Extrusion Technician II (Defined Term)

Description
Please note, this is a defined term position ending in March of 2013. Defined term employees are eligible for most benefits including healthcare, paid vacation, holidays and 401K.
Set-up and operate plastic extrusion equipment to manufacture miniature, precision medical tubing to established quality standards in order to meet departmental production demands.
Key Responsibilities
- Sets-up all equipment modules required for manufacturing.
- Gathers proper tooling and assembles to the appropriate machine for manufacturing.
- Ensures proper resins are available, prepared and staged properly.
- Performs start-up and operations on the extrusion equipment according to approved parameters.
- Adjusts processing parameters as allowed within the approved range(s) in order to maintain approved specification of the prod.
- Analyzes machine output and determines appropriate changes to tooling sizes to meet desired results/specifications.
- Inspects product according to current methods and standards using approved equipment.
- Collects and packages product according to approved standards and delivers to the next station.
- Completes and submits all required paperwork or electronic data entry.
- Purges, shuts down, cleans equipment according to approved methods and removes tooling in preparation for the next work order.
- Assists with engineering projects, as needed.
- Utilizes equipment for tasks such as computer controlled processes.
- Identifies and provides recommendations for improvements.
- Identifies machine issues of low to medium complexity, troubleshoots and escalates to appropriate individuals.
- May mentor other technicians.
- Uses computer applications such as MS Office and PDM.
Quality System Requirements
In all actions, demonstrates a primary commitment to patient safety and product quality by maintaining compliance to the Quality Policy and all other documented quality processes and procedures.
For those individuals that supervise others, the following statements are applicable:

- Assures that appropriate resources (personnel, tools, etc.) are maintained in order to assure Quality System compliance and adherence to the BSC Quality Policy.
- Establishes and promotes a work environment that supports the Quality Policy and Quality System.Position Qualifications:

- High school diploma or equivalent required. Four years minimum experience recommended in a plastic extrusion environment (preferred:
medical device tubing experience).
- Demonstrated organizational and teamwork skills.
- Good manual dexterity and solid mechanical aptitude are required.
- Basic math and computer skills required.
- Solid written, verbal and technical communication skills.
- Knowledge of conceptual basics, extrusion processes and automated feedback loops.
- Requires minimal supervision.