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Manufacturing Technician - Furnace (Soda Springs, Idaho) 

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

As a Manufacturing Technician for our Soda Springs, ID location, you will be responsible for providing high quality operation skills for the furnace tapping processes. This position also provides general maintenance services consistent with the skill and ability of the individual. This role is a full-time position working on 12 hour rotating shifts in temperatures that could reach 110 degrees Fahrenheit. An example of the shift times could be: 5:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. – 5:30 a.m. This role will be directly reporting to the shift supervisor.

The primary responsibilities of this role, Manufacturing Technician are to:

• This position is a hands-on position that requires the successful candidate to operate equipment and make repairs to ensure proper and consistent plant operations associated with furnace tapping;
• Adherence to all plant policies, procedures and outside regulations is required to ensure internal and external environmental, safety and health compliance;
• Work as scheduled to operate equipment associated with the tapping processes of all furnaces;
• Perform routine operation tasks during furnace delays;
• Perform non routine operation tasks during upset conditions;
• Work as scheduled to assist maintenance work throughout the plant;
• Assist with shutdown work when scheduled to do so;
• Understand and implement ESH Compliance requirements relevant to this position to ensure personal safety and the protection of the environment;
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned by supervision;
• Ability to apply information in furnace tapper training course and apply MOC process;
• Completion of compliance training and gain a strong understanding of safety rules and Emergency Response Plan;
• Apply computer skills such as, but not limited to, communicate via E Mail and to submit work requests in the plant maintenance system.

WHO YOU ARE

Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must be eighteen years of age or older
• High School Diploma or GED
• Must be able to lift fifty pounds up to a height of three feet;
• Requires stooping, standing, and walking;
• Must possess good hand/eye coordination;
• Must successfully pass a drug screen test;
• Must be willing and able to work twelve hour rotating shifts;
• Understand and implement ESH Compliance requirements relevant to this position to ensure personal safety and the protection of the environment;
• Must be able to collaborate to drive results in the department;

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Three years of industrial, mechanical, electrical, or related experience.

This posting will be up till April 7, 2025