Line Technician

Join Our Team as a Line Technician at Johnson Electric!

Location: Vandalia Ohio USA (onsite)
Vacancy Type: Existing Position
Schedule: Fulltime

As our next Line Technician youll be at the forefront of supporting and leading production operations while developing strong technical and leadership skills. Your role is essential in ensuring smooth daytoday operations maintaining quality standards supporting automation tasks and driving continuous improvement initiatives. Your expertise in production processes quality verification and equipment operation will help push the boundaries of whats possible.

Why Youll Love Working Here:

• Employee Empowerment: A culture that empowers employees to take initiative and make impactful decisions.
• Diverse Projects: Work on a variety of projects across different industries gaining broad experience.
• Mentorship Opportunities: Access to mentorship programs that help you grow both personally and professionally.
• Global Mobility: Opportunities for international assignments and transfers to broaden your career horizons.
• Ethical Practices: A commitment to ethical business practices and integrity in all operations.

What Youll Be Doing:

Leadership & Training

Achieve high productivity while maintaining safety and quality standards.
Facilitate and participate in training sessions for personal and team development.

Operational & Technical Mastery

Oversee daily production operations including robot jogging program resets safety resets and component handling.
Perform routine quality checks to ensure products meet required specifications.

Quality Assurance & Ownership

Monitor production output for defects or deviations from standard processes.
Immediately contain and escalate quality concerns.
Follow quality protocols such as firstpiece checks inprocess inspections and final verifications.
Document quality results and support rootcause analysis when defects occur.
Champion a stop and fix mindset to prevent defects from continuing downstream.

Process Improvement & ProblemSolving

Identify and lead improvement opportunities to enhance efficiency and reduce waste.
Analyze and communicate reasons for line stoppages.
Collaborate with Quality and Engineering to improve errorproofing and reduce scrap.

Advanced Technical Development

Over time support advanced tasks such as programming adjustments machine backups and AI system updates.

Documentation & Reporting

Complete production documentation including labor sheets and quality reports.
Follow environmental and safety policies aligned with the Environmental Management System (SGA).

DaytoDay Activities

Lead robotcontrol and production operations to ensure smooth setups and transitions.
Manage components: loading purging organizing for production flow.
Perform quality verification at key checkpoints to prevent rework or defects.

Growth & Development

Engage in projects requiring updated technical knowledge and new technologies.
Build proficiency with quality tools including 5 Whys Pareto charts control charts and problemsolving methods.

What Were Looking For:

Strong motivation to learn grow technical skills and build leadership capabilities.
Detailoriented patient and able to assess developing issues.
Willingness to follow standardized work operational procedures and quality checklists.
Strong communication skills for explaining operational challenges and solutions.
Basic logic programming knowledge is a plus.

Bonus Points If You Have:

Experience operating robots or automated production systems.
Exposure to AI updates production programming or machine backups.
Prior exposure to quality systems defect containment or lean tools.

How to Apply:

Apply online at We cant wait to meet you!