Process Technician (2nd Shift)

Process Technician I

Viant Medical is a global medical device design and manufacturing services provider that partners and innovates with customers to provide the highest quality, life enhancing medical devices. With nearly 6,000 associates across 24 locations worldwide, we offer a unique combination of small-company service and attention with big-company resources.

Compensation: Rates starting at $28.00-$33.00/hour (based on experience)

On Demand Pay: Access your pay as soon as you've earned it!

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 2nd Shift 2:00pm - 10:30pm (with occasional overtime)

Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision benefits-effective on date of hire; Generous paid time off benefits and 10 paid holidays; Company-paid life insurance; 401k plan with company match

Well-Being: Low-cost nutrition and mental health visits; Up to $150-off your gym membership annually; Discounted pet insurances for your furry friends; Access to individualized financial planning meetings; Employee discount program with savings on electronics, home goods, gym equipment, and more; Discounted family caregiving support

Career Growth: Tuition reimbursement; On-site training programs; Defined career path for advancement in role and compensation; New hire on-boarding training plans

Main Purpose of Job: The Process Technician I is a mid-level position responsible for mold setup, machine/job startup, shut-down, and troubleshooting of processes.

Main Job Responsibilities:

• Support and uphold the Viant Values: Customer Oriented, Integrity, Servant Leadership, Own It, Teamwork, and Be Agile.
• Treat employees with dignity and respect.
• Attendance is paramount. All associates are required to report to their scheduled shift on time and work their entire shift.
• Maintain a professional attitude towards coworkers and company.
• Clean assigned workstations.
• Verifies mold setups are secured and meet all the guidelines to ensure proper operation and safety of the tool and operators.
• Performs mold/job start-ups (First Articles), response to machine alarms, and maintain a quality standard that meets or exceed part specifications.
• Monitor process parameters and generate adjustments as needed to eliminate dimensional and visual defects.
• Utilize trouble-shooting techniques to determine cause of malfunctions on molding machines, ancillary equipment, and mold tooling.
• Identify root causes of machine and process problems and focus on eliminating them to prevent recurrence.
• Maintain and submit to the appropriate department, detailed, accurate records in Process Books, Setup and Start-up logs and Mold /Machine maintenance Reports.
• Ensures production log is being maintained to reflect current production status.
• Ensures jobs are setup and continuously running to maximize the use of production equipment and to limit downtime and ensure that scrap levels are minimized.
• Ensures damage prevention of equipment through good manufacturing practices.
• Ensures working area is clean and maintained.
• In the absence of the Supervisor Operations 1, assumes basic supervision duties and responsibilities:
• Provide guidance, training, support, and direction to Machine Operators, Material Handlers, and Production Workers.
• Conduct and report production issues during production meetings.
• Verify attendance records of hourly employees. Monitors staff overtime hours to ensure that overtime is used only to meet company needs.
• Ensures that production labor is monitored to produce high quality standards with low monetary output.
• Ensures adherence to all company safety policies, rules, and regulations; company manufacturing procedures; productivity standards; and enforcing compliance as needed.
• Ensures coordination among appropriate departments in order to meet lead times and customer deadlines.
• Meets regularly with the Supervisor Operations 1 to maintain continuous communications on shift.
• Communicates daily with Machine Operator 4 from other shifts to ensure a smooth transition at shift changeover.
• Complies with all company safety and housekeeping policies, rules and regulations.
• Complies with all departmental policies, procedures and work instructions relevant to the Manufacturing Department
• Improve methods, processes, and procedures which can benefit the company and communicates these ideas to the Supervisor Operations 1.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor

Expectation:

• Develop skills to perform basic, repetitive and manual activities in the job.
• Use existing procedures to solve straightforward problems.

Requirements:

Education/Certification: High School Diploma or equivalent

Experience: Must be 18 years of age; No experience necessary

Skills/Competencies:

• Ability to work independently
• Ability to work as a team
• Ability to do repetitive work
• Ability to read, understand and follow specification sheets
• Basic mathematical skills to understand variation
• Ability to use measuring devices and hand tools
• Specialized knowledge: Injection molding equipment and auxiliary equipment operation and basic knowledge of operating a computer

Physical Requirements:

• Light work: Exerting up to 70 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or lift, carry, push, pull, or move objects.
• Excellent vision & hand-eye coordination
• Extended periods of bending, lifting, standing, and sitting
• Significant use of hands
• Must be able and willing to wear personal protective equipment as required including:
• Protective eyewear
• Hair net
• Protective gowning (lab coat, hood)

Work Conditions:

• Climate controlled in the summer months
• Clean room environment (hospital grade cleanliness)
• Clean, comfortable setting