• Worked in pilot manufacturing/manufacturing departments developing absorbable polymers for use in wound closure applications.• Set-up and operated polymer processing equipment to transform base polymer into absorbable medical devices such as sutures and various implantable meshes through the melt extrusion process.• Worked with the engineering department to write and execute validation documents including Installation Qualifications, Operational Qualifications, and Performance Qualifications.• Implemented 5s program for several areas of the plant to help improve general orderliness of the facility and to also help determine inventory and availability of key components.• Identified and procured necessary equipment and supplies for manufacturing and maintenance equipment.

• Assisted senior technician in assembling and servicing optical devices.• Acquired skill operating in a particle-free work environment.• Cleaned and inspected plates and frames while treating with silicone fluid to specific requirements.• Worked with alignment tools to get precise measurements for plate-to-frame contact.• Inspected frame contact using metro stands.• Assembled waterlines and transducers using blueprints.• Packed completed frames for shipment.• Developed and honed the desired manual dexterity skills required for optical equipment and its manufacturing process from test-to-shipment.

• Learned how to extrude both monofilament and multifilament fibers and blown film for use in medical wound closure applications.• Validated and set up workstations for annealing process of duet buttress to increase output 50%.• Worked on validation Instron tensile testing equipment, extrusion systems and annealing equipment.• Worked in several Lean Manufacturing events where Kanban (pull systems) were implemented to help facilitate the flow of in-process material within the manufacturing facility. • Active member of the safety committee. Covidien received recognition from OSHA for logging over 1 million hours of labor without a recordable incident.