ASU Production Technician - ALBANY
Albany, NYJob$30–36/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Job overview
The Production Technician maintains and improves plant performance by operating air separation controls, monitoring process equipment, and performing mechanical, instrument, and electrical maintenance. The role supports safe plant start-up and shutdown, troubleshooting, product quality review, and performance optimization. It typically does not involve shift work, though work outside normal shifts may be required. Scheduled training travel may be required.
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Full job description
Responsible for Maintaining and Improving Plant performance.This is typically a non-shift work position although situations may requirework outside normal shift.
Production Technician will perform mechanical, instrumentand electrical maintenance. See skill set listed below:
Essential Functions
Manipulatesair separation controls to meet product specifications and productionrequirements
Adjust plantcontrol variables, monitor and manage process equipment parameters to meetproduction goals.
Obtainknowledge base of the theory of air separation and related equipment associatedwith the process; understand the plant's water chemistry to assure propercooling tower operations and equipment functioning.
Developskills to trouble shoot, evaluate process upsets and take corrective actions.
Mustmaintain Qualified Electrical Worker certification
Performsmaintenance on compressors, pumps, turbines, valves, motors, and other plantequipment, when required.
Reads andinterprets technical drawings and manuals.
Developability to interpret Process & Instrument Drawings to understand processoperations, equipment and aid in trouble shooting system anomalies.
Participatein the maintenance/updating of work instructions to assure accurate and currentstart-up and operational procedures.
Demonstratemechanical aptitude, evaluate equipment performance, perform routinecalibration and maintenance of analytical test equipment and maintain appropriaterecords.
Be safetyconscious, i.e., meetings, work areas, eliminate hazards, etc.
Ability toprepare and maintain production operations and distribution records to meet therequirements of FDA, DPA, OSHA, ISO Quality Systems and other internal andexternal requirements.
Participatein the maintenance and updating of plant and equipment work instructions.
Prepare andmaintain production operations and distribution records to meet internal andexternal requirements.
Prepare QAdocuments to certify product quality; transcribe/transfer data from processcomputer data bases and tables, etc. to prepare product loss and reports.
Goodcommunication skills (inter departmental, team members, vendors, etc.
Responsiblefor reviewing and releasing medical grade product per FDA regulations.
Troubleshootingthe causes of plant operational issues and alarms, either directly or inconjunction with the local team.
Assistingwith starting / stopping the plants in a safe manner as dictated by operatingconditions and business needs.
Optimizingplant performance by tracking performance data and implement the best operatingplan for all plants.
Executingproductivity ideas and Best Practices to keep plant costs down.
Interactingclosely with all the supporting groups/personnel for performance optimizationand troubleshooting.
Performother projects and duties as assigned.
Performsother duties as assigned. Complies with all policies and standards
QUALIFICATIONS
Education
Associate's Degree High School diploma, Technical School orrelated industrial experience required
Work Experience
1-3 years Compressors, pumps, valves and expanders, alsoInstrument & electrical testing equipment preferred
Knowledge, Skills andAbilitiesBasicComputer skills.
On call forplant needs of any kind, (Personnel, Equipment, Customer problems) Statisticaland analytical skills.
Cleandriving record.
Strongunderstanding of Safety Practices and policies for the Industrial Gas Industry
Strongunderstanding of Air Separation Principles
Strongunderstanding of compressors, pumps and expanders
Strongunderstanding of electrical motors, electrical power distribution andelectrical safety.
Possessskills to utilize I&E test equipment, including DVM, megger, process calibrator,transmitter simulator.
Ability toutilize troubleshooting skills on Medium voltage panels, low voltage panels,Programmable Logic Controllers, field process measuring equipment and vibrationequipment
Understandingof Analytical principles.
PHYSICALDEMANDS/WORKING CONDITIONS
Stationary Position - FREQUENTLY
Move/Traverse - FREQUENTLY
Stationary Position/Seated - OCCASIONALLY
Transport/Lifting - OCCASIONALLY - 30lbs.
Transport/Carrying - OCCASIONALLY - 30lbs.
Exerting Force/Pushing - FREQUENTLY
Exerting Force/Pulling - FREQUENTLY
Ascend/Descend - FREQUENTLY
Balancing - RARELY
Position Self/Stooping - FREQUENTLY
Position Self/Kneeling - FREQUENTLY
Reaching - RARELY
Handling - OCCASIONALLY
Grasping OCCASIONALLY
Feeling - OCCASIONALLY
Communicate/Talking - FREQUENTLY
Communicate/Hearing - FREQUENTLY
Repetitive Motions - OCCASIONALLY
Coordination - OCCASIONALLY
Compensation: $30.00 - $36.00 per hour
Travel Requirements
10% Travel for scheduled Training where applicable.
The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer that complieswith the laws and regulations set forth under EEOC. All qualified applicantswill receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color,religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disabilityor protected veteran status. EOE AA M/F/VET/Disability
How this job compares
Set against the 615 open Production Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$30–36/hr
- New York median$22–26/hr31 hourly ranges
- US median$22–25/hr373 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $33/hr, is 32% above the New York median midpoint ($25/hr) — in the top quarter of Production Technician hourly ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 36 open Production Technician jobs in New York and 615 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
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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 (271 postings).
- Education
- 7 of the 615 open Production Technician jobs (1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 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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