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What they do
An Industrial or Mechanical Engineering Technician works with industrial engineers and technologists to develop work processes that are more efficient and cost-effective. Gathers information on machinery and equipment, workflow and work assignments, layout or routing for a production process, and production standards and costs. May conduct time and motion studies with production workers.
$84,416 / year median in Virginia
+3% projected growth
Job Description
Responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, conduct the processes under your supervision and control in a safely, environmentally responsible, consistent, and efficient manner, in order to achieve the quality results expected by our customers and the projected production rates; insure that the operation is run in a safe manner; perform thorough pre shift; check fluids in machines; start up machinery from cold start; shut down machinery; shut down machinery to clean; follow up the Daily Instruction Sheet; manage normal operation and adjusts machine parameters in response to testing performed on material, adjust dryer temperature profile, SOP's and Best Practices; manage major upsets: manage abnormal situations such as: High feed end temperature, low bag house temperatures, etc.; general housekeeping; maintain all records; review previous shift operation at the beginning of the shift and leave proper information for the following one; analyze operation trends.