Deco Technician

Job Title: Deco Technician

Job Description

The Deco Technician is responsible for set-up, printing processes, and preventive maintenance of machinery and equipment. You will set up CNC servo printers, operate CNC OMSO servo and NOVAX M, prepare screens for artwork, and set up each SKU on machinery. You will troubleshoot and perform maintenance on department machinery and equipment to ensure that quality silkscreened products are consistent.

Key responsibilities include:
– Troubleshooting all aspects of bottle print quality and handling problems, such as adjusting distribution, wheel speeds, and equipment timing.
– Performing screen changes without assistance or supervision, including making screens, washing all screen parts, applying coating, heating, exposing with artwork, washing again, drying, coating with approved products, and final drying.
– Starting up and shutting down lines, including purging out materials.
– Lubricating, inspecting, and recording conditions of wear and tear.
– Performing all mechanical and processing aspects of line set-up and start-up, such as setting print chuck, print height, pin height, positioning chuck, verifying tooling against specifications, measuring, inspecting tooling, programming vision systems, and setting downstream equipment.
– Reading and interpreting bottle specification sheets and all quality data sheets.

Hard Skills

Printing

CNC servo printer setup

CNC OMSO servo operation

NOVAX M operation

Screen preparation for artwork

Machinery troubleshooting and maintenance

Mechanical and processing line setup and start-up

Soft Skills

Attention to detail

Problem-solving

Ability to work independently

Technical reading and interpretation

Job Type

This is a Contract-to-Hire position with a duration of 6 Month(s).

Work Site

This is a fully on-site position in Addison, Illinois.

Work Environment

This location performs plastic extrusion for various foods and consumer products, primarily producing shampoo, lotion, and cleaning solution bottles of various sizes and colors. The facility is 90,000 square feet with 15 extrusion lines and 2 labeling lines, utilizing mostly mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic-driven machines.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000 light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000 employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500 experienced recruiters across 250 offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.