About the role
LGC is a leading, global life science tools company, providing mission-critical components and solutions into high-growth application areas across the human healthcare and applied market segments. Our high-quality product portfolio is comprised of mission-critical tools for genomic analysis and for quality assurance applications, which are typically embedded and recurring within our customers’ products and workflows and are valued for their performance, quality and range.
Our tools play a key role in customer workflows from discovery applications through to commercial manufacture and enable its customers to: bring new diagnostics and therapies to market; progress research and development; optimize food production; and continuously monitor and enhance the quality of food, the environment and consumer products.
LGC’s 175+ years of scientific heritage, combined with a track record of innovation and value-enhancing acquisitions, has enabled the company to build its product portfolio and expertise, and develop deep relationships with customers, industry partners and the global scientific community. Join us and help us achieve our mission of _Science for a Safer World_!
**Position Summary:**
The Production Technician II is responsible to independently construct and test automated laboratory equipment to LCG Biosearch Technologies specifications and customer expectations for function, quality, and reliability.
This position will work autonomously and within varying production, service, and engineering teams. The operational attributes of this role include instrument support in the areas of assembly, adhering to and creating labor standards, quality, testing, and creating process improvements.
The Production Technician II must embody the attitude and willingness to work effectively on teams with people from various backgrounds and cultures. This position requires an individual who can give and receive constructive feedback in the effort towards continuous learning.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily.
**Essential Functions:**
Production: Responsible for demonstrating all aspects of module assembly build processes, instrument set-up, power-up, testing, quality checks, validation, and meeting schedule expectations to company and customer specifications. This includes accurate application of tooling, various support equipment, and the ability to comprehend CAD electrical schematics and 3-D CAD mechanical drawings. A working knowledge of Microsoft Office is essential to collaborate with our Electronic E-Books.
Quality: Applies internal standards and quality fields across all assembly practices, including assisting in and crafting work instructions, job aids, and training directives, redlining drawings, and supporting a Kanban inventory system.
Project Support: In addition to developing production skills, this role provides varying levels of support to Engineering, Consumable Production, and Material Handling through post-design build efforts, testing, array and seal tape production, instrument shipment, and special projects as assigned. Effective communication with peers, co-workers, and customers is essential to build trust and respect, encouraging team unity and strong working relationships.
Continuous Improvement: Identifies valuable processes and composes improvements to increase efficiency, performance, and productivity. Effectively communicates instrument status to team managers and participates in resolution initiatives when required.
Customer Care: Accountable for guiding less experienced production staff in every facet of module assembly and offering in-house assistance to the service team.
Responds flexibly and collaborates to meet the business's needs internally and externally. Addresses important corporate initiatives when management requests.