Electronics Manufacturing Tech / Assembly Tech – AML Oceanographic

Title of the Job: Electronics Manufacturing Tech / Assembly Tech

Location: Victoria, BC

Job Description: Do you love to compete? Are you hungry for achievement? Are you an ‘A’ player? Do you want to work with other ‘A’ players? For a company where culture is nurtured and managed as a critical source of advantage? Where every employee knows and cares about direction and strategy?AML Oceanographic has clocked average annual growth of more than 20% over the past 8 years. How? Most importantly, we’ve built a team that provides outstanding service and truly cares about our customers. AML has a market reputation for two things:

• Going to the ends of the earth to make our customers successful, and
• Bringing fresh ideas to an established market

We manufacture ocean sensing solutions – sensors, instrumentation, and deployment systems – for business and government customers on all seven continents. As a hi-tech business, our technical team includes experts and engineers with experience in the acoustic, mechanical, electrical, software, and embedded software domains. We operate from locations at either end of Canada: Halifax (Dartmouth) on the Atlantic Coast, and Victoria on the Pacific Coast.At AML, we do things a bit differently. Think daily huddles. Think Rockefeller Habits, Scaling Up, and the One Page Plan. Think town hall meetings with on-the-fly question & answer sessions. If you are familiar with these concepts – or they interest you – then you might be a fit for AML.Production is the engine of a tech manufacturer like AML. The ability to consistently produce high quality products and change direction to meet the needs of customers propels us towards success. Our Production team is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our cohesive and flexible team. This is an opportunity to join a core group in a high-growth company.Mission of this role is: Driving to be better.Functional Accountabilities:

• Quality Driven – Constantly strive to improve quality, and ensure production records are accurate. Achieve 90% build yields or better.
• Build Efficiency – Improve throughput without compromising on quality. Complete all jobs for the week more than 95% of the time; identify any schedule issues in advance.
• Team Performance – Proactively provide assistance to team members to achieve the weekly department goals.
• Culture & Change – Promotes AML’s culture and supports team members. Embraces change with excitement and passion.
• Safety Ownership – Highly aware of health and safety hazards. Proactively identify health and safety concerns and assist with resolution. Hold yourself and others accountable for adhering to safe work practices.
• Process Improvement – Identifies and helps implement at least two opportunities for improvement each quarter.
• Cross Training – Learn at least one new product/process per quarter or train another team member on at least one new product/process.

Competencies & Strengths:

• Meticulous & Detail Oriented – High level of manual dexterity with an aptitude for meticulous, detail oriented assembly. Getting it right the first time with minimal re-work.
• Electrical & Mechanical Expertise – A gift for assembly of prefabricated parts. Can effectively use a computer, assembly tools, and has strong soldering skills.
• Troubleshooting Skills – Can troubleshoot electrical and mechanical problems. Ability to distinguish symptoms from root cause.
• Aptitude for Process Improvement – Ability to think in terms of process. Can visualize steps and sequencing. Is able to distinguish what adds value.
• Communication Skills – Can communicate effectively in a clear, concise, and professional manner; both written and verbal. Responsive to the needs of internal and external customers.
• Product Knowledge – Able to learn about product functionality and various device measurement theories.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Build sub-assemblies, instruments, and sensors
• Minimize out-of-box failures, strive for very high levels of quality
• Contribute to improving build yields and other improvement opportunities
• Maintain accurate documentation
• Communicate SOP discrepancies to Operations Engineering
• Assist team members with training and troubleshooting
• Other duties as required

Company Name: AML Oceanographic

Salary: $48000 – 54000 per year

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