Job Ref: # 2523473
Date Posted: 6/1/2026
Location: Irwindale, CA
Salary (USD): $38 - $46
Description
ASU Production Technician is responsible for operating, maintaining, and improving plant production performance. This is a shift work position. The Production Technician will perform mechanical, instrument and electrical maintenance in support of plant production operations.
Job Functions:
- Manipulates air separation controls to meet product specifications and production requirements
- Adjust plant control variables and manage process equipment parameters to meet production goals.
- Obtain knowledge base of the theory of air separation and related equipment associated with the process; understand the plant's water chemistry to assure proper cooling tower operations.
- Develop skills to trouble-shoot, evaluate issues affecting SOPs and take corrective actions.
- Performs maintenance on compressors, pumps, turbines, valves, motors, and other plant equipment.
- Reads and interprets technical drawings and manuals.
- Develop ability to interpret Process & Instrument Drawings to understand process operations, equipment and aid in trouble shooting system anomalies.
- Participate in the maintenance/updating of work instructions to assure accurate and current start-up and operational procedures.
- Demonstrate mechanical aptitude, evaluate equipment performance, perform routine calibration and maintenance of analytical test equipment and maintain appropriate records.
- Be safety conscious, i.e., meetings, work areas, eliminate hazards, etc.
- Ability to prepare and maintain production operations and distribution records to meet the requirements of FDA, DPA, OSHA, ISO Quality Systems and other internal and external requirements.
- Participate in the maintenance and updating of plant and equipment work instructions.
- Prepare and maintain production operations and distribution records to meet int/external requirements.
- Must maintain Qualified Electrical Worker certification.
- Prepare QA documents to certify product quality; transcribe/transfer data from process computer data bases and tables, etc. to prepare product loss and reports.
- Good communication skills (inter departmental, team members, vendors, etc.
- Responsible for reviewing and releasing medical grade product per FDA regulations.
- Troubleshooting the causes of plant operational issues + alarms, directly or in conjunction with the team.
- Assisting with starting / stopping the plants in a safe manner as dictated by operating conditions and needs.
- Optimizing plant performance by tracking performance data and implement best operating plan for plant.
- Executing productivity ideas and Best Practices to keep plant costs down.
- Interact closely with all the supporting groups/personnel for performance optimization and troubleshooting.
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