Assembly Technician

ORGANIZATIONAL STATUS:                             

The Assembly Technician is appointed by, receives authority from, and reports to the Production Assembly, Supervisor.

POSITION SUMMARY:

 Exsurco Medical, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bettcher Industries, is an innovative early stage medical device company. We serve the tissue bank market by providing technologically advanced products for skin recovery. Exsurco is committed to improving tissue excision and debridement procedures for patients, healthcare, and tissue bank professionals.

Primary role is to perform all forms of assembly activities including equipment setup and tear down where required, as well as in-process verifications.  In addition, this position may include several cross-functional responsibilities comprising of Shipping, Receiving, Job Picking, Warehousing and Plant Cleaning and some Maintenance activities. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

 The duties & responsibilities of the Assembly Technician include, but are not necessarily limited to the following:

• Perform bench-type processes to complete mechanical and electrical assemblies and sub-assemblies, using hand tools, and electronic and pneumatic tooling. Assemble Exsurco product and equipment as required.
• Perform in-process testing on product and/or components.
• Working in the Cleanroom, complete tasks for the cleaning and processing of Amalgatome blades as assigned by Supervisor.
• Adhere to policies and procedures assigned to work area.
• Assemble blades, handpieces and sub-assemblies for both the medical device and non-medical device product line following Work Instructions.
• Report defective materials or questionable conditions to the department supervisor and ensure documentation is completed in a timely manner.
• Maintain work area and equipment in a clean and orderly condition as per associated procedures.
• Follow prescribed safety regulations (i.e. Proper PPE).
• Complete Exsurco Quality System Training and ensure compliance to all manufacturing processes.
• Complete tasks as directed by manufacturing schedules with minimal supervision.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

• General Safety, including Hazard Communication, Lock-Out/Tag-Out Awareness, Emergency Preparedness/Evacuation.
• Electrostatic Discharge Awareness.
• Foreign Object Damage Awareness.
• Quality System Awareness.
• Maintain compliance to the Exsurco Quality Management System.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Light physical effort equal to frequent lifting or moving of lightweight materials.
• Ability to lift 50 lbs.
• Regularly required to sit or stand, bend and reach.
• Employees may be subject to random drug and alcohol testing per Exsurco policy.

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

• The use of Safety Glasses is required in designated areas.
• The use of Safety Toe Boots is required in designated areas.
• Other PPE required as needed per Exsurco SOPs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Work performed in a climate controlled shop environment or cleanroom.
• Exposed to any number of elements but with none present to the extent of being disagreeable.
• May work at different workstations as production needs require, or shifts from one station to another, during the assembly process.

• Will be required to perform other duties as requested, directed or assigned.

Skills/Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Must have a good command of the English language. Must be able to read, understand and interpret written and verbal instructions.
• Following established methods and procedures, must be able to perform, but not limited to the following operations necessary to equipment - cut and strip wire, use wrenches and tools associated with assembly processes, be diligent in all aspects of quality,
• Use and be familiar with assembly and measuring tools, interpret visual aids/diagrams and must be able to perform simple shop math.
• Understanding of and Adherence to cGMP, GDP and ISO 13485 standards.