ARTAZN LLC, a Jadex Inc. company, is a US-based manufacturer of zinc strip and applied zinc products. Headquartered in Greeneville, Tennessee, we are the largest North American producer of solid zinc strip and zinc-based products, and one of the largest in the world. For over a century, ARTAZN™’s craftsmen and visionaries have fueled innovative solutions and a manufacturing process centered around maximizing the transformative properties of zinc. ARTAZN™ is one of the leading coin blank manufacturers, with 300 billion coins released into circulation, and also supplies for customers in the automotive, architectural, building, cathodic protection and specialty industries.
ARTAZN™ is committed to: always being customer first; responding to client needs with innovative, high-quality solutions that are efficient and reliable; creating value through performance.
Job Purpose/Scope: Provide oversight of product quality and process stability for all plating and pre/post plating operations within the Coinage Department. Provides technical assistance to coinage supervision and Coinage Chemical Process Engineers to identify and correct all quality or process issues within the Coinage Department.
Job Duties/Responsibilities: Essential Functions 30% Perform in-process inspection and analysis of product and processes against in-house, ISO, ASTM and/or Customer specifications as needed. 20% Monitor and audit process data and product quality checks to ensure compliance with control plan and product/process specifications. 20% Provide technical assistance to coinage supervision on quality or process issues throughout the Coinage department and perform root cause analysis to identify and correct these issues. 10% Assist with pre-production, development and/or first-off samples to ensure all data is collected and documented processes are followed. 10% Appropriately records data and observations, as directed by the process engineers, and then communicates the resulting information in an accurate, meaningful, useable, and timely manner. 10% Aids in providing training to new or inexperienced operators throughout the Coinage department.
Secondary Functions • Maintains skills to provide back-up support to the Chemical Lab Technicians as needed. • Actively contributes to continual improvement activities and procedural development/maintenance. • Establishes and maintains effective work relationships within the department, the Corporation and the community; and maintains the professional competence, knowledge and skill necessary for the satisfactory performance of all assigned responsibilities. • Performs such individual assignments as management may direct including safety audits. • Setup and calibration of XRF. • Perform cross sections and inspect/measure with microscope/micrograph.
Knowledge/Experience/Skills: Knowledge • Associate of Science Degree in Science or Technology and/or a minimum of two (2) years’ experience in a quality lab or process technician role in an electroplating operation preferred. Experience • Basic computer literacy which includes keyboard use, Microsoft windows, word processing and spreadsheets required. • Experience in SPC, lean manufacturing and other process control systems preferred. Skills • Above average aptitude with demonstrated learning skills. • Ability to perform work in accordance with established safe practices and use all pertinent PPE as prescribed. Specialized Working conditions and % Travel: (i.e., hearing, vision, extreme temperatures) Physical & Mental Demands: Physical Demands Occasional Frequent Constant Essential Activity ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒ Carrying ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐ Standing ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐ Walking ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐ Lifting Light (up to 10 lbs.) ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐ Lifting Medium (up to 30 lbs.) ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐ Lifting Heavy (up to 50 lbs.) ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Lifting Very Heavy (Over 50 lbs.) ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Grasping ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐ Kneeling ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐ Climbing ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐ Physical Demands ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐ Bending ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐ Pulling ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐ Pushing ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐ Finger Manipulation ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐
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