Engineering Technician - Innovize

Job Description

Title: Engineering Technician

Department: Engineering

Reports To: Vice President of Development Engineering

FLSA Status: Exempt, Full-Time

Starting Salary: $58K+

Exempt + Potential 5% Annual Bonus

Benefits: Full time associates are eligible for benefits the first of the month following 30 days of service.

• • Medical Insurance
    • HDHP, HSA Plan - Employer Contribution of $1,040/yr.
    • High/Low PPO
    • FSA
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Employer Paid Basic Life Insurance
  • Supplemental Life Insurance
  • Employer Paid Short Term Disability
  • Long Term Disability
  • 401(k) 4% Employer Match
  • Paid Time Off (accrued hours, 120/yr.)
  • 9 Paid Holidays
  • EAP Program
  • Fitness Room

Summary: This position is responsible for providing technical support for the engineering team. These duties include assisting with fabricating quick-turn prototypes, setting up and running development and production jobs, troubleshooting, providing design input for new and existing products, assisting with IQ/OQ/PQ validation runs, and providing the VSM with proper technical documentation such as machine settings, press diagrams, videos, and process notes for successful project closing meetings. This associate must become proficient with safely operating numerous pieces of equipment including rotary converting presses, rotary printing presses, packaging machines, laser cutters, die cutters, sheeters, sonic welders, brake presses, printing equipment, labelers, tensile testers, power tools, inspection equipment, and robots.

Duties/Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Assist engineers with identifying safety improvement opportunities as well as assisting with writing and training associates on Job Hazard Analysis documents.
• Assist engineers with hands-on fabrication of quick-turn prototypes that meet the needs of customers.
• Responsible for reviewing and documenting the setup and performing the hands-on "pre-flight" for development runs and first production run.
• Provide engineering technical assistance to ensure that when new jobs are transferred to production, all necessary equipment, tooling, and processes have been properly developed, validated, and documented and production personnel have been trained to ensure consistent production of high quality product at or below the quoted cost.
• Manage the engineering prototype room to ensure that it is clean and organized, the equipment maintenance is up to date, and all materials/supplies are properly labeled and controlled.
• Comply with GMP, ISO13485 and FDA requirements.
• Understand and assist production associates with accurate print reading and interpretation.
• Complete other duties as assigned.

Accountabilities:

• Accountable for meeting company Safety goals
• Accountable for meeting New Tool Success goals
• Accountable for meeting new number of projects and projected revenue goals.
• Accountable for meeting the company On-Time Delivery goals
• Accountable for meeting the company Product Quality goals
• Accountable for meeting profit contribution dollars.
• Accountable for meeting Closing Meeting deliverables goals
• Accountable for meeting Work Habits verification goals
• Accountable for meeting Learning and Development goals

Training/Education/Experience:

• High School education or equivalent and 2 years of trade school in technical field or equivalent work experience.
• At least 7 years of hands-on rotary press experience
• Experience with operating manufacturing equipment similar in complexity to packaging machines, laser cutters, die cutters, sheeters, sonic welders, brake presses, printing equipment, labelers, tensile testers, power tools, inspection equipment, and robots.
• Experience with or ability to learn IQ/OQ/PQ validation activities, preferably for medical products
• Experience with or ability to learn regulatory requirements like ISO, GMP, FDA, CAPA and others
• Experience with or ability to learn Lean Six Sigma Manufacturing methodology
• Experience with problem solving complex rotary press issues
• Proficient PC skills, Microsoft

Competencies/Talents/Personal Attributes:

• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal with ability to consistently comply with documentation requirements.
• Demonstrates initiative and independence: Proactively seeks new opportunities and exhibits self-confidence, is action oriented and makes things happen, despite apparent roadblocks.
• Consistently demonstrates a positive professional demeanor and level-headedness, able to work through tight timelines, development challenges, and frequent change requests without losing composure, and able to work cooperatively and supportive with customers, sales, engineering, quality, and production.
• Demonstrates organization, planning, and follow-through: Plans, organizes, and schedules efficiently. Effectively manages multiple projects, establishes contingencies, delivers on promises, and completes the required documentation.
• Strong applied math skills with ability to calculate material consumption and machine settings.
• Demonstrates a commitment to comply with ISO13485 and FDA regulations.
• Ability to read blueprints and to understand geometric dimensioning and tolerances.
• Ability to work effectively on computers, to collect data, to create graphs, to create process flow diagrams, and to create press diagrams.
• Can speak, understand and write English.

Evidence of Success:(Must be limited to two statements and must focus on critical HISTORICAL work performance of potential applicants. For an applicant to be considered for the job, they must show "evidence of success" in their previous jobs of delivering the results that are stated here. If an applicant would be hired despite not being able to show a history of this performance, then that item should not be stated here. These should be the absolute top two items that are critical for the selected for hire applicant must be able to show previous work historical success with.)

• Able to identify examples of personal leadership and technical contributions during successful rotary converting development projects.
• Able to provide examples of "can do" positive attitude and successful outcomes for challenging projects with tight timelines.

Notes: This Job Description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job as of the document effective date. This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all required skills, duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with the positions described herein. The company reserves the right to revise or amend the qualifications, functions and duties of the jobs or to require that additional or different tasks be performed if business circumstances change. Employees are held accountable for performing the duties of their position, as evaluated by documented scorecards and performance management reviews based upon company specified metrics and goals documented in the scorecard for which the employee is made aware and maintains.

To view our Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Statement, Click Here.