Production Technician (Onsite)

Your opportunity

By joining the Kardium team, you can help make a difference in the lives of millions around the world. Kardium is developing a ground-breaking medical device for diagnosis and treatment of atrial fibrillation, a heart condition that can cause strokes, heart failure, and other heart-related complications.

We are searching for an innovative Manufacturing Technician to join our team and ensure quality products are delivered on time. Recruitment is ongoing as there are multiple positions.

Please note, this opportunity is an onsite work arrangement, located in Burnaby, BC.

Meaningful work you will be a part of

The Manufacturing Technician's responsibilities will include keeping the production area clean, working the production line as instructed, writing up reports, and strictly following health and safety guidelines.

To be a successful Manufacturing Technician, you should display great attention to detail and a sound understanding of what makes a good product. You should be able to work on the production line with consistent speed and accuracy. An outstanding Manufacturing Technician should be able to maintain production standards and work towards improving productivity – without compromising quality.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Following health and safety standards
• Maintaining a clean workstation and production floor
• Assembling products and parts by following work instructions and specifications
• Finalizing and packaging products for shipment
• Operating and maintaining machinery and production line equipment
• Monitoring the assembly line and removing faulty products
• Working on the production line and meeting production targets
• Reporting any issues to the supervisors and/or production manager on duty
• Performing other tasks as assigned

What you bring to the team

Our Kardium team is smart, creative, and passionate about developing cutting-edge medical devices to help improve people’s lives. We work in a collaborative environment based on trust and respect. We understand that only by working together can we solve what was thought unsolvable.

You are suited to our approach and possess these attributes:

• High school diploma and available for shift work
• Chemical Background/ knowledge required 
• Previous experience working in manufacturing environment is beneficial
• Prior exposure to Good Manufacturing Practices and working in a cleanroom would be helpful
• Excellent hand-eye coordination especially when working with a microscope
• Able to work with minimal supervision in a multi-disciplinary team environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication and technical documentation skills
• Strong interpersonal skills, including maturity, teamwork, respect, courtesy, tact, and discretion
• Ability to deal with changing priorities and requirements
• A strong drive to succeed with a track record of being highly productive

Compensation

Kardium has listed the total cash compensation range that we expect to pay applicants for this role, as of the time of this posting. Pay offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, and business or organizational needs. For candidates with more or less experience than listed above, the pay range will be adjusted.

• $20 - $25 CAD hourly (including 5% RRSP)

Your Benefits & Well-being

Total cash – the total cash we’ve listed for this position includes a base salary, plus a contribution to a Registered Retirement Savings plans (RRSP) to help support your financial goals.

Comprehensive medical & dental coverage – for all permanent employees – effective as of Day 1, with no waiting period.

Work-day flexibility – additionally, we provide 3 personal days per year.

Support – for you (and your dependents) overall well-being.

Career progression and learning support.

Professional membership support.

 Family building – we provide top up for both maternity leave & adoptive leave. Employees can also enroll in benefit coverage for fertility drug treatment.

Life at Kardium

What makes us a great place to work?

1. Our Purpose
2. Our People
3. Our Culture

At Kardium, we embrace diversity of background, experience, and perspective and we’re committed to inclusion and equity at every level. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates who represent the full diversity of all communities.

We collaborate with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), as volunteer-led groups who share a common dimension of diversity and come together to provide support, education, and other opportunities across Kardium. Examples of our ERGs include Women ERG, Pride ERG, Race Ethnicity & Cultural Heritage (REACH) ERG, Truth & Reconciliation ERG, Persian Community ERG, Chinese ERG, Barangay Kardium (Filipino) ERG, Brazilian ERG and Irish ERG.

As part of your application, we encourage you to note if you require an accommodation for the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations). There will be an optional section in the application form where you can provide this information to the recruitment team.