Manufacturing Technician I

Manufacturing Technician I

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 I 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.

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.

Essential duties and responsibilities : 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 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. Supports the 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.

Education and / or experience : Technical degree in engineering or related; and 1-3 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.

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).