San Jose, California
Springdale, Arkansas
Posted: 01-Feb-23
Location: Jaffrey, New Hampshire
Type: Full Time
Years of Experience:
Internal Number: 7397
About Teleflex Incorporated
Teleflex is a global provider of clinically effective medical technologies designed to improve the health and quality of people’s lives. We apply purpose driven innovation – a relentless pursuit of identifying unmet clinical needs – to benefit patients and healthcare providers. Our portfolio is diverse, with solutions in the fields of vascular and interventional access, interventional cardiology, surgical, anesthesia, cardiac care, interventional urology, urology, emergency medicine and respiratory care. Teleflex employees worldwide are united in the understanding that what we do every day makes a difference. For more information, please visit teleflex.com.
OEM – Teleflex Medical OEM is a leading global provider of product development and production services for medical device manufacturers. We set ourselves apart with deep expertise, decades of experience, a dedication to design for manufacturability, and extensive, in-house capabilities, which include engineering, regulatory services, material selection and formulation, prototyping, manufacturing, assembly and packaging. We deliver industry-changing innovations and next-generation solutions for extrusions; diagnostic and interventional catheters; balloons and balloon catheters; sheath/dilator sets; specialty sutures, braids and fibers; and bioabsorbable sutures, yarns and resins. Join a dynamic, growing team that offers healthcare providers an array of medical technology solutions that make a difference in patients’ lives.
Position Summary
Results-driven professional dedicated to constant learning and training. Spends time assisting operators on the path to excellent yields removing obstacles and suggesting 7 Step & 5S opportunities. Must have excellent equipment acumen, with the ability to be creative and troubleshoot when necessary. Technical aptitude, people-centric, and ability to help lead the melt extrusion division to excellence.
Principal Responsibilities
• Oversees extrusion and compounding operations and gets actively involved in process troubleshooting.
• Undertakes yield improvement projects in the melt tube extrusion area
• Modifies and, if necessary, designs extruder tooling to meet the performance objective
• Is responsible for communicating the good and the concerns to all levels of the department Leadership (i.e., engineers, managers, supervisors, etc.)
• Provides technical inputs in management discussions relating to new segment/market undertakings
• Trains team members on machine operations, processes, and procedures (SOPs)
• May be asked to conduct quality checks, assist in root-cause analysis, problem-solving and reporting issues to the manager and supervisor, and assist in the implementation of corrective action
• Acts as liaison between production operations and Lead/Supervisor and maintains communication between shift operations
• Must be able to work flexible hours and overtime
• Must be able to adapt to change in a fast-paced environment
Education / Experience Requirements
• 5+ years of extrusion experience required
• High school education or equivalent required, college experience is a plus but not required
• Medical Devices experience preferred
Specialized Skills / Other Requirements
• Ability to work hands-on with various single and twin-screw extruders
• Strong written, verbal, and analytical experience required
• Knowledge in Microsoft Office; Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Work independently and in a team environment
• Ability to prioritize
• Time management
• High attention to detail
• Ability to multi-task
• Ability to work with a variety of people