Quality Technician - 1st Shift

Quality Technician Provide Quality Technician support to Arden Hills commercial and development manufacturing lines ensuring delivery of the highest quality product to the customer while supporting continuous improvement projects and quality initiatives. This is a dynamic support role requiring cross-functional collaboration with production, manufacturing, and quality team members. This role includes responsibility for providing day-to-day quality support for manufacturing, including the processing of non-conforming product (identification, documentation, segregation, evaluation and disposition), certifying, owning NCEPs, help in investigations, collaborating and providing feedback to builders to respond to quality signals. Your responsibilities will include: Processing non-conforming product Provides technical assistance to engineering for yield fallout investigations, manufacturing instruction compliance, product containment bounding, and corrective and preventive actions. Update databases and spreadsheets used to track, monitor, and report department activities in tier meetings and core team meetings. Use the inventory and traceability management systems to transact and research material. Assists engineers in providing manufacturing support by training operators on processes and engineering changes. Performs operator certification on-the-job training and testing. Provides support to engineers by collecting, compiling, measuring, organizing, and documenting data, as well as developing procedural documentation. Assists during audit activities. Assists Engineers in developing or changing manufacturing instructions. Assists Engineers in monitoring traceability and inspection requirements, statistical process control criteria, and manufacturing practices and procedures. Assist engineers in failure analysis Lead and participate in continuous improvement projects. Proactively audit the line to identify and escalate Quality opportunities. Own and/or participate in NCEPs Quality System Requirements: In all actions, demonstrates a primary commitment to patient safety and product quality by maintaining compliance to the Quality Policy and all other documented quality processes and procedures. Required Qualifications: High School Diploma or Equivalent 2 years of quality or manufacturing experience in medical device industry Must work well in a team environment Proficient with Microsoft Office tools including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook Good oral and written communication skills Able to read, understand, and communicate procedural requirements Preferred Qualifications: Associate's degree in technical discipline (or equivalent) Self-starter with the ability to identify improvement opportunities Able to work independently under limited supervision as well as in a team environment Highly Proficiency with Microsoft desktop environment: Windows and Office 365 Process Owner and NCEP owner certification Experience with product/component inspection and testing