Manufacturing Technician I

Job Description:

At Confluent, we are committed to our values of teamwork, innovation, accountability, integrity, leadership, and customer focus, and we invest in a team who represents these values. Every member of our team plays a critical role in delivering life-saving medical devices through innovative materials science, engineering, and manufacturing. We are the medical device industry's most trusted partner, and we accomplish this with an organization focused on safety, efficiency, and customer satisfaction.

We are looking for a Manufacturing Technician I to join our team in Costa Rica. If you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and making an impact on our life-saving work, this may be a good fit for you! As a uniquely qualified candidate, you will:

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 RESPONSABILITIES

EXPECTED LEVEL

• 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 university engineering students; and 2-3 years of related experience and/or training in similar industry. Basic personal computer skills including electronic mail, word processing, spreadsheet and graphics.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCES

EXPECTED LEVEL

• 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.
• 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: Monday – Saturday (Shift B)

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).