Hourly- Block- Production Technician- Inspector- 1st Shift- Req. 19067
Glasgow, KYFull-time$7.25/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
The Production Technician sets up and operates friction manufacturing equipment across production areas, including inspection. The role involves checking products for quality, recording production data, following work instructions, maintaining equipment and 5S standards, and meeting daily production requirements. The position is on-site, full-time, and requires a high school diploma or GED, successful completion of a basic skills test, and physical demands testing.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Full job description
Experience Required
None
Minimum Education Required
High School Diploma/G.E.D.
Compensation
$7.25 / hourly
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
1
Work Schedule and Shift Requirements
First (Day)
Job Description
At Tenneco, we don't follow industry standards; we set them, and we don't settle for being best-in-class because we hustle to be better than best-in-class. Whether it's our Core Values - radical candor, simplify, organizational velocity, tenacious execution and win - or our Get Stuff Done (GSD) mindset, we're determined to become the most trusted partner and best manufacturer and distributor to the transportation industry.
With a product portfolio as expansive as it is innovative, an obsessive commitment to quality and excellence, and a global presence, we're all about getting stuff done, so we can win.
How do we make it happen?Through the Tenneco Way. Fueled by our Core Values, a winning mindset and a relentless commitment to excellence, the Tenneco Way is how we win. It's what keeps Team Tenneco bold, driven, and unapologetically focused on pushing past limits and redefining success.
Here, you'll work alongside a team of relentless problem-solvers who are committed to making a tangible impact. If you're ready to break boundaries, deliver results, and enjoy the ride along the way, you'll thrive here.
Want to learn more about who we are? Check out our website to discover the Tenneco Way
Basic Function: The Production Technician is responsible for the setup and operation of friction manufacturing equipment. A Production Technician includes the following areas: compound, cure press, bagger, preform, high volume finish line, inspector, press unloader, and other assigned positions.
Responsibilities:
Maintain a safe work environment and always follow all safety rules, using all PPE as required daily; maintains proactive attention to safety, including keeping work area clean and healthy. Always inspects all equipment prior to use and reports any discrepancies immediately.
Inspects product for quality; if unacceptable, investigates cause, takes corrective action, and notifies leadership. Accurately records all scrap data.
Demonstrates proper machine operation per standard work requirements. Follows all work instructions, both written and verbal, along with directions from team leaders/supervisors/managers to produce quality product. Accurately enters all computer data required for job tickets, production logs, etc.
Maintain and utilize the set 5S Standards
Maintain machine standard condition
Demonstrates how to perform preventative maintenance for all areas of equipment and completes PM's and autonomous maintenance as required
Produces quantity of work daily as required. Adjusts pace as required to meet deadlines and schedules.
Performs according to the company's values
Any other jobs, as assigned
Required Experience:
High school diploma or GED certification required.
Successful completion of basic skills test
Successful completion of drug screens, background screens, and physical demands testing for the assigned position
Solid reading, writing and mathematics skills including decimals & fractions
Ability to follow written & oral instructions
Ability to read and interpret precise measuring instruments
Works well with others on the team
Other Requirements:
Physical lifting of up to 50 lbs. repetitively in scheduled work day(up to 1200X's in an 8 hour shift)
Walking, standing, bending, stooping, twisting, lifting, carrying, overhead movement and lifting
Ability to work in a heated environment
The ability to climb stairs multiple times per day
Must be able to work at heights
Successful completion of pre-employment basic skills test
Successful completion of pre-employment drug screens, background screens, and physical demands testing for the assigned position
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Tenneco is committed to providing reasonable accommodations. If you require an accommodation during the application process, please contact local Human Resources.
Equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities
Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled
Job Type
Full time
Benefits Offered
Not specified
Veteran Preference
No
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
1440890500
How this job compares
Set against the 605 open Production Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$7.25/hr
- US median$22–25/hr360 hourly ranges
This rate, $7.25/hr, is 70% below the US median midpoint ($24/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Production Technician hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 19 open Production Technician jobs in Kentucky and 605 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
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- Experience
- Production Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (257 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 329 of the 605 open Production Technician jobs (54%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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