Manufacturing Operator/Tech

wlgore; Elkton (MD); On-site; USD 26,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision benefits

Associate Stock Ownership Plan

Profit-sharing opportunities

Job summary

Gore seeks a Manufacturing Technician for the Fabrics Coatings team at our Elkton, Maryland facility, working the 11:00 PM–7:30 AM shift (Sunday night through Friday morning). The role emphasizes operating and maintaining complex equipment to meet production goals and deliver high-quality products.

Eligible for medical, dental, and vision benefits from day one, plus an Associate Stock Ownership Plan and potential profit-sharing.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of manufacturing experience operating and maintaining complex equipment.
• Attentiveness to detail with good documentation practices.
• Excellent interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills.
• Ability to identify, conceptualize, and solve problems.
• Ability to follow and advocate safety practices, including PPE usage.
• Willingness to work overtime, weekends, and alternate shifts as needed.

Responsibilities

• Set up, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot complex manufacturing equipment with a focus on quality and production goals.
• Follow safety practices and advocate use of PPE.
• Interact with cross-functional teams including shop associates, process engineers, and development engineers.
• Make informed quality decisions based on product documentation and quality systems.
• Participate in continuous improvement efforts and suggest process enhancements.
• Perform data entry (Nemo, EAM, and HMI Interface) and understand core manufacturing technology.

Skills

Complex equipment operation

Detail orientation

Communication skills

Problem solving

Safety practices

Overtime flexibility

Job description

About the Role

We are looking for a motivated Manufacturing Technician to join our Fabrics Coatings team and work the 3rd Shift. In this role, you will need to understand and apply the team’s fundamental technology. This commitment provides the opportunity to join an established team and help ensure that we are meeting our operations objectives and business needs. Standard hours will be 11:00 PM–7:30 AM, beginning Sunday night and ending Friday morning.

This position will be located at our facility in Elkton, Maryland.

Pay and Benefits:

• $19 - $32 per hour
• This role is eligible for an additional $2/hr shift differential pay for evening, night, and weekend shifts.
• Factors considered in extending an offer within this pay range include (but not limited to) education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Medical, Dental and Vision benefits effective on Day 1 of employment! We offer a comprehensive total rewards package, including competitive benefits. More details are available at www.gore.com/careers/benefits

Responsibilities

• Learn, support, practice the Gore culture.
• Follow and advocate safety practices, including the use of personal protective equipment.
• Set up, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot complex manufacturing equipment with a focus on producing quality products and achieving team production goals.
• Interact and connect with a cross functional group, including shop associates, process engineers, and new product development engineers.
• Make informed product quality decisions based on product documentation.
• Understand our quality systems to ensure processes and procedures are followed so we consistently deliver products that meet customer needs and expectations.
• Identify and actively participate in continuous improvement efforts.
• Understand and adhere to basic work instructions and procedures, while providing suggestions for improvement.
• Perform computer data entry (Nemo, EAM, and HMI Interface).
• Understand and apply the team’s fundamental technology as it applies to manufacturing and testing.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of manufacturing experience operating and maintaining complex equipment.
• Attentiveness to detail, good documentation and record keeping skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal).
• Identify, conceptualize, and solve problems.
• Ability to follow and advocate safety practices, including the use of personal protective equipment.
• Adapt to changes in production schedule and shift to other manufacturing areas on short notice.
• Ability to work overtime, weekends, and alternate between shifts to meet business needs, sometimes with short notice.
• Work independently as well as in a team environment.
• Able to perform basic math and computer transactions with ability to learn more advanced computer applications.
• Abilityto safely work in elevated, confined, or restricted spaces with entrance points as small as 21", including climbing ladders, transitioning onto platforms with limited clearance, maneuvering in tight areas, and maintaining balance and stability while performing tasks in constrained workspaces.
• Ability to perform physically demanding tasks, including reaching overhead up to 77", reaching around obstacles, crawling under clearances as low as 29", kneeling or crouching for extended periods while maintaining full range of motion, and lifting 35 pounds several times over an 8-hour period.

Desired Qualifications

• Prior area leader or trainer experience.
• PTFE manipulation and/or ePTFE coating or lamination experience
• Prior experience generating and implementing continues improvement ideas

This role requires pre-hire medical clearance by Gore which may include testing to assess visual acuity and/or the ability to wear specific safety equipment as required during the performance of the role.

This position requires access to export-controlled areas and information. Candidates must be "U.S. persons" as that term is defined in 8 USC 1324b(a)(3). The term "U.S. persons" includes US citizens, resident alien ("green-card" holders) as well as certain refugees, asylum-holders and residents qualifying for temporary residence under the terms of 8 USC 1255a.

What We Offer

Our success is based on the capability and creativity of our Associates, and we are proud to offer a comprehensive and competitive total rewards program that supports your everyday and helps you build your tomorrow.

We provide benefits that offer choice and flexibility and promote overall well-being. And in keeping with our belief that every Associate should share in the collective success of the enterprise; we provide a distinctive Associate Stock Ownership Plan in each country as well as potential opportunities for "profit-sharing". Learn more at gore.com/careers/benefits

Gore is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, status as a qualified individual with a disability, genetic information, pregnancy status, medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, gender identity and expression, and any other characteristic protected by applicable laws and regulations.

Gore is committed to a drug-free workplace. All employment is contingent upon successful completion of drug and background screening. Gore will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, e.g., arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws.

Gore requires all applicants to be eligible to work within the United States. Gore generally will not sponsor visas unless otherwise noted on the position description.

About Gore

For over 65 years, Gore has improved lives through discovery, product innovation and rewarding careers for Associates. We push the boundaries of what's possible - not just through our products and technologies but also through individual growth and development.

We believe in the strength of a diverse and inclusive workplace. With diverse perspectives, ideas and experiences, we uncover new possibilities and make a greater impact in the world. Our Associates build on a rich history of innovation, upholding Gore’s values and supporting an inclusive work environment where we treat each other and our external partners with fairness, dignity and respect.