
Optical Fabrication Technician CWW Back End Nights (6:00pm-6:00am Thursday- Saturday, every other Wednesday) - 15% Differential
- Wilton, CT
- Permanent
- Full-time
- CWW Back End Nights (6:00pm-6:00am Thursday- Saturday, every other Wednesday) - 15% Differential
- Must be willing to work a compressed work week schedule- twelve-hour long shift and rotating from three to four days a week
- Actively monitor and take ownership of optical processing equipment
- Handle delicate optical components and visually identify any abnormal characteristics.
- Maintain area, tooling, and equipment to 5S area standards.
- Identify and escalate any unsafe conditions.
- Identify and escalate any product or process quality concerns in a timely manner.
- Perform assigned work content to support area and factory schedule execution.
- Collaborate with the Production Engineering and Manufacturing Management teams to improve operational efficiency and effectivity.
- Learn and apply skills to tackle progressively more challenging products.
- Identify and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives in how your work is defined and performed, and more broadly within your area, to improve safety, quality, output, and cycle time.
- Learn to inspect and create a map of glass surfaces showing all minute defects.
- Learn to clean optical surfaces of all particles and contaminants.
- Accurately record time and attendance.
- Assist with training new and existing employees
- High school diploma or GED required or equivalent experience.
- Associate degree in a vocational trade preferred.
- Previous experience working in a manufacturing facility or completion of a vocational certification preferable.
- Prior use of some of the following: measuring equipment desirable: microscopes, calipers, micrometers, coordinate measuring machine (CMM), interferometer.
- Participation in continuous improvement efforts (quality circles, kaizen events, etc.)
- Commitment to task and results orientation to complete scheduled activities and report status throughout your shift.
- Attention to detail to deliver quality results from your processing step, including visually inspecting your work to detect and report any abnormalities.
- Organization of information and materials.
- Ability to read and understand gages and other measuring devices.
- Ability to interpret mathematical and geometrical data. An example would be experience reading and interpreting topographical maps.
- Ability to effectively communicate written and verbal information.
- Demonstrated ability to clearly document a problem using facts and data.
- Accountable for your actions and willingness to engage in problem resolution.
- Constructively challenge the status quo in search of a better way.
- Care for yourself and others by confronting unsafe behaviors or conditions.
- Take pride in your work and speak up when observing abnormal conditions in process or product.
- Self-motivated learner.
- Dexterity to handle optical components with care.