Equipment Maintenance Technician; Onsite

Posted Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 11:00 a.m.

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 minimally invasive diagnosis and treatment of the most common heart rhythm disorder, atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation can cause stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related complications.

Kardium has a fantastic technical team that has developed a product with strong, unique and customer-valued differentiators versus other solutions on the market:
The Globe Pulsed Field System. We have built connections with key opinion leaders who are already using the Globe System and are helping to tell our story.

Kardium has a unique opportunity for an experienced Equipment Technician. As a member of the Manufacturing team, the Equipment Technician will be responsible for managing the assembly, repair and calibration manufacturing equipment used in the production of the Globe Catheter for treatment of atrial fibrillation.

Please note, this opportunity is an onsite work arrangement, located in Burnaby, BC.

Meaningful work you will be a part of

Your responsibilities will include:

• Generate equipment maintenance schedules to maximize equipment utilization
• Perform equipment maintenance tasks (mechanical and electrical)
• Act as first level escalation for equipment failures
• Manage schedules and documentation for calibration work completed by external 3rd party vendors
• Manage logistics for sending equipment to 3 rd parties for calibration and repair
• Execute Installation Qualification (IQs) test plans for new and revised equipment
• Assist with the implementation and documentation of new equipment and changes to existing equipment
• Assist with changes to manufacturing infrastructure
• Assist with the management of spare parts inventories
• Perform cleanroom monitoring and maintenance activities including HVAC systems

What you bring to the team

Our Kardium team is smart, creative, and passionate about developing cutting-edge medical devices to help improve people’s lives. We work in a collaborative environment based on trust and respect. We understand that only by working together can we solve what was thought unsolvable.

You are suited to our approach and possess these attributes:

• Technical diploma, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in equipment maintenance or servicing
• Experience in a highly regulated manufacturing environment such as ISO
  13485 or AS9100 preferred
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities with a high degree of accuracy and timeliness
• Experience working in a cleanroom environment is desirable
• Experience writing technical procedures and reports
• Strong diagnostic and critical thinking skills
• Effective written and verbal communication and technical documentation skills
• Flexible and able to take on additional responsibilities as appropriate

Compensation

Kardium has listed the total cash compensation range 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 more or less experience than listed above, the pay range will be adjusted.

• $60,000 – 80,000 (CAD Annually)

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

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