Assembly Technician

Role Overview

No experience needed - training will be provided.

Are you a person who is good at working with your hands and love a challenge? We are looking for a few great candidates to join our manufacturing team. The successful candidate will have experience putting together projects from an existing patterns, schematics, or designs. Great hand/eye coordination and excellent visual acuity are a must! This job will require attention to detail. You must be comfortable working with your hands building small and precise assemblies.

Who are we looking for?
•    Good verbal and written communications in English
•    Ability to follow instructions (verbal and written)
•    Hard working, honest and reliable
•    Good attention to detail
•    Entry level computer skills
•    Ability to ask for help when unsure what to do
•    Eager to learn

If you have some or all these skills it would be an asset:
•    Build from pattern, drawing or plans
•    Assembly of small parts
•    Basic soldering skills
•    Familiarity with ESD preferred
•    Loading firmware (Arduino, Betaflight, iNAV or similar)
•    Black and white darkroom experience
•    Optical assembly

Why Kodak?
•    A great working environment within a strong manufacturing team
•    On the job training of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
•    3 weeks of paid vacation to start.
•    Extended health, dental and optical benefit
•    RRSP contribution
 

Responsibilites:

This position is responsible for the production of various optical, mechanical, and electronic assemblies and their overall production process.
•    Assembly, testing, assessing product quality and troubleshooting to support on-time production with high quality workmanship
•    Maintenance of equipment 
•    Prioritize production activities to maximize the team’s output in collaboration with the Team Leader
•    Escalate production issues to Team Leader  in a timely manner to minimize delays in production
•    Collaborate with Quality and Engineering team to identify and close quality/reliability concerns 
•    Testing completed optical systems: collecting data under controlled conditions, recording data from those tests, processing the film, assessing image quality 
•    Other important activities will include determining production methods and working with the Team Lead to eliminate production wastes 
•    Kodak is committed to caring for our environment. Other important activities will include determining production methods and working with the Team Lead to eliminate production wastes 
 

Requirements:
•    Minimum high school diploma or equivalent work experience
•    Experience in mechanical, optical, electrical assembly preferred or equivalent education 
•    Ability to follow/understand SOPs, provide feedback and suggest improvements to processes desirable
•    Appreciation of production systems including MRP, ECO's, non-conformance reports, and inventory transactions including cycle count to maintain inventory accuracy
•    Solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
•    Attention to detail and meticulous work habits
•    Comfortable working on very small complex assemblies 
•    Positive working attitude
•    Ability to work independently with little supervision
•    Ability to multi-task and prioritize
•    Ability to lift a 17kg weight without assistance multiple times per day.
•    Strong communication skills
•    Experience in traditional still or movie photography and darkroom skills would be an asset