Engineering Technician

Description & Requirements

ANDERSEN CORPORATION SUMMARY

At Andersen, we pride ourselves on our core values of Excellence, Integrity, Innovation, Partnership and being a leader in Corporate Citizenship. Headquartered in Bayport, Minn., Andersen Corporation is the largest window and door manufacturer in North America. Newsweek recognized Andersen as one of "2023 America's Greatest Workplaces."

We're focused on bringing more light into people's lives by helping them create healthier, happier spaces to build memories and do what they love. This applies to our team, too. Andersen embraces our nine Employee Resource Networks to celebrate our differences and to champion diversity. We are named as a Forbes "Best Employer for Diversity 2022."

Earning the 2023 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year-Sustained Excellence Award, Andersen is also committed to environmental health and sustainability. No matter your role, you'll have the opportunity to make a difference at Andersen.

Position: Engineering Technician I

This engineering technician position will work closely with our engineers, quality team, operations leads, and supervisors within the Bayport Engineered Materials team (extrusion) to drive continuous improvement and safety activities at the Bayport site. This role will assist in various daily and weekly activities while supporting some longer-term projects. This position is critical to hitting our daily, weekly, and period based goals while putting a focus on overall continuous improvement of our department and various processes.

Shift : Straight 1st shift, with the flexibility to work occasional 2nd or 3rd shift when needed.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Assist with cross-functional work on continuous improvement and safety projects.
• Take corrective action on safety incidents, machine downtime, or quality incidents that deviates from customer requirements, with support from engineering team.
• Assist with Engineering / Operations projects as needed.
• Proactively identify potential downtime, scrap or reliability issues and communicate them up to appropriate level.
• Continuously drive standardization of processes and methods.
• Understand all required department documentation standards and their impact on the extrusion and compounding process. Ensure that documentation is properly completed, reviewed, and approved. Directly responsible for communicating to Engineering, Quality & Operations.

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Minimum Requirements:

• High School Diploma with 4+ years of experience in related field
• Strong prioritization and multi-tasking capability.
• Strong aptitude in problem solving and process improvement.
• Self-motivated with very strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills.
• Experience demonstrates a strong interest and aptitude for work in a technical field.
• Experience with CAD, PC and software applications.

CULTURE AND BENEFITS :

"Be Orange. Be You" is how we express our belief that by embracing our differences and empowering you, we'll be a stronger team able to accomplish what otherwise wouldn't be possible. This Orange spirit has helped us become the #1 innovative window and door brand* and the one homeowners love the most.** It's also why we're committed to supporting you to approach each day with a bright outlook.

Benefits include, and are not limited to:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

• Health Savings Account contributions

• Paid holidays plus PTO

• 401(k) plan & contributions

• Professional development and tuition reimbursement opportunities

• Charity contributions

• Nationwide career opportunities

We look forward to seeing how your unique skills, background and experiences will inspire our team and help us continue to be the leader we are today.

In 2024, Andersen has set a profit-sharing target of $4,000 per eligible employee, prorated as appropriate. Profit sharing will be paid out in quarterly installments to provide eligible employees with payments throughout the year, with payment amounts tied to quarterly operating profit performance.

Andersen is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, disability, marital status, national origin, citizenship, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Posting City:

Bayport, MN