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Lab Tech Optical Manufacturing

National Vision, Plano, TX, United States


National Vision is one of the largest optical retail companies in the United States with over 1,100 stores. We operate four retail brands: America’s Best Contacts & Eyeglasses, Eyeglass World, and Vista Opticals 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.

Our optical manufacturing facility is growing! We're excited to offer new openings, including entry level, for production lab techs in various departments at our manufacturing lab.

Shift Hours:

Mondays through Fridays, 6:00am - 2:30pm

Entry level starting $15.50/hr PLUS additional bi-weekly bonus opportunities. We also have a generous PTO plan and many other benefits.

Job Description
Our associates are responsible for performing a variety of duties, depending on their assigned department and lab needs. Production techs help expedite job orders throughout the manufacturing process in a timely and efficient manner in order to serve our customers.

Associates observe data on job orders, sort and organize jobs, utilize RF scanning and perform other department specific tasks.

We have production positions available in our Surface and Inventory Departments.

Surface

duties include:

Backside coating - making sure lens is clean, spraying, wiping lens and loading in machine

Blocking and Deblocking, block prep

Machine operation, taping, generating, polishing

Lens washing - removing lens from block, rinsing, washing and drying lens to remove debris

Inventory

duties include:

Printing orders and prepping job trays

Picking frames and lenses by locating the bin number on the Rx, scanning the barcode and tray and frame

Removing lenses from manufacturer's box, placing on the correct side of the tray for processing

Pre-inspecting lenses for visual imperfections

Ensuring orders are sent to the correct departments within the lab

Assisting with restocking, inventory counts

Qualifications

No specific education required

No specific experience required for entry level but prior mass production, machine operation, picking orders, inventory or warehouse experience is preferred

Prior related or optical experience desirable

Must be able to read and write English

Additional Information
National Vision offers a competitive benefits package. Some of the benefits include:

Generous Paid-Time-Off (PTO) policy

BONUS opportunities - including biweekly lab production bonus

401k with company match

Health Insurance (one HSA option)

Flex Spending Account

Life Insurance

Short and Long Term Disability Insurance

Wellness Plan incentives

Other insurance options, employee assistance and much more

About National Vision Holdings, Inc.

National Vision Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: EYE) is one of the largest optical retail companies in the United States with over 1,100 stores in 38 states and Puerto Rico. With a mission of helping people by making quality eye care and eyewear more affordable and accessible, the company operates four retail brands: America’s Best Contacts & Eyeglasses , Eyeglass World , and Vista Opticals inside select Fred Meyer stores and on select military bases , and e-commerce websites, offering a variety of products and services for customers’ eye care needs. For more information, please visit www.nationalvision.com.

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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