Engineering Technician - CAD Drafter, 1st Shift - Johnson City, TN

 

Dentsply Sirona is the world’s largest manufacturer of professional dental products and technologies, with a 130-year history of innovation and service to the dental industry and patients worldwide. Dentsply Sirona develops, manufactures, and markets a comprehensive solutions offering including dental and oral health products as well as other consumable medical devices under a strong portfolio of world class brands. Dentsply Sirona’s products provide innovative, high-quality and effective solutions to advance patient care and deliver better and safer dentistry. Dentsply Sirona’s global headquarters is located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company’s shares are listed in the United States on NASDAQ under the symbol XRAY.

 

Bringing out the best in people

 

As advanced as dentistry is today, we are dedicated to making it even better. Our people have a passion for innovation and are committed to applying it to improve dental care. We live and breathe high performance, working as one global team, bringing out the best in each other for the benefit of dental patients, and the professionals who serve them. If you want to grow and develop as a part of a team that is shaping an industry, then we’re looking for the best to join us.

 

Working at Dentsply Sirona you are able to:

 

Develop faster - with our commitment to the best professional development.

 

Perform better - as part of a high-performance, empowering culture.

 

Shape an industry - with a market leader that continues to drive innovation.

 

Make a difference -by helping improve oral health worldwide.  

 

 

Our Johnson City, TN Location is looking for someone to join their team as an Engineering Technician.  This is a 1st shift position scheduled to work Monday through Friday, 7:00 am to 3:00 pm.

 

We offer competitive wages and a full menu of benefits including health (3 options), dental (provided), vision, life (provided) + extra life, short-term and long-term disability (provided), 401k (retirement) with company matching, 10 holidays and paid time off.

 

SCOPE

This position develops drawings and specifications from sketches and ideas that clearly demonstrate inspection procedures, creation of product, floor plans, instruction illustrations and technical drawings.  Leads and participates in projects for process improvement, cost reduction and quality improvements.

 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Uses computer assisted design equipment and software to develop/change designs, prepare final drawings of proposed drawings, check the dimensions of parts and materials to be used, relation of one part to another, and relation of various parts to whole structure or projects.
• Assists in the development of prototypes, including verifying the results of prototype drawings and specifications.
• Prepares project timelines, works on cost reduction and process improvement projects.
• Develops necessary documentation, work instructions and visual aids for process improvement activities.
• Maintains the engineering document system to ensure that related documents are properly controlled and that generally accepted engineering practices are followed.
• Follows the company’s complaint handling process.
• Develops and trains employees as needed for new process implementation.
• Implements effective solutions to assigned CAPA’s and other manufacturing and/or distribution related opportunities.
• Works with external vendors to develop solutions to design or component/product non-conforming issues.
• Works closely with the manufacturing shop floor to identify improvement opportunities and resolve issues with equipment, tooling and processes.
• Conducts studies of time and motion to determine production capacities, product costing, and to develop solutions to improve labor productivity and safety.
• Provides guidance on design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize projects.
• Depending on the needs of the company, the employee may be entrusted with and asked to perform other tasks related to his/her competence.