Process Technician — Equipment & Process Expert

Sanmina; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 46,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Sanmina in Costa Mesa, CA seeks a Process Technician to optimize manufacturing processes, set up equipment, perform autonomous maintenance, and train operators to meet production plans safely and efficiently.

You will diagnose defects, contribute to process improvements, work with engineers and technicians, and ensure quality output with minimal downtime in a fast-paced EMS environment.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in maintenance technology and/ or technical trade certificate a plus.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Lead and participate in root cause analysis of equipment or parts.
• Safely comply with health, safety & environmental requirements education/work experience.
• Experience with SMT assembly, Flying Probe testing and troubleshooting, reflow profiles, and PTH assembly process.
• May be required to work weekends/shutdowns based on equipment maintenance needs and or production deadlines.
• Must be able to operate a computer and various Microsoft software suites.
• The appropriate candidate for this position is results oriented, team player, self-starting, dynamic, flexible, and strongly motivated to succeed and deliver.
• Proven past ability to set-up, operate and perform autonomous maintenance on fully automated heavy equipment in a high speed manufacturing environment.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to provide direction of technical and complex issues to nontechnical support personnel.
• Ability to ensure product is built to specification in a quality manner.
• Experience in Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Lead with product change overs and equipment adjustments based on quality and cycle time requirements.
• Assist Maintenance Technicians in installation, debugging, repair and maintenance of production equipment.
• Perform tasks related to autonomous maintenance, changeovers, inspection and testing of equipment and specific projects.
• Troubleshoot and address problems in order to return equipment to manufacturing capabilities with minimal downtime.
• Diagnose process defects and equipment failure, and solve problems with minimal scrap and downtime
• Create new standards with manufacturing engineers and technicians to improve equipment stability.
• Work closely with manufacturing engineers and other maintenance technicians in a team environment to ensure efficient operation of machinery and to implement process improvements.
• Enter maintenance work orders for the equipment.

Skills

Effective comms

Root cause analysis

Autonomous maintenance

Team player

Problem solving

Education

Associate degree

Technical trade certificate

Tools

SolidWorks

AutoCAD

Microsoft Office

Job description

Sanmina in Costa Mesa, CA seeks a Process Technician to optimize manufacturing processes, set up equipment, perform autonomous maintenance, and train operators to meet production plans safely and efficiently.

You will diagnose defects, contribute to process improvements, work with engineers and technicians, and ensure quality output with minimal downtime in a fast-paced EMS environment.