At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

A career at Medtronic is like no other. We’re committed to and driven by our mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life for millions of people worldwide! You will be part of a dedicated, experienced, and high-performing team at the Medtronic in Danvers MA. At this facility, we design, develop, and manufacture components used in medical devices such as catheters and subcomponents for other Medtronic facilities. The Machine operator’s role is responsible for the day-to-day production of components used in our various medical devices. You will be a key member of a manufacturing team that is dedicated to safety, quality, continuous improvement and achieving production goals. At Medtronic, we recognize there is a patient at the end of every one of our products. Join us in our mission to save lives!

OVERVIEW

Provides support in manufacturing and/or production operations including assembly, machinery, processing and/or packaging. May set up and operate automatic or semiautomatic machines and related equipment in a continuous production/processing operation. Reports any malfunctions or abnormalities in machines, with higher levels recommending and/or making adjustments to methods and processes.

Machine Operator jobs require demonstrated technical competency through knowledge in both operating and maintaining equipment. Scope specific to molding, braiding, coiling/winding, and independent machine operation; extrusion operations out of scope.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES (Including but not limited to):

☐ Operates equipment, contributing to proper materials handling and keeping the production schedule.

☐   Established and productive individual contributor

☐   Works under moderate supervision; with general supervision and instructions given for routine work and detailed instructions for new activities

☐   Knows operating equipment and established operational procedures

☐   Works to deliver on day-to-day objectives with direct impact on achievement of production-related results for the job area, including moderate scheduling or customer satisfaction implications

☐   Work consists of tasks that are typically routine, with some deviation from standard practice possible

☐   Solves problems that are routine and typically exist in current production work processes and systems

☐   May be required to highlight areas of concerns / problems in own job area

☐   Communicates typically with internal contacts within and outside of immediate team

☐   Obtains and provides production-related information requiring some explanation or interpretation

☐   May provide guidance and assistance to new or entry level employees

☐ Active line trainer

☐   Requires full job knowledge of production-related systems and procedures obtained through prior work experience or education

☐   Typically requires minimum of 2 years of internal and/or external experience

☐   Basic Machine Operations Capability: Capable of machine setup and breakdown, ability to diagnose and replace common machine parts, performs in process inspections of their work

☐   Basic preventive maintenance capability for mechanical parts

☐   With supervision/coaching, able to change processes parameters to achieve desired output

Must be able to execute the following:

☐   Injection Molding Building

☐   Injection Molding Equipment/Tooling Cleaning

☐   Injection Molders Start Up

☐   Various Molding Lot Closing

☐   Injection Molder Start Up

☐   Injection Molding Lot Close

☐   Injection Molding PMs- if applies to area where allocated

☐   Injection Molding Set Up

☐   Various Molding equipment Set Up

☐   Cruiser – Molder(s) Lot Set Up

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

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