Highlights
This role works to established takt time and quality expectations, performs minor product testing, accurately completes required documentation, and helps ensure products are assembled safely and according to established processes. Perform repetitive electromechanical production assembly processes using components such as PC boards, fabricated and machined metal parts, cable harnesses, and minor electronic or mechanical subassemblies.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Oklahoma City, OK |
| Industry | Medical Devices and Supplies |
| Company Size | 2,000 to 2,499 employees |
Description
Life Unlimited. At Smith+Nephew, we design and manufacture technology that takes the limits off living.
The Assembly Operator 1 performs electromechanical production assembly activities within a manufacturing environment. This role works to established takt time and quality expectations, performs minor product testing, accurately completes required documentation, and helps ensure products are assembled safely and according to established processes.
In this role, you will work independently and as part of a team across 1-3 product environments while identifying opportunities related to safety, quality, lean manufacturing, and process improvement.
What will you be doing?
- Perform repetitive electromechanical production assembly processes using components such as PC boards, fabricated and machined metal parts, cable harnesses, and minor electronic or mechanical subassemblies.
- Work to established takt time and quality expectations.
- Perform minor product testing as required.
- Accurately and legibly complete device history documentation required for compliance.
- Follow established assembly processes, company policies, safety requirements, and employee relations practices.
- Identify and communicate potential supplier defects or damage that may occur during the manufacturing process.
- Maintain established standards for the work area and tools, including 5S requirements.
- Work effectively within a team environment and communicate clearly with different levels of management.
- Provide feedback regarding lean opportunities, process improvements, possible quality concerns, and potential safety concerns.
- Complete special projects as assigned by management.
What will you need to be successful?
Education
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
Experience
- Previous experience in a manufacturing or production environment preferred.
- Medical device manufacturing experience is a plus.
Skills
- Basic computer skills and working knowledge of Microsoft applications, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Teams.
- Ability to work independently while contributing effectively within a team environment.
- Ability to follow established manufacturing, quality, safety, and documentation procedures.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to identify potential product defects or quality concerns.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to lift and handle materials weighing up to 35 lbs.
- Ability to perform job duties while standing for an entire shift, depending on the assigned role.
- Ability to perform job duties while sitting for an entire shift, depending on the assigned role.
You. Unlimited!
We believe in creating the greatest good for society. Our strongest investments are in our people and the patients we serve.
- Inclusion and Belonging- Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Inclusion and Belonging, Learn more about Employee Inclusion Groups on our website (https://www.smith-nephew.com/ ).
- Your Future: 401k Matching Program, 401k Plus Program, Discounted Stock Options, Tuition Reimbursement
- Work/Life Balance: Flexible Personal/Vacation Time Off, Paid Holidays, Flex Holidays, Paid Community Service Day
- Your Wellbeing: Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account (Employer Contribution of $500+ annually), Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave, Fertility and Adoption Assistance Program
- Training: Hands-On, Team-Customized, Mentorship
- Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs, traveland more!
Smith+Nephew provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.
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About Company
The Group has a history dating back 160 years to the family enterprise of Thomas James Smith who opened a small pharmacy in Hull, England in 1856. On his death in 1896, his nephew Horatio Nelson Smith took over the management of the business.
Thomas James Smith black and white photograph
Image: Thomas James Smith
A few days after the declaration of World War 1 in 1914, Horatio Nelson Smith (the nephew of the company founder T. J Smith) met with an envoy of the French President in London. The company was awarded a contract to supply £350,000 of surgical and field dressings, to be delivered in five months.
By the late 1990s, Smith & Nephew had expanded into being a diverse healthcare conglomerate with operations across the globe, including various medical devices, personal care products and traditional and pioneering woundcare treatments.
In 1998, Smith & Nephew announced a major restructuring to focus management attention and investment on three business units — wound management, endoscopy and orthopaedics — which offered high growth and margin opportunities.
Smith & Nephew was incorporated and listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1937 and in 1999 the Group was also listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
In 2001, Smith & Nephew became a constituent member of the FTSE-100 index in the UK. This means that Smith & Nephew is included in the top 100 companies traded on the London Stock Exchange measured in terms of market capitalisation.
Today, Smith & Nephew is a public limited company incorporated and headquartered in the UK and doing business in many countries around the world.