Engineering Assistant

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Why Merit?

At Merit Medical, our mission is to create innovative medical devices that improve lives. Our goal is to hire and develop people who want to build something special through hard work, team effort, and commitment. Together, we are making a difference in the lives of patients around the world.

PURPOSE OF JOB

• Assures product quality requirements are fulfilled in accordance with the Plant’s quality system and in compliance with corporate policies, customer, regulatory and statutory requirements.
• Maintain / manage calibration and preventive maintenance systems.
• Provide support for testing, data collection and tabulation for evaluations and validation activities
• Contributes to opportunities for continual improvement and to support QE Section initiatives in respective function so as to achieve departmental goals in alignment to Plant’s vision, objectives and shared values.
• Work with cross functional teams/departments to ensure product quality and quality system requirements are fulfilled including effectiveness review of system for continual improvement.
• Work with section and/or cross functional teams in achieving QE section initiatives in respective function so as to support departmental goals in alignment to Plant’s vision, objectives and shared values.

JOB FUNCTION

• Perform and coordinate calibration functions for the site.
• Prepare and issue periodic calibration and preventive maintenance schedules to equipment and user.
• Liaise with equipment and users and calibration vendors for calibration schedule. Ensure that equipment is calibration as per schedule.
• Verify, review and approve calibration reports.
• Administer and maintain equipment located at Test/Metrology Laboratory.
• Maintain database for calibration and preventive maintenance.
• Manage calibration NCRs by ensuring timely and proper closure.
• Maintain calibration and preventive maintenance records.
• Ensure compliance of the Test/Metrology Laboratory to required regulatory standards.
• Identify cost saving opportunities in calibration activities and drive the implementation.
• Control budget expenditures for external calibration.
• Provide support for testing, data collection and tabulation for evaluation and validation activities.
• Provide support in the preparation for external audit by regulatory authority, or any other third part.
• Maintain a safe and healthy work environment by complying with all related safety regulations and environmental policy in the company.
• Manage individual performance objectives effectively to ensure the department and plant objective are met.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the immediate superior.

SUMMARY OF MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Education equivalent to a High School Diploma with three years work related experience, or an Associate's Degree with one year experience.
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated computer skills preferably spreadsheets, word processing, database and other applicable software programs
• Ability to work well as a team member.
• Knowledge of various tooling and testing equipment.

COMPETENCIES

• Test conduction
• Test specimen preparation/equipment adjustment and operation/test data recording and analyzing
• Engineering data extraction/processing/presentation
• Project team participation

To see more on our culture, go to www.merit.com/careers.