Engineering Technician

The Engineering Technician provides hands-on technical support to Engineering, Operations, and Maintenance for regrind, extrusion, and woodworking/finishing equipment. The role focuses on production readiness, troubleshooting, training, equipment improvement, and capital project support.

What you will do

· Work with Operations to set up extrusion lines and downstream equipment, audit line readiness, and ensure equipment and tooling are prepared for production.

· Provide hands-on troubleshooting and diagnose mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and process-related issues across regrind, extrusion, and woodworking/finishing equipment.

· Partner with Operations and Maintenance to identify root causes, correct recurring equipment issues, and improve equipment reliability, safety, maintainability, and performance.

· Develop and maintain SOPs, work instructions, setup procedures, and troubleshooting guides.

· Train Operations personnel on proper equipment setup, operation, changeovers, startup/shutdown procedures, and basic troubleshooting.

· Support equipment trials, process improvements, new-product development, data collection, measurements, and time studies.

· Prepare, document, package, and coordinate shipment of product samples for customers, vendors, laboratories, or outside testing.

· Support CapEx projects from concept through installation and startup, including equipment specifications, vendor coordination, project proposals, budgets, Gantt charts, schedules, and action-item tracking.

· Track purchase orders, invoices, progress payments, project spending, and remaining financial commitments throughout the CapEx process.

· Coordinate with outside vendors, contractors, and equipment manufacturers during equipment selection, installation, commissioning, FAT/SAT, and production handoff.

· Create or modify equipment layouts, fabrication concepts, and plant layouts using CAD, SolidWorks, SketchUp, or similar software when required.

· Serve as a technical liaison between Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, vendors, and contractors to support safe, reliable, and efficient plant operations.

· Comply with Modern Mill safety standards

· Regular attendance, timeliness and scheduling flexibility

Physical Requirements/Work Environment

· Prolong Standing or in a stationary position

· Exposure to sounds or noise levels that may be uncomfortable

· Wear all required PPE

· Lift/Move/transport items up to 50 pounds

· Ability to move or traverse the facility 

· Must be able to ascend/descend stairs or ladders

Ability to work around dust, chemicals, and other substances, and in various environmental conditions 

What we are looking for

Industrial manufacturing experience with extrusion, regrind/material handling, woodworking or finishing equipment is preferred. Experience with mechanical/electrical troubleshooting, industrial controls, CAD/SolidWorks/SketchUp, Microsoft Excel, project scheduling, vendor management, and capital equipment installations is beneficial. Project management experience is a plus.

Education and/or Experience

· Engineering Degree. Mechanical or Electrical Degree Preferred

· In Liu of Engineering Degree, 7 years of experience in a manufacturing facility focused on Engineering or Maintenance

· Drafting (CAD, Solidworks, Sketchup) 

· Plastics or Extrusion Experience a plus