Job Description
As a Medical Assembly Team Member, you will play a vital role in creating innovative medical devices that improve lives.
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.
**Job Summary:**
We are seeking a Medical Assembly Team Member to join our team. As a Medical Assembly Team Member, you will be responsible for performing a variety of medical assembly and processing tasks as a production team member.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Assembles medical products on an assembly operation, performing a variety of tasks on a rotating basis.
- Rotates through the assembly line to ensure a variety of tasks are performed.
- Performs on-line and in-process visual inspection of products to ensure specifications per work order and procedure are followed.
- Assists Team Leader and Technicians with product and/or machine change-overs.
- Ensures product assembled meets quality standards.
- Rejects product outside of specifications.
- Adheres to safety standards.
- May operate a variety of testing equipment required for periodic product and process testing.
- Working overtime may be required for this position.
**Essential Physical/Environmental Demands:**
- Lifting - Not to exceed 50 lbs.
- Writing
- Sitting
- Standing
- Bending
- Visual acuity
- Color perception
- Depth perception
- Reading
- Field of vision/peripheral
- Fine motor skills
- Noise
- Chemical vapors
- Soldering fumes
**Minimum Qualifications:**
- Must be able to read, write and speak English.
- Demonstrates competencies and ability to rotate in a specific assembly line or work cell.
- Ability to perform a variety of assembly tasks requiring dexterity and fine motor skills.
- Ability to visually check work performed and identify whether a product has been assembled correctly.
- Ability to follow instructions in performing repetitive tasks.
- Attentiveness in performing tasks.
- Ability to work as a member of a team in assembling sterile medical products.
- Ability to meet line rate expectations.
**Preferred Qualifications:**
- Three months of experience, preferably in manufacturing.
- Three to six months of longevity in the same company.
- At the Corporate site, if the position is on a Spanish-language line, it is preferred that the individual be Spanish speaking or bilingual (English/Spanish).
**About Merit Medical:**
Merit Medical Galway commenced with 22 employees in 1993. Since then Merit has enjoyed year on year revenue growth and developed its workforce to over 900 employees. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, Merit maintains a diverse, multi-campus manufacturing footprint in Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Australia with a global distribution.
**Why Work at Merit Medical:**
We are a supportive and collaborative environment that makes Merit Medical a friendly, enjoyable place to work. We value every employee as an individual and are proud of our energetic and dynamic culture. Diversity & Inclusion is evident here with an 50/50 ratio of male and female employees as well as 30 nationalities onsite.