Manufacturing Process Optimization Technician
Compensation: $32–$36 per hour DOE | Employment Type: Direct Hire | Start: Immediate
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
A day in this role
You start your morning reviewing production schedules and latest quality notes. A work center flags a throughput issue—within minutes you’re on the floor, analyzing data, reviewing specs and prints, and collaborating with operators. By midday, you’ve led a quick Kaizen huddle to cut waste, updated a maintenance history record, and validated a tweak to a labor standard. The afternoon wraps with a cost/defect analysis, a check-in with engineering on a process design question, and concise updates to stakeholders so improvements stick.
What you’ll tackle
- Drive process-improvement initiatives that boost efficiency, reduce scrap, and lower defect rates.
- Provide technical and engineering support to manufacturing work centers.
- Capture and maintain equipment history, maintenance activity, production capacity, and CI project data.
- Help develop and assess manufacturing methods, labor-utilization standards, and cost/scrap systems.
- Participate in lean events; implement countermeasures and sustain the gains.
- Support quality-control goals and corrective actions to enhance reliability and reduce operating costs.
- Collaborate cross-functionally on Kaizen efforts—identify opportunities, implement solutions, track and report results.
- Review drawings, specs, work orders, and documentation to confirm methods and procedures.
- Evaluate technical requirements and cost factors tied to process and product design objectives.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Schedule options
- 1st Shift: 5:00 AM – 3:30 PM
- 2nd Shift: 3:30 PM – 4:00 AM (Overtime as needed)
What you bring
- Associate or bachelor’s degree, relevant engineering/technical coursework, or equivalent experience.
- Self-directed, accountable, and ownership-driven.
- Working knowledge of manufacturing processes, production techniques, CAD, and blueprint reading.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook; comfortable with computers in a plant setting.
Preferred traits
- Meticulous attention to detail and unwavering quality focus.
- Clear written and verbal communication.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Excellent organization and time management; able to shift priorities under deadlines with limited supervision.
- Data-driven approach to diagnosing problems and drawing practical conclusions.
- Team-oriented, procedure-following, and receptive to direction.
- Familiarity with material-handling methods and equipment.
Proficiencies
- Time Study Analysis
- Continuous Improvement
- CAD Software
- Process Engineering
- Kaizen
- Lean Manufacturing Principles
- Process Development
Benefits
Direct-hire placement with comprehensive benefits through our client upon hire, including:
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- PTO
- 401(k)
About Integrity Trade Services (ITS)
We offer weekly pay and a robust benefits package. Join a team that values safety, quality, and continuous improvement.
Ready to apply?
Contact Tracie Metcalf at
t.metcalf@itsstaffing.com
or call 219-23-4740 to learn more.
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