Manufacturing Technician II - 4x3 Nocturno Miercoles - Sabado

Job Description:

Confluent Medical Technologies is dedicated to working collaboratively with our customers, taking their projects from rapid prototype into high volume production. Our unparalleled technical expertise, proven experience and partnership with our clients has allowed us to perfect the process necessary to deliver world-class medical devices through innovative material science, engineering, and manufacturing. Our primary capabilities include: Nitinol components, balloon expandable stents and balloon catheters, delivery systems, biomedical textiles, access kits, and guidewires. We take pride in our position as the leader in the medical technology space and are driven by a passion to create products that our clients have envisioned for their customers.

We are looking for a Manufacturing Technician II to join our team. As a uniquely qualified candidate, you will be responsible for production planning and inventory control for multiple products while prioritizing operations to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay. This individual will take a lead role in continuous improvement, product flow and capacity improvement to improve the overall efficiency of manufacturing while service level targets.

SUMMARY: Working under little to no supervision and following detailed verbal, written, and hands-on instructions. Manage a team of operators to meet productivity and quality goals by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Include The Following.

Other duties may be assigned.

• Responsible for ensuring personal and company compliance with local and company regulations, policies and procedures for Health, Safety and Environmental compliance.
• Properly document activities in accordance with the best engineering practices, company procedures, and regulatory requirements (technical reports).
• Work with R&D/Design/Development/Transfer Engineers or Customers to understand the products to be produced.
• Responsible for cost effective manufacturing product/lines through the management of yield, material usage (BOM and consumables).
• Conducts engineering efforts to identify root cause analysis.
• Responsible for the development and implementation of standard manufacturing methods, process and efficiency improvements.
• Conducts engineering efforts to optimize medical component processing for manufacturing (time studies, working standards, process flows, etc).
• Conducts and documents time studies to establish performance standards.
• Analyzes and implements improvements to reduce product costs.
• Responsible for design/development of equipment, tools or fixtures that meets health, safety and environmental standards set by the company for manufacturing methods.
• Setups and validates production lines for manufacturing as applicable.
• Supports or leads product transfers, and new product introductions
• Builds business relationship with customer and/or suppliers.
• Investigate, respond and solve quality issues, or provides supports for that process as required.
  
  

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Have supervisory responsibilities: No

Leadership: Supervise work through the planning and scheduling of work, and the review and approval of tasks.

Supervises: N/A

Supervision:

Immediate supervision: receive close supervision related to specific work activities, assignments, methods, usually receive frequent surveillance over job activities; instructions are detailed and assignments are typical short-term.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

Technical degree in engineering or related; and 4-5 years of related experience.

Basic personal computer skills including electronic mail, word processing, spreadsheet and graphics.

Skills And Competences

• Knowledge on Quality and Medical Regulations (focus Process Validation, traceability, manage or quality issues, risk management)
• Technical skills in manufacturing processes and methods including tooling, work flow, layout, assembly and production equipment. Is able to became a SME and is able to train others.
• OPEX -Basic Quality Tools: 5S, Kaizen, Pareto, Ishikawa, Control Charts, Checklist, Histograms
• Provides updates in an structure manner.
• Ability to work under pressure
• Teamwork
• Accountability
• Attention to detail.
  
  

MANUAL DEXTERITY: Manual dexterity sufficient to reach/handle items, works with the fingers, and perceives attributes of objects and materials.

VISION REQUIREMENTS: Ability to adjust focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus).

WORK SCHEDULE/HOURS: 4x3 Nocturno Miercoles - Sabado

TRAVEL: Occasional

ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING CONDITIONS: Well-lighted, heated and/or air-conditioned indoor office setting with adequate ventilation.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Other physical working conditions:

Lifting or carrying items.

Moderate noise (examples: business office with computers and printers, light traffic).

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVEL:

Light physical activity performing non-strenuous daily activities of a productive/technical nature.

COMMENTS: This job description is an outline of the major recurring responsibilities of the job. It is not intended to be all‑inclusive of the work to be performed. Other related job objectives, special assignments, and less significant responsibilities will typically be performed by the incumbent(s).