Production Assistant

Production Assistant

Eastridge Workforce Solutions is committed to connecting skilled professionals with meaningful career opportunities. We are seeking a Production Assistant to support our client's team.

Job Title: Production Assistant

Location: Mansfield, MA; On-Site

Shift: 1st Hourly Pay Range

The hourly rate for this position is expected to be between $25.00-$35.00 per hour, depending on geographic location, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Employment Type: Contract-to-Hire

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Schedule: Monday-Friday 7 AM- 3:30 PM

Job Summary: This position provides leadership, direction and clear communication of the expectations and objectives on the NextPhase production floor. This position may require interacting effectively with various support groups such as Production Planning, Engineering, Product Development, Supply Chain, Quality, Customer Service, Materials and Human Resources. The position's objective is to assist with properly allocating direct resources to achieve the planned goals in Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost. The role of the Production Assistant includes the need to perform and ensure production assembly tasks are actively completed to meet production schedules while upholding the highest level of Quality. The Production Assistant will use a variety of hand and power tools, soldering irons, fixtures, work instructions and various other equipment to perform a series of operations to correctly assemble medical devices.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide motivational leadership and direction to all associates to achieve Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost goals while enhancing teamwork.
• Ensure proper training and adherence to Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) and applicable Quality Management System procedures in all operations and activities.
• Assist with product floor challenges including but not limited to material shortages, tooling needs, etc.
• Assess and address training and cross training needs of associates to allow for maximum flexibility to support unexpected changes of customer demand.
• Perform various product assembly.
• Test various products for defects.
• Keeps records of departmental activities, as required.
• Assist with recommendations for hiring and releasing of production personnel as required maintaining production scheduling.
• Arranges to have appropriate production records prepared and maintained.
• Maintains adherence to company safety standards, policies, and clean room practices.
• Ensure proper Line Setup / Line Clearing / Product Traceability and that machinery and equipment are properly maintained.
• Maintain Kanbans, where applicable.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and tools.
• Recommend methods to simplify manufacturing processes to improve quality through repeatability, standardization and simple quality devices.
• Work with Engineering to investigate and resolve process issues and implementation of new products in the manufacturing area.

Preferred Skills/Abilities:

• Ability to follow wire run diagrams for electro-mechanical system wiring.
• Strong mechanical and electrical aptitude abilities.
• Use of wire cutters, crimping tools, and soldering.
• PCBA handling, integration, and connectively skills.

Requirements:

• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50lbs.
• 7+ years in a regulated manufacturing environment, experience in an ISO 13485:2016, FDA Quality System Regulation (21 CFR 820) compliant manufacturing environment is preferred.
• Basic math skills

Benefits: Eastridge Workforce Solutions offers the following benefits, subject to applicable eligibility requirements. Use this link to learn more about benefits available to Eastridge's temporary employees. From time to time Eastridge's clients may offer additional benefits to Eastridge employees while on assignment. Information about those benefits will be communicated when applicable.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Eastridge Workforce Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity, and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Eastridge Workforce Solutions also prohibits harassment or retaliation of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is our policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions. Please note that Eastridge is unable to provide visa sponsorship to applicants.

Background Checks: Certain clients require Eastridge Workforce Solutions to perform background checks. Eastridge will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with any applicable federal, state, or local law regarding criminal backgrounds.

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