Production Support Technician

Your opportunity

By joining the Kardium team, you can help make a difference in the lives of millions around the world. We have developed a ground-breaking medical device for the diagnosis and treatment of the most common heart rhythm disorder, atrial fibrillation – which can cause stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related complications.

Kardium's mission is to deliver the best treatment for atrial fibrillation. To achieve this, we have developed The Globe Pulsed Field System – we have a fantastic technical team that has developed a product with strong, unique, and customer-valued differentiators versus other solutions on the market. We have built connections with key opinion leaders who are already using the Globe System and are helping to tell our story.

We are now preparing for our upcoming commercial launch. This is an exciting and significant milestone in our journey to bring this ground-breaking technology to patients.

As a Production Support Technician, you will be reporting to the Operation Services Supervisor. Your responsibility is to maintain Kardium's cleanroom environment in accordance with all necessary requirements for manufacturing Kardium's Globe System product.

Please note: This is a full-time, on-site role based in Burnaby, BC.

Meaningful work you will be a part of

Your core responsibilities will include:

• Ensure that you adhere to all safety protocols and proper chemical handling
• Ensure that you adhere to established procedure, protocols and work instructions
• Ensure that you follow GDP (good documentation practice) and accurately record cleaning tasks on relevant documents
• Perform Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly and Annual cleaning in cleanroom and other controlled environment
• Use HEPA vacuums and other specialized equipment for cleaning and maintaining cleanroom environment
• Report any deviation or issues and escalate to your supervisor
• Monitor and maintain stock of cleaning materials and solutions
• IPA refill and disposal
• Cleanroom T-shirt laundry, folding and sorting
• Material transfer of cleaning supplies and solutions
• Glassware cleaning
• Any other tasks assigned

What you bring to the team

Our Kardium team is smart, creative, and passionate about creating cutting-edge medical devices to help improve people's lives. We work within a collaborative environment based on trust and respect. And we understand that only by working together can we solve the unsolvable.

You are suited to our approach and possess these attributes:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Experience in performing various cleaning activities in a highly regulated manufacturing environment is an asset
• Ability to follow detailed instructions and adherence to stringent cleaning standards
• Physically fit and able to wear a full-face respirator
• Able to lift 25 lbs., perform repetitive motion tasks and move around for extended periods while performing cleaning tasks
• Good communication skills, both oral and written
• Must be dependable, flexible and committed to quality and compliance
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team environment.

Compensation

Kardium has listed the total cash compensation range (base salary + 5% RRSP contribution) that we expect to pay applicants for this role, as of the time of this posting. Pay offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, and business or organizational needs. For candidates with experience than listed above, the pay range will be adjusted.

• $20 - $26 CAD per hour (including 5% RRSP)

Your Benefits & Well-being

Total cash – the total cash we've listed for this position includes a base salary, plus a contribution to a Registered Retirement Savings plans (RRSP) to help support your financial goals.

Comprehensive medical & dental coverage – for all permanent employees – effective as of Day 1, with no waiting period.

Work-day flexibility – additionally, we provide 3 personal days per year.

Support – for you (and your dependents) overall well-being.

Career progression and learning support.

Professional membership support.

Family building – we provide top up for both maternity leave & adoptive leave. Employees can also enroll in benefit coverage for fertility drug treatment.

Life at Kardium

What makes us a great place to work?

1. Our Purpose

2. Our People

3. Our Culture

At Kardium, we embrace diversity of background, experience, and perspective and we're committed to inclusion and equity at every level. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates who represent the full diversity of all communities.

We collaborate with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), as volunteer-led groups who share a common dimension of diversity and come together to provide support, education, and other opportunities across Kardium. Examples of our ERGs include Women ERG, Pride ERG, Race Ethnicity & Cultural Heritage (REACH) ERG, Truth & Reconciliation ERG, Persian Community ERG, Chinese ERG, Barangay Kardium (Filipino) ERG, Brazilian ERG and Irish ERG.

As part of your application, we encourage you to note if you require an accommodation for the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations). There will be an optional section in the application form where you can provide this information to the recruitment team.

And our employees think we are great too – check out Glassdoor to learn more