Production Lead (1st Shift)
Nordson MEDICAL Design and Development, Inc.

Collaboration drives Nordson's success as a market leader in Industrial Precision Solutions and Advanced Technology. Our employees thrive in an environment where we help each other reach our personal best and enable our company to continuously improve and grow, and our customers to succeed. You will find Nordson employees sharing our success by giving back in the communities around the world where we live and work.

Nordson MEDICAL designs, engineers and manufactures complex devices and components with applications in wound healing, surgical and minimally invasive, fluid management, pulmonology and interventional and structural heart. Our pioneering Advanced Polymers team was the first to manufacture and supply medical balloons to the medical device industry. Nordson MEDICAL works with doctors, start-ups and large medical companies around the world at any point in the product lifecycle, from concept to launch and beyond.

Job Summary

Position consists of monitoring Quality, Safety, Service, and Cost metrics of the work cell, ensuring that quality standards are met, Standard Work is followed, employee morale is strong, safety standards are adhered to, materials are available, and daily customer demands are achieved. Additionally, as a key team member, the Lead will have responsibility for leading product lines to successfully meet and exceed throughput goals and efficiency targets. Leads will support continuous improvement activities and lead basic problem-solving activities with Operators, Supervisors, Engineers, and Technicians. As needed, the Lead will perform a variety of repetitive and semi-repetitive, meticulous assembly operations where methods and sequence of assembly are provided from Manufacturing Processes and Standard Operating Procedures.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Successfully and consistently attained the knowledge, skills, and abilities associated with the Lead job description.
• Observe, maintain, and improve work cell standardized work and standardized WIP.
• Train and Coach operators to meet process requirements and standardized work.
• Demonstrate advanced organizational skills, able to communicate and drive towards output goals and organize builds in a manner to achieve goals and ensure adequate materials and personnel are available to meet expectations.
• Demonstrate professional communication skills through both verbal and written means. Provide clear direction to operators working on production line and communicate line output and challenges to technical team and Supervisor.
• Facilitate communication between operators and technical team to ensure issues impacting yield and efficiency are addressed promptly.
• Maintain responsibility for ensuring safety and environmental practices are followed in their assigned areas of responsibility - e.g. enforce GMP and GDP.

Education and Experience

• High School Diploma or GED from an accredited institution
• Previous Lead role in a medical device environment (i.e. Catheter, Implantable)
• Minimum 5 years' experience in a medical device environment
• Previous LEAN experience preferred
• Experience in a FDA or ISO regulated facility

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to demonstrate a record of excellent performance in meeting high standards of quality, quantity and dependability (attendance and punctuality).
• Ability to work well with others and ability to work well on teams
• Dexterity and Attention Detail
• Ability to sit frequently, stand, walk, and bend

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Travel Required

None

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Nordson Corporation provides equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees. No person is to be discriminated against in any aspect of the employment relationship due to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, citizenship status, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. All employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of our pre-employment drug screening and background/criminal check, consistent with applicable laws.

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