Manufacturing Specialist
SKOKIE, IL
Team
Job Location
MANUFACTURING
Type of Job
FULL TIME
About the job
As the Manufacturing Specialist, you will support the on-site production of NuMat’s growing commercial product line that utilizes its unique absorbents. You will be required to perform manufacturing tasks safely, efficiently, and in a manner consistent with NuMat procedures. It will be essential to communicate information effectively and professionally to your small internal teammates. Your attention to detail and willingness to change in a fast-moving environment is crucial to support the team’s mission of continuous improvement and customer satisfaction. Core hours are weekdays, 7 AM – 3 PM. The position may require work on Saturday and/or Sunday, holidays, and overtime.
Responsibilities
All employees of NuMat are responsible and held accountable for achieving compliance with our EHS Policy.
Perform manufacturing procedures as directed. Activities include batch drying operations, transferring solid and liquid chemicals, loading adsorbents into gas cylinders, installing valves, and conducting quality-assurance and performance tests.
Perform basic maintenance activities as directed. Activities include the use of basic hand tools to perform preventive maintenance, troubleshoot plant equipment.
Maintain manufacturing and quality assurance data.
Actively contribute to the continuous improvement of work processes and procedures to improve quality and reduce costs.
Support production scheduling and inventory management activities.
Support customer service and new product development activities, as needed.
Individual Characteristics
While performing the duties of this job, the team member is required to stand, walk, sit, and climb or balance. The team member must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds with assistance.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and moving mechanical parts. The team member is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles; chemicals; heat; noise and vibration. NuMat provides protective equipment and engineering controls for these hazard meeting or exceeding regulatory requirements.
Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
NuMat Technologies (“NuMat”) is a start-up company innovating at the intersection of high-performance computing, chemistry and advanced manufacturing. NuMat is a recognized pioneer in the field of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) — an emerging class of nanomaterials which can be programmed to uniquely interact with target molecules at the atomic level. NuMat’s expertise lies in the design and integration of MOFs into next-generation storage, separation and purification systems. In doing so, NuMat enables previously unachievable form factors, performance and cost-advantaged production economics in the electronics, life-sciences and energy sectors.