Production Technician (No Experience Required - Training Provided)
Hanger, Inc. · South Bend, IN · 3 wk ago
ManagementFull-time
Could This Be For You?
No experience required! This exciting opportunity will give you the chance to work firsthand in fabricating a variety of orthotic devices. Working in a fast-paced production environment, Production Technicians, also known as Orthotic Technicians, utilize small hand tools to construct, maintain, or repair medical support devices, such as braces, artificial limbs, joints, arch supports, and other appliances. All training provided on site. Multiple full-time shifts available!
About the Role
The essential duties and responsibilities of this position include but are not limited to the following:
- Repairing, modifying, and maintaining medical support devices such as braces and surgical supports.
- Bending, forming, and shaping material so that it conforms to prescribed contours needed to fabricate structural components.
- Drilling and tapping holes for rivets, as well as gluing, welding, and bolting rivet parts together in order to form prosthetic or orthotic devices.
- Reading prescriptions or specifications to determine the type of product or device to be fabricated, and the materials and tools required.
- Constructing or receiving casts or impressions of patients’ torsos or limbs for use in cutting and fabricating patterns.
- Laying out and marking dimensions of parts, using templates and precision measuring instruments.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:
- A high school diploma, GED, or equivalent experience preferred.
- Ability to learn through on-the-job training.
- Knowledge of basic math, such as adding, subtracting, multiplying, and division.
Success Factors
- Basic math skills.
- Ability to read instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
- Effective interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
- Quality and time management skills.
- Dexterity of hands to perform manual labor as well as seeing/reading materials for accuracy.
- Hearing and speaking to exchange information with patients, other staff, and the public.
- Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time.
- Ability to lift approximately 25 pounds at least 75% of the time.
Pay
Competitive Compensation Packages
Schedule
Multiple full-time shifts available!