Surfacing Lab Technician II (P)_MFG

Versant Health•Newtown Square, PA

22h•Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of this position is to fine, polish, manually apply a lens block to the lens front and apply lens coating according to work instructions. Be part of an innovative company that cares about its associates and helps members enjoy the wonders of sight through healthy eyes and vision. Versant Health provides vision care to 37 million members nationwide! To ensure your continued success we provide opportunities for advancement and development. Our associates remain engaged through a comprehensive compensation and benefits package.

Requirements

Must be able to read English to understand written procedures, hazardous warning, etc.
Basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Ability to think logically in following procedures and instructions.
General problem solving abilities.
Ability to work varying schedules to include nights, weekends, holidays and overtime.
Associate is required to stand, use hands and fingers to handle, feel, pick or pinch, and talk or hear most of the time.
Associate is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.
Associate must frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
All Associates must comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as it pertains to disclosures of protected health information (PHI) as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and HIPAA Privacy Policies and Procedures.
Associates may have access to covered information, cardholder data or other confidential customer information which must be protected at all times.
Associates must explicitly adhere to all data security guidelines established within the Company’s Privacy & Security Training Program.

Nice To Haves

High Diploma or GED preferred.
Minimum 1 year of related manufacturing experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Powers up equipment and performs equipment validation process.
Operates multiple fining and polishing machines simultaneously.
Fines lens for predetermined amount of time according to lens material.
Verifies the polish temperature.
Loads the blocks in the blocking stations and ensures the blocks are flush with the plate.
Releases alloy onto lens, monitor process, block and place both blocked lenses back into appropriate tray for further processing.
Loads two lenses at a time into machine to complete automatic cleaning for coating process.
Removes lenses from machine and dry front of lens. Review for imperfections and places lenses in the tray.
Monitors auto-blocker and troubleshoot machine errors.
Picks up alloy, blocks and work from polishing stations as needed.
Initials the surface equipment verification log to confirm machine validation.
May rotate among other functions within the department.
Practice and comply with all requirements of our Quality Management System (QMS), prescribed safety and hazardous materials handling procedures, and Federal/State laws regulating hazardous and non-hazardous waste disposal.