PT/ED Production Jr. Technician
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The PT/ED Production Jr. Technician is responsible for leading safe, stable, and efficient PT/ED operations within the automotive paint shop. This role ensures consistent body q.
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Responsibilities
- Lead daily PT/ED production activities to achieve planned volume, takt time, and shift targets
- Monitor and control key process parameters including pretreatment stages and ED bath parameters
- Ensure strict adherence to standard operating procedures (SOPs), control plans, and work instructions
- Coordinate line start up, shutdown, changeovers, and recovery after downtime
- Monitor and address defects such as poor phosphate coverage, ED defects, craters, pinholes, low film build
- Lead root cause analysis (RCA) using structured methodologies and implement corrective actions
- Enforce compliance with safety rules, chemical handling standards, and lockout/tagout procedures
- Supervise, coach, and motivate operators and technicians on the PT/ED line
- Coordinate with maintenance teams for preventive and corrective maintenance
- Support implementation of Lean Manufacturing, TPM, and Kaizen activities
Requirements
- Strong knowledge of automotive pretreatment and cathodic electrodeposition processes
- Understanding of corrosion protection principles and coating thickness control
- Ability to interpret control charts and quality reports
- Familiarity with chemical dosing systems, rectifiers, UF systems, and wastewater treatment basics
- Strong shop floor leadership and team management skills
- Effective communication and problem solving abilities
- Basic computer skills (ERP, production reporting, MS Office)
- Continuous improvement mindset and results driven approach
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Role Overview
- The PT/ED Production Jr. Technician is responsible for leading safe, stable, and efficient PT/ED operations within the automotive paint shop.
- Ensures consistent body quality, corrosion protection performance, and throughput by managing daily production activities, people, equipment, and process controls.
- Accountable for QCDSM (Quality, Cost, Delivery, Safety, Morale) targets, compliance with EHS standards, and adherence to OEM paint process requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead daily PT/ED production activities to achieve planned volume, takt time, and shift targets.
- Monitor and control key process parameters including Pretreatment stages (degreasing, rinsing, activation, phosphating, passivation) and ED bath parameters (solids %, pH, conductivity, temperature).
- Ensure strict adherence to standard operating procedures (SOPs), control plans, and work instructions.
- Coordinate line start up, shutdown, changeovers, and recovery after downtime.
- Ensure body corrosion protection performance meets OEM standards and internal KPIs.
- Monitor and address defects such as poor phosphate coverage, ED defects, craters, pinholes, low film build.
- Lead root cause analysis (RCA) using structured methodologies (5 Why, Fishbone) and implement corrective actions.
- Support audits, capability studies, and customer quality requirements.
- Enforce compliance with all safety rules, chemical handling standards, and lockout/tagout procedures.
- Supervise, coach, and motivate operators and technicians on the PT/ED line.
- Coordinate with maintenance teams for preventive and corrective maintenance.
- Support implementation of Lean Manufacturing, TPM, and Kaizen activities.
Skills
- Strong knowledge of automotive pretreatment and cathodic electrodeposition processes.
- Understanding of corrosion protection principles and coating thickness control.
- Ability to interpret control charts and quality reports.
- Familiarity with chemical dosing systems, rectifiers, UF systems, and wastewater treatment basics.
- Ability to read and follow technical manuals, SOPs, and process specifications.
- Strong shop floor leadership and team management skills.
- Effective communication and problem solving abilities.
- Decision making capability in high pressure production environments.
- Basic computer skills (ERP, production reporting, MS Office).
- Continuous improvement mindset and results driven approach.
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