Technician II

Job Description

Job Title: Technician II
Location: Danvers, Massachusetts
Careers that Change Lives
Medtronic’s Danvers, MA location is looking for a Technician II whose primary responsibility will be providing daily support of high-volume extrusion production lines and related ancillary equipment with specific regard to product quality, machine maintenance, product cost, process improvements, safety and customer feedback of automated and manual assembly processes and equipment.
This position performs a variety of routine and non-routine tasks involving mechanical, electrical, chemical, electronic and optical subject matter. It will require extrusion production line support, troubleshooting and root cause analysis pertaining to machine outages or equipment performance issues, maintaining and ordering spares, as well as participating in cross-functional teams to accomplish project specific goals.
The work schedule is 6:00am-2:30pm (1st shift) Monday through Friday. Overtime and weekend support coverage may be required and will follow Medtronic’s non-exempt on-call policy. Holiday work may also be required to perform critical activities when production is shut down.
A Day in the Life:
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Maintains, troubleshoots, diagnoses, adjusts, tests and calibrates equipment, components, devices or systems on extrusion lines and other support areas.
• Performs a variety of duties in the electronic, mechanical, electromechanical and/or optical areas.
• Works from schematics, engineering drawings and written or verbal instructions.
• Collaborates with team leads and supervisors.
• Works with Engineers to complete engineering runs for equipment and product qualifications.
• Orders tooling/spares for extrusion and ancillary equipment.
• Understands and supports extrusion process troubleshooting.
• Operates related equipment; conducts tests and reports data in prescribed format.

Must Have – Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in a manufacturing/R&D work environment and may require vocational or technical education or certification in addition to prior work experience.
• High School Diploma is required.

Nice to Have:

• Associate degree in a technical program or other technical training/certification
• Knowledge of Plastics Processing and Plastics machinery maintenance
• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing environment (preferably medical manufacturing)
• Able to define Preventative Maintenance procedures and review/maintain spare parts for equipment
• Contact outside vendors for purchasing of materials, components, fixturing, and outside services
• Proficient with Windows applications: Word, PowerPoint, Excel
• Solid technical aptitude and familiarity with tooling and fixtures
• Trained/certified in Lean and/or Six Sigma
• Change management and technical documentation experience
• Strong electromechanical & pneumatic equipment troubleshooting skills
• Self-starter and able to work with minimal supervision
• Able to work in a cross functional team of technicians, operators, team leads, group leads, supervisors and managers.
• Strong communication, project management and leadership skills
• Ability to prioritize and execute on daily task and long-term objectives as demonstrated by self-prioritizing and managing the majority of work requests
• Mechanical and electrical print reading skills for use in diagnosing and correcting equipment/tooling issues
• General metrology skills (e.g., experience with machinist microscopes, calipers, ROI, weight scales, fluke meter,)
• Aptitude for quickly learning and assimilating a broad array of information
• Experience with processes such as automation, laser welding, RSW, assembly, and inspection
• Experience working in FDA & ISO 13485 regulated industry
• Ability to work overtime as required

About Medtronic
Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.
We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.

Physical Job Requirements
The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. (ADA-United States of America)