Surfacing Lab Technician II (A)_MFG

Technician, Surfacing Lab II (A)

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Friday 6am - 4 : 30pm

Hourly Rate : $17.30

SEE how you can make a difference! Be part of an innovative company that cares about its associates and helps members enjoy the wonders of sight through healthy eyes and vision.

Versant Health provides vision care to 37 million members nationwide! To ensure your continued success we provide opportunities for advancement and development. Our associates remain engaged through a comprehensive compensation and benefits package which includes health and dental insurance, tuition reimbursements, 401(k) with company match, pet insurance and FREE vision insurance for you and your family.

Scope and Purpose of Position

The purpose of this position is to fine, polish, manually apply a lens block to the lens front and apply lens coating according to work instructions

Essential Functions

• Powers up equipment and performs equipment validation process.
• Operates multiple fining and polishing machines simultaneously.
• Fines lens for predetermined amount of time according to lens material.
• Verifies the polish temperature.
• Loads the blocks in the blocking stations and ensures the blocks are flush with the plate.
• Releases alloy onto lens, monitor process, block and place both blocked lenses back into appropriate tray for further processing.
• Loads two lenses at a time into machine to complete automatic cleaning for coating process.
• Removes lenses from machine and dry front of lens. Review for imperfections and places lenses in the tray.
• Monitors auto-blocker and troubleshoot machine errors.
• Picks up alloy, blocks and work from polishing stations as needed.
• Initials the surface equipment verification log to confirm machine validation.
• May rotate among other functions within the department.
• Practice and comply with all requirements of our Quality Management System (QMS), prescribed safety and hazardous materials handling procedures, and Federal / State laws regulating hazardous and non-hazardous waste disposal

Education & Experience

Competencies

HIPAA & Security Requirements

All Associates must comply with the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as it pertains to disclosures of protected health information (PHI) as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and HIPAA Privacy Policies and Procedures. As a component of job roles and responsibilities, Associates may have access to covered information, cardholder data or other confidential customer information which must be protected at all times. As a result, Associates must explicitly adhere to all data security guidelines established within the Company's Privacy & Security Training Program.

We take pride in our recruiting process and follow a merit-based employee recruitment practice with extensive screening steps. We will never request money from candidates who seek employment with us and will never ask for any payment as part of the recruitment process.

We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religious beliefs, age, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), national origin, ancestry, status as a protected veteran or disabled veteran, physical or mental disability or history of disability, genetic information, marital status, or any and all other categories protected by under applicable Federal, state or local law.

This policy extends to all associates and to all aspects of the employment relationship. Any associate who violates this policy will be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination.