Process Technician

Description

Job Summary: Responsible for machine operation, monitoring, and feeding, ensuring process parameters, quality standards, and area safety. Key Highlights: 1. Machine operation and monitoring 2. Quality and safety assurance 3. Production support and continuous improvement Job Description **JOB MISSION** Responsible for machine operation, monitoring, and feeding, ensuring process parameters and performing adjustments when necessary. Ensures product quality standards and workstation organization, acting as a bridge between production and maintenance. Monitors production systems, certifying area quality and safety standards. **DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES** * Follow safety golden rules; * Be responsible for your own safety and that of other colleagues; * Perform raw material, consumables, and finished product packaging feeding according to standard procedures defined for the workstation (IT and OP); * Keep your workstation clean and organized, following the company's 5S program; * Ensure accurate production reporting; * Complete production forms according to area standards; * Ensure product quality and conduct necessary process inspections; * Support production by performing critical analysis of equipment failures, from incident ticket creation through machine release validation; * Perform machine setups (product and color); * Perform process adjustments according to authorized competency level; * Perform maintenance levels I, II, and III; * Develop standardized work procedures for the area; * Ensure process parameter sheets, production standards, cycle times, and quality standards; * Ensure production volumes are delivered on schedule; * Lead and implement process and area improvement and cost reduction projects; * Participate in root cause analyses; * Serve as a knowledge multiplier and train new colleagues; * Assist in testing and tryouts of new or modified equipment, validating results through performance reports. **QUALIFICATIONS & COMPETENCIES (ACADEMIC BACKGROUND, SPECIFIC SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE)** Education: * Technical education in mechatronics, industrial automation, plastics, or related fields; * Flexibility to work in shifts; Experience: * Knowledge of polymer and elastomer injection processes, plastic component assembly and marking; * Adherence to current technical standards; * Computer literacy for operating standard applications (Microsoft) (preferred). Skills: * Synthetic and analytical reasoning ability; * Commitment; * Good interpersonal skills; * Proactivity; **LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY** * English is a plus! **Required Skills:** Accountability, Accountability, Basic Math, Equipment Maintenance, Improvement Plans, Improvement Projects, Industrial Mechanics, Inventory Management, Lean Manufacturing, Line Inspection, Machinery Operation, Manual Dexterity, Manufacturing Quality Control, Manufacturing Techniques, Operations Management, Packaging Operations, Process Improvements, Production Line Management, Production Scheduling, Quality Assurance (QA), Quality Assurance (QA) Standards, Quality Assurance Monitoring, Quality Control Management, Quality Management, Quality Standards {\+ 4 more}**Preferred Skills:** Current Employees apply HERE Current Contingent Workers apply HERE **Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully** Merck \& Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp \& Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre\-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails. **Employee Status:** Regular**Relocation:** **VISA Sponsorship:** **Travel Requirements:** **Flexible Work Arrangements:** Not Applicable**Shift:** **Valid Driving License:** **Hazardous Material(s):** **Job Posting End Date:** 01/15/2026* **A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day** **BEFORE** **the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day** **BEFORE** **the job posting end date.** **Requisition ID:**R379056