Engineering Technician

Job Description

Join Us as an Engineering Technician!

Company Overview: At SMTC Corporation, we are driven by a clear purpose: "We believe we enhance people's lives and our world every day." Our vision is to be an inspiring organization that earns the trust and admiration of our customers. As the best-in-class EMS provider, we strive to achieve the highest industry returns, driven by our passionate and dedicated employees.

Benefits Highlights:

Paid time off (PTO) and paid holidays

Competitive salary package with 401K and company match

Comprehensive Medical HRA Plan

Tuition reimbursement for professional development

Short-term/Long-term Disability Insurance, and more.

Position Overview: The Engineering Technician is responsible for efficiently sourcing and procuring Maintenance, Repair, and Operations (MRO) materials required to support ongoing operations. This role involves collaborating with internal stakeholders, managing supplier relationships, negotiating contracts, and ensuring the availability of necessary materials while optimizing costs. Primarily responsible for assisting the manufacturing engineering team with all engineering tasks associated with technical process development.

Responsibilities:

Process Documentation and Maintenance: Document new process developments and meticulously monitor and maintain manufacturing processes across diverse areas like assembly, soldering, coating, and related equipment.

Manufacturing Process Enhancement: Implement and maintain methods, operation sequences, and processes for circuit board manufacturing and assemblies, consistently striving for optimization and efficiency.

Collaboration and Documentation Management: Interface with multiple departments to coordinate the smooth release of new products, while generating, implementing, and maintaining crucial manufacturing documentation including work instructions, lot travelers, and flow diagrams.

Problem-solving and Equipment Selection: Evaluate, troubleshoot, and recommend solutions related to manufacturing processes and systems, sometimes proposing equipment and tooling designs, ensuring their efficient setup, development, implementation, and maintenance.

Support and Compliance: Provide essential support to manufacturing efforts, proposing labor standards, cost estimates, capacity planning, and schedules, ensuring compliance with specifications through the review of technical data, blueprints, and schematics.

Continuous Improvement: Act as a champion for lean principles and 5S methodologies, driving key performance indicator (KPI) improvements based on comprehensive data analysis from Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) data.

Education and Experience for the Engineering Technician:

Bachelors in technical discipline, prefer Industrial or Mechanical Engineering plus a minimum of 5 year’s direct industry experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical/Mental Requirements:

Must be able to remain in a stationary position for extended periods while assisting with equipment programming, label design, and documentation updates.

Regularly moves within the manufacturing floor and engineering areas to assist with machine operations and support process development.

Frequently operates office and manufacturing equipment, including label printers and technical programming tools.

Occasionally positions self to access machinery and troubleshoot equipment issues at various heights.

Communicates effectively with engineering, maintenance, and production team members to support process improvements.

Occasionally moves and transports tools or equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.

Application Process: If you are excited about this opportunity and believe you have the skills and experience required, we encourage you to apply. Please submit your updated resume highlighting your qualifications to the posting. We look forward to receiving your application and welcoming you to the SMTC team!

SMTC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information or other protected status.

If you require assistance completing this application due to a disability, please contact Human Resources to ask for an accommodation or an alternative application process.

Full-time