About the position
The Process Associate 3 position at EaglePicher involves working collaboratively with a production team to meet production schedules while adhering to quality, cost, delivery, technical, and safety standards. The role encompasses various hands-on tasks essential to the daily operations of the company, requiring both technical and behavioral competencies.
Responsibilities
- Possess basic computer and math skills.
- Ability to use hand and power tools as well as fixtures and molds.
- Ability for repetitive work with small parts either under a magnifying glass or microscope.
- Capable of handling delicate materials.
- Ability to use general office equipment (fax machine, copier, calculator, phones, etc.).
- Read, write and speak English.
- Follow verbal and written instructions.
- Perform mechanical assembly, potting and soldering applications.
- Assemble products in accordance with technical drawings, specifications, documents and/or blueprints.
- Conduct product testing utilizing specialized task specific equipment such as electronic volt meters, helium leak test equipment and/or digital X-ray systems.
- Process electrodes (clean tabs, sort for defects, assemble cells, activation, etc.).
- Equipment set-up and programming such as laser beam weld.
- Execute process procedures for all aspects of cell manufacture and/or assembly.
- Operate specialized task specific equipment such as winders, wrappers, filling systems, X-ray, stackers, welders, winders, activation systems, mixing, coating, calendaring, slitting and blanking equipment, surface grinders, etc.
- Perform product quality self-inspections.
- Collect and organize process and product data from cell builds.
- Maintain proper inventory levels through use of Plex work orders.
Requirements
- Strong mechanical and electrical skills.
- Strong project leadership skills.
Nice-to-haves
- Working knowledge and experience with implementation of manual and automated assembly equipment.
- Battery and/or product assembly experience.
- Experience operating HMI and PLC controlled equipment.
- Knowledge of automated assembly manufacturing best practices.
- Understanding of Six Sigma and Lean charts and trend analysis.
- Experience as an automated systems operator and/or related position in manufacturing environment.
- Experience in set-up and operation of automated pressing equipment dies.
- Knowledge of chemical processing, intermediate electrical.
- Experience in cell assembly such as lithium ion, CFX, thermal, alkaline, silver zinc, lithium oxyhalide or other similar chemistry.
