Process Technician
Yanfeng · Harrison Township, MI
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Process
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level process role at Yanfeng (automotive) in Harrison Township, MI. Responsible for troubleshooting any issues related to the vacuum forming, adhesive spraying, or injection molding processes, or the associated equipment.
- They ask for
- 5+ years
- Tools it names
- Robotics, Injection molding
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Manufacturing Technician roles in the US: typical posted base $60k–$92k.
Median of the low and high ends of 77 live postings that list pay, out of 1240 manufacturing technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 177 other live process postings in the US.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (5+ vs 3+)
Typical $65k–$83k, from 13 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 36%
- Root cause 24%
- ✓ Injection molding 21%
- ✓ Robotics 20%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Yanfeng in Harrison Township
2 other open roles at this site.
- 2nd Shift Supervisor Production · Production · Supervisor
- Maintenance Technician · Reliability · Technician
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Responsibilities
- ◆Responsible for troubleshooting any issues related to the vacuum forming, adhesive spraying, or injection molding processes, or the associated equipment.
- ◆Document and communicate with other Process Technicians, Manufacturing Engineers, and Shift Supervisor results of problem solving, and any deviations from established methods or procedures that may be necessary to resolve specific issues.
- ◆Maintain documentation for process equipment such as reference sheets, monitoring sheets, waterline diagrams, gate seals, rhealogy graphs, robot programs, adhesive spray patterns, DartNet templates, etc.
- ◆Manage process controls for the injection molding using DartNet system tools.
- ◆Maintain a thorough knowledge of acceptable quality standards established by the quality department to insure maximum production of saleable parts.
- ◆Responsible for monitoring Maintenance Technician mold change program loading and set-ups, as well as Operator inspecting and verifying the first shot checks to assure proper methods were followed to produce a quality part.
Qualifications
- ✓High School Graduate or Equivalent
- ✓Area of Study: General studies
- ✓Equivalent work experience may also be considered for certain positions.
- ✓3-5 Minimum Years of Experience completing mold changes.
- ✓1 -3 Minimum Years of Experience as plastic process technician.
- ✓3-5 Minimum Years of Experience within the automotive industry.
- ✓Must be able and willing to travel and work at customer sites, including industrial manufacturing plants which might require climbing, lifting, or working in confined spaces.
Preferred Qualifications
- ✓Systematic Molding Training.
- ✓Master Molder 1 and 2 Training.
- ✓3 – 5 years mold change experience.
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