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Experienced Lab Technician - Day Shift
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Experienced Optical Lab Technician operating CNC surfacing, finishing, and coating machinery to produce high-quality lenses and frames in a production-driven retail optical environment.
About this role
Experienced Lab Technician - Day Shift
At National Vision we believe everyone deserves to see their best to live their best. We help people by making quality eye care and eyewear more affordable and accessible. National Vision is one of the largest optical retail companies in the United States with over 1,200 stores. We operate four retail brands: America’s Best Contacts & Eyeglasses, Eyeglass World, and Vista Optical inside select Fred Meyer stores and on select military bases. We offer an innovative culture where training is a priority, hard work is praised, and career growth is a reality.
Hours: Monday-Friday (with some Saturdays) 6:00AM-2:30PM, with overtime potential until 3:30PM on an as needed basis.
Pay: Based on experience
We are hiring a skilled Optical Lab Technician with hands-on experience in surfacing, finishing, and mounting. The ideal candidate thrives in a production-driven environment, maintains high accuracy standards, and understands the importance of turnaround time and product quality.
What You'll Do:
- Bench/Mounters: Inserting lenses into frames, edging, beveling, tinting, and ensuring lenses meet correct power, axis, and prism standards.
- Inspection: Checking frames and lenses for cosmetic and optical defects using ANSI standards.
- Surface: Using state-of-the-art CNC optical machinery. Handling lens surface processes like taping, blocking, generating, coating, and polishing.
- AR Department: Operating state-of-the-art Anti Reflective Coating Machinery, sorting and inspecting lenses, and ensuring they meet quality standards.
Qualifications
- No specific educational level required – your experience speaks volumes!
- A minimum of 2 years of relevant experience with high volume optical manufacturing is needed.
- Precision and accuracy are paramount in this role.
- This position requires intermittent focused effort, coupled with organizational and planning skills.
Additional Information
Taking Care of our People!
We understand the importance of financial health and security, and because of that, we provide competitive compensation to all Associates. We also offer a comprehensive benefits package including health and dental insurance, 401k retirement savings with company match, flex spending account, paid personal time off, paid company holidays, parental leave, employee eyewear discount and much, much more. At National Vision, we strive to deliver opportunities for professional growth and long-term career fulfillment. We provide training programs, access to educational courses and pride ourselves on the ever-increasing number of promotions from within.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.
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