Process Technician Specialist
Corning · Phoenix, AZ
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Process
- Base pay
- $71k–$97k
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 3 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level process role at Corning (industrial) in Phoenix, AZ. Collect, organize, and analyze manufacturing and process data to support troubleshooting and continuous improvement activities.
- They ask for
- 3+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, Root cause, DMAIC, SPC, Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ)
- Base pay
- $71k–$97k
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Manufacturing Technician roles in Arizona: typical posted base $60k–$100k. This one lists $71k–$97k.
Median of the low and high ends of 12 live postings that list pay, out of 27 manufacturing technician openings in Arizona, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Arizona plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 156 other live process postings in the US.
- Base pay
- About 14% above similar roles
- Experience asked
- Typical (3+ years)
Typical $65k–$83k, from 12 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 36%
- ✓ Root cause 25%
- Injection molding 22%
- Tooling 21%
- Robotics 20%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Six Sigma, DMAIC, New product launch, Power BI / Tableau, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Is the work mostly new product launches or sustaining existing lines?
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- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
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This plant: Corning in Phoenix
9 other open roles at this site · 4 people we found in process roles at Corning.
- Equipment Technician Lead · Manufacturing · Technician
- Sr Equipment Technician · Manufacturing · Technician
- PV Reliability Manager · Reliability · Manager
- Production Supervisor · Production · Supervisor
- Equipment Engineer II · Manufacturing
- Process Technician II · Process · Technician
Full description from CorningAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Key Responsibilities
- ◆Provide hands-on technical support for manufacturing processes and day-to-day production activities.
- ◆Monitor process performance and identify trends, abnormalities, or conditions that may impact safety, quality, yield, cost, or production.
- ◆Troubleshoot manufacturing and process-related issues using data, observations, established procedures, and structured problem-solving methods.
- ◆Partner with Process Engineering, Operations, Quality, Equipment, and Maintenance teams to identify root causes and implement sustainable corrective actions.
- ◆Support efforts to improve process capability, consistency, yield, cycle time, and overall manufacturing performance.
- ◆Assist with process trials, experiments, qualifications, and implementation of process changes.
- ◆Collect, organize, and analyze manufacturing and process data to support troubleshooting and continuous improvement activities.
- ◆Support the development and maintenance of process documentation, standard operating procedures, work instructions, process settings, and other technical documentation.
- ◆Participate in structured problem-solving and root-cause analysis for quality issues, process deviations, scrap, production interruptions, and other manufacturing concerns.
- ◆Support new product introductions, process changes, equipment installations, and manufacturing start-up activities as needed.
- ◆Assist Engineering and Quality teams with process capability studies, data collection, testing, and validation activities.
- ◆Identify continuous improvement opportunities related to safety, quality, yield, cost, capacity, and manufacturing efficiency.
- ◆Share technical knowledge and provide process guidance to manufacturing employees and other technicians as appropriate.
- ◆Promote safe work practices and ensure process activities are performed in accordance with established safety and manufacturing requirements.
Required Qualifications
- ✓Associate degree, or equivalent experience.
- ✓3+ years of experience supporting manufacturing processes, production operations, engineering, quality, or other technical activities in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
- ✓Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot manufacturing or process issues using data and structured problem-solving techniques.
- ✓Experience collecting, interpreting, and using manufacturing or process data to identify issues and support improvements.
- ✓Ability to understand and follow technical documentation, process specifications, procedures, drawings, and work instructions.
- ✓Strong attention to detail with demonstrated ability to recognize process abnormalities and manufacturing performance issues.
- ✓Strong communication and teamwork skills with the ability to work effectively with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, and other technical functions.
- ✓Ability to work safely and effectively in a manufacturing-floor environment.
Qualifications
- ✓Experience supporting automated or technically complex manufacturing processes.
- ✓Familiarity with Statistical Process Control (SPC), control charts, process capability, or other manufacturing statistical tools.
- ✓Experience participating in process trials, qualifications, validations, or manufacturing experiments.
- ✓Familiarity with Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, DMAIC, root-cause analysis, 5 Why, or other structured problem-solving methodologies.
- ✓Experience supporting yield improvement, scrap reduction, cycle-time improvement, or process optimization activities.
- ✓Familiarity with manufacturing data and visualization tools such as Excel, Power BI, or similar applications.
- ✓Experience supporting new product introduction, process scale-up, manufacturing start-up, or process changes.
- ✓Additional technical training or certifications related to manufacturing processes, quality, Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement.
This position does not support immigration sponsorship.
The range for this position is $70,834.00 - $97,397.00 assuming full time status.
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Role Purpose
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Work Hours
- •Standard Hours (Monday – Friday, 8am-5pm).
- •Provide occasional off-hours support as required for a 24/7 manufacturing operation.