Technician, Aerosol

Job Title:                      Gas House Operator

FLSA Status:                Exempt                      Non-Exempt   X        

Department:                  Maintenance

Manager’s Title:          Maintenance Manager

Purpose

The Gashouse Operator is responsible for the cleanliness, operation, and maintenance of all gashouse tools and equipment. The gas house operator will adhere to all safety rules and regulations pertaining to the gas house and will report all issues concerning safety to the maintenance manager.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Meet pre-shift with shift supervisor regarding schedule, goals, quality & safety concerns
• Meet daily with maintenance manager and gashouse lead person to discuss gas house downtime and offer solutions
• Perform daily gashouse inspections for cleanliness, cGMP’s, and operational readiness.
• Perform all scheduled preventive maintenance and corrective maintenance as necessary
• Contributes accurate comments to detailed gas house downtime report
• Maintain gas house action registers and shift logs.
• Identify product quality defects caused in the gas house and initiate corrective action
• Perform inspections on change parts to ensure they are operational, clean, and burr free
• Conduct all gashouse changeovers
• Trouble shoot extended downtime issues in gas house
• Identify, analyze, and correct gas house production rate barriers
• Follow and enforce all Safety/GMP guidelines

• Perform and document quality checks as required.

Additional Duties and responsibilities

• Assist gashouse lead person in training new gas house personnel
• Assist Line Mechanics with line change over if available
• Assist Line Mechanics with line repairs if needed
• Other duties as assigned

Qualification Requirements

• Must have good communication skills, both written and verbal
• Must be Competent and Attentive
• Effective organizational and task prioritization skills
• Ability to read, write, and speak English competently
• Customer focused; Must be flexible in dealing with others in the organization, and with work assignments/projects
• Must be capable of both creative thought and deductive reasoning
• Self-organized
• Self-motivated; Ability to work independent of supervision
• Ability to stand for long periods of time and move as needed to perform job duties for length of shift.
• Excellent attendance
• Team player

Educational Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED

Work Experience

1-2 years of general aerosol line experience preferred.

Technical Skills

• Analytical approach to problem solving.
• Good understanding of mechanical systems
• Good understanding of hydraulic/pneumatic systems
• Basic understanding of electronic controls

Physical Demands/Working Conditions

N: Never (not at all)

F: Frequent (34%-66% of the time)

S: Seldom (1-10% of the time)

O: Occasional (11-33% of the time)

C: Constant (67%-100% of the time)