Engineering Tech (2400)

ENGINEERING TECH DESCRIPTION:

Individual is responsible for supporting engineering and manufacturing operations, maintaining and repairing a wide variety of complex industrial equipment in a production machining environment, and performing maintenance (both preventative and reactive) on multiple pieces of computer numeric controlled production equipment as well as other ancilary equipment.

Additionally, this person will be an engineering resource, providing daily guidance/assistance to shop operations by producing fixtures and troubleshooting, pre-staging tools and fixtures for setups, and as needed, performing production work using manual mill/lathe equipment and CNC machinery. They must understand and be a role model for ensuring that parts are produced using the Protomet quality system.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Produce prototype and production CNC machining fixtures
• Produce prototype and production products
• Peform other responsibilities including setting up and operating CNC machines to prove out a process
• Technical Resource for Setup Associates
• Maintain and perform preventative maintenance on production machinery in a fast pace environment
• Test, installation, troubleshoot and/or repair of a wide variety of complex electronic components and production machinery controls utilizing knowledge of programmable logic controls (PLC) and ladder logic, industrial controls, digital electronics, etc.
• Physical requirements include, but are not limited to, crawling in confined areas, climbing ladders, working in high areas, and exposure to high temperatures
• Operate a wide variety of power, pneumatic and hand tools as well precision measuring devices and test equipment

COMPETENCIES:

Cultural

Fulfillment at work most often occurs when personal values align with those of the organization. Protomet associates it’s collective character with the following traits:

• Second Mile
  The first mile is mandatory. The second mile is voluntary; we do it for our own growth. Outsized benefits are realized in the second mile.
• Don’t Touch the Marshmallow
  The strength to reject short term gratification in favor of a larger reward later. We err towards celebrating later, not sooner.
• Abundance Mindset
  Life is not a zero-sum game. We strive to reject scarcity mindsets and instead “grow the pie”. Example – does a new “A” player on your team pose a threat (scarcity) or an opportunity to grow as a team?
• Skills Beat Credentials
  What you can do is all that matters. Credentials alone won’t get you anywhere at Protomet.
• That’s Hard…Good
  Growth happens the most in the face of challenges. We recognize it is difficult to grin as you are being tested, but it’s possible, and we’re getting better at it.

Functional

• High Standards: Expects personal and team performance to be nothing short of the best
• Influence: Able to build trust with others who are not direct reports and persuade them to take action.
• Humility: Low focus on self, confidence to admit mistakes, listens to others and an accurate (not over- or underestimated) sense of accomplishments and worth
• No Gossip: Hand negatives up to leadership and positives to peers and below
• High mechanical aptitude and relentless problem-solver
• Hatred for inefficiencies and waste, practical understanding of lean manufacturing principles including the 8 types of waste, one piece flow, Kanban system design and management of work-in-process
• Initiative to start, discipline to finish
• Innovation: Practical intelligence, curiosity, and an aptitude for learning combined with the spirit of testing and change that leads to innovation
• Values and respects people as a servant leader