The patients we serve are at the heart of Edwards Lifesciences’ culture. We help our teams achieve this mission by building safe, clean, and innovative workspaces so our people can feel effective with their work. As part of our Facilities team, we’ll provide you with the resources needed to ensure you can keep our offices, plants, and facilities running smoothly so they may be a supportive and dynamic place to work. Your commitment to creating an effective and healthy working environment helps co-workers connect and feel engaged, allowing teams around the world to better contribute and focus their renewed energies on the patients we support.

How you'll make an impact:

Perform weekly preventive maintenance routines for equipment to avoid program down time
Check for failures in equipment and perform corrective actions to affected areas that have down time, including conducting and writing impact assessment reports of incidents
Execute experiments and tests (following protocols) to develop findings for the validation and improvement of equipment and manufacturing processes/methods based on engineering principles; analyze results, make recommendations, and develop reports for Engineering review
Review documentation and take appropriate actions to ensure that information is appropriately catalogued and follow through to validation and qualification of equipment, including transferring information to appropriate locations, e.g., ECRs, SOPs, drawings, and tooling, for Engineering approval
Identify potential improvement opportunities and propose solutions to optimize equipment, e.g., re-design/design of basic equipment, tools, fixtures, for Engineering review
Troubleshoot basic manufacturing equipment
May lead small projects related to new equipment validation, equipment investigations, testing, objective evidence of product dispositions and rework
Utilize manufacturing software (e.g., JDE, QMS,PLM) to update documentation in systems
Provide coaching and guidance to technicians
Other incidental duties

What you'll need (Required):

High School Diploma and Technical Degree and/or diploma in electro-technician, electromechanical, electrical and/or electronics.
1 year of experience in preventive and corrective maintenance for production equipment and equipment validation (Software validation and Installation Qualifications).
Basic knowledge in equipment installation and programming on PLCs (Siemens and AB) and AutoCAD.
Knowledge validation and improvement of automated equipment
Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and GDP (Good Documentation Practices).
Knowledge of reading schematics and blueprints for mechanical and electrical equipment.
Availability to work in Shift A (L-V 7:30am to 5:00pm)
Availability to work in La Lima, Cartago.

What else we look for (Preferred):

Good written and verbal communication, interpersonal, and relationship building skills.
Able to read, comprehend and write English to follow procedures, equipment manuals, complete internal forms, and follow up on internal communication.
Basic knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Windows Suite.
Moderate knowledge of electrical, electronic, pneumatic, and controls.
Must be able to work under limited supervision.

Techinician, Maintenance