, material flow, and employee development.

**Teamwork & Communication**:

- Communicate effectively with team members and support teams to ensure smooth operations.
- Engage in continuous personal and technical development to align with business needs.
- Contribute to cross-functional team efforts, participating in continuous improvement initiatives.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**

**Competencies**:

- **Collaborates** Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. This role requires active cooperation with team members and other departments to resolve issues and ensure continuous operation.
- **Communicates Effectively** Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. Technicians must communicate effectively with cross-functional teams, supervisors, and operators to share vital information about machine conditions, process updates, and safety requirements.
- **Customer Focus** Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions. Understanding and meeting the needs of internal customers such as production teams to ensure that machinery and processes operate efficiently and safely.
- **Decision Quality** Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward. Skilled Technicians need to make informed decisions under time constraints, especially when troubleshooting machinery or addressing operational bottlenecks.
- **Demonstrates Self-Awareness** Using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses. Technicians should actively seek out opportunities for self-improvement and acknowledge areas for skill development.
- **Drives Results** Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances. The role requires perseverance and a strong commitment to keeping equipment running efficiently to meet production goals and quality standards.
- **Nimble Learning** Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder. Adapting to new challenges in troubleshooting, machinery upgrades, and process changes is essential for this role.
- **Health and Safety Fundamentals** Champions and models proactive health and safety behaviors by identifying, reporting, and participating in actions to improve health and safety in order to build an interdependent culture and contribute to an injury-free workplace.
- **Controls Safety** Recognizes controls-related hazards in a manufacturing environment (Electrical, Hydraulic, Pneumatic) to incorporate safe practices and procedures as part of the daily work plan to reduce injuries and create a safe machine environment.
- **Values Differences** Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization. Technicians must work effectively with diverse teams and appreciate various approaches to problem-solving and operations.

**Education, Licenses, Certifications**:

- **Education**: High school diploma or equivalent required. Additional technical certifications or training is a plus.May require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.
- **Licenses/C