Job Description Summary

The Production Associate may have responsibilities including manufacturing, assembly, cleaning, and packaging of products. This is a team-based production environment where one operator passes work to the next operator in the queue.

At our State College site, teams design, manufacture, and service diagnostic medical ultrasound transducers (probes) used across a wide range of clinical applications including surgery, urology, cardiology, and radiology. As a high-mix, low-volume, regulated manufacturing environment, the site combines advanced engineering, precision manufacturing, and lifecycle support to deliver critical imaging technology that enables clinicians to make real-time decisions in patient care.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Follow safety standards. Identify near misses and unsafe conditions, and act and report to immediate mentor, team leader or supervisor.

• Follow work instructions for specific operations to ensure production according to quality standards. Flag process problems to the team leader, and take ownership of quality performance without reliance on the firewall.

• Organize work to achieve individual objectives while demonstrating commitment to meeting team objectives.

• Demonstrate the importance of meeting costs, time and quality requirements of the job by always striving to achieve them.

• Follow work instructions for specific operations in order to ensure production according to schedules.

• Meet the skill requirements for specific operations as per company standards.

• Identify any potential job delays that will cause deviation to the standard process, and act and report to immediate mentor, team leader or supervisor.

• Maintain a tidy area, put tools in their proper place, keep working areas free from hazards.

• Seek to understand received job information, and make improvements. Help meet requirements of standard cycle time and man hours. Conduct daily 5S inspections as required. Support Kaizen workshops and continuous improvement activities as required. Provide feedback to team leader or supervisor on information on lessons learnt, and provide, support implementation of improvement ideas in the allocated area of work.

• Perform time registration accordingly to guidelines, clock on and off at correct times, and respect working hours. Communicate task completion according to guidelines.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

• General office/manufacturing environment.

• Potential exposure to hazards associated with manufacturing equipment and tools.

Job Requirements

• High School diploma or GED/equivalent.

• Basic computer proficiency. Capability to use a computer and enter accurate data. Microsoft Office experience.

• Must be able to sit or stand at a workstation for extended periods of time and complete tasks using a microscope.

• The ability to follow both verbal and written instructions along with strong communication skills.

• Being flexible to changing needs of the business and department and will work overtime as needed.

• Good manual dexterity.

• Highly organized, self-managed individual who works independently with minimum supervision and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

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Additional Information

While GE HealthCare does not currently require U.S. employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, some GE HealthCare customers have vaccination mandates that may apply to certain GE HealthCare employees.