Manufacturing Engineering Technician

Position:

As a Manufacturing Engineering Technician, who will report directly to the Director of Manufacturing Engineering, you will be responsible for leading and managing several facets of process development and process improvement.

Key Goals:

Become a trusted and respected part of an Engineering Team. Achieve the System development performance goals on the AVNA Report Card (Efficiency, Cost savings, downtime, and continuous improvement), assigned objectives related to AVNA strategy, as well as working with and training under a lead Manufacturing Engineers and cell leaders. Candidate must show measurable improvement in process cost and/or scrap reduction on assigned projects within the first six months of employment.

Responsibilities:

• Makes their team members and others better. Leads by example

• Drives for results and customer satisfaction (Reference AVNA Report Card)

• Total Customer Satisfaction, both internal and external
• Monitors financial performance by measuring and analyzing results/variances (productivity, quality, customer service); initiating corrective actions and driving cost efficiency; minimizing the impact of variances
• Substantiate any costs incurred with corrective actions using downtime data, cycle time improvements, and overall process efficiency. Also use ROI strategies when reporting.
• Seeks to understand all facets of a manufacturing process or other before implementing change.
• Utilize root cause and corrective action to troubleshoot an solve problems
• Creates' plan(s) that allow the monitoring and understanding of success post implementation.
• Lead the with the development and execution of protocols, work process instructions, SIIP's and any additional technical documents
• Resolve production issues as they are assigned

Key Attributes:

• Takes the time to build trust and confidence of team members and customers
• Track record of continuous improvement and cost reductions
• Strong scheduling skills to ensure customer requirements are achieved, and key dates associated with Milestones are met
• Communication (oral and written) and presentation skills
• Utilizes reasoning and problem-solving skills
• Willingness to be mentored by engineers in a learning environment
• Follows and promotes principles of "right things right". Focused on Safety.
• Unyielding focus on part and process quality

  Personal Attributes:

  • Integrity and Ethical Standards. A strong will which ensures that one is always doing the right thing by upholding the ethical and professional standards and is honest in all transactions with the company and the stakeholders.
  • Leadership. These qualities include emotional intelligence, self-awareness, motivation, inspiration, empathy and the ability to get buy in from all key stakeholders.
  • Customer Focused. Focuses on finding ways to help customers solve their problems by understanding their needs and challenges.
  • Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills. Ability to communicate and manage well at all levels of the organization.
  • Manages by walking around, leads by doing/example, strong coaching/mentoring and conflict management skills.
  • Self-starter, tenacious and strong belief that working with others (departments/shifts/etc.) will accomplish what is necessary for customer commitments
  • Results Oriented Nature. The ability to achieve goals that are specific and measurable. Strong sense of urgency, drive and passion.
  • Big picture/strategic thinker. Has vision, but also hands on and knows the details to implement business plans for the company and that aligns with the "big picture".
  • Calm in stressful situations, level headed, has a sense of humor

  Key Skills

  • Parts Finishing processes such as Tumbling, Cleaning, Passivation or Electropolishing
  • Lean Manufacturing Principals
  • Understanding of the PFMEA Process
  • Understanding of Root Cause principals
  • Basic Technical Writing (Work Instructions, Setup Instructions)
  • MS Excel

  Key Experience

  • Minimum five years' experience in manufacturing
  • Experience in Medical device is preferred
  • Some knowledge of tooling concepts preferred

  Education Experience

  • Minimum associate degree in Engineering Technology or pursuing

• Berlin, CT, USA