Technician II, Lab

Carl Zeiss Vision, Inc.; Saint Cloud (MN); On-site; USD 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & Vision coverage

Dental coverage

401k matching

Additional vesting percentage

Flex Spending Account

Employee Assistance Programs

MetLife plans

Vacation and sick pay

Job summary

Carl Zeiss Vision, Inc. in Minnesota seeks an intermediate Lab Technician II to perform routine production tasks in lens manufacturing with minimal supervision. You will handle receiving, inspecting, blocking and coating, and contribute to data entry and invoicing.

The role emphasizes quality, safety, and efficiency, with opportunities to cross-train across departments and troubleshoot equipment issues as needed. ZEISS offers comprehensive benefits and growth potential.

Qualifications

• Performs routine and semi-routine production duties with attention to quality and efficiency.
• Follows safety standards and reports safety concerns to leadership.
• Qualifies and inspects products to ensure CZV specifications.

Responsibilities

• Receiving lenses/frames, inspecting lenses, blocking, spotting, tinting.
• Lens coating, assembling jobs and packaging; data entry and invoicing.
• Troubleshooting instrument/machine failures and supporting cross training.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Quality awareness

Safety compliance

Documentation

Cross training

Education

HSD / GED equivalent

Tools

Inspection equipment

Job description

About Us

How many companies can say they’ve been in business for over 177 years?! Here at ZEISS, we certainly can! As the pioneers of science, ZEISS handles the everchanging environments in a fast-paced world, meeting it with cutting edge of technologies and continuous advancements. ZEISS believes that innovation and technology are the key to a sustainable future and solutions for global change. We have a diverse range of portfolios throughout the ZEISS family in segments like, Industrial Quality & Research, Medical Technology, Consumer Markets and Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology. We are a global company with over 42,000 employees and have over 4,000 in the US and Canada alone! Make a difference, come join the team!

What’s the role?

Lab Technician II is an intermediate level position. Under minimal supervision where operations and sequences are specified by written and verbal instructions and established practices, the Lab Technician II will perform routine and semi-routine production duties associated with the lens manufacturing processes.

This position will have a variety of tasks within the department with minimal supervision. Must have intermediate optical knowledge.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Receiving Lenses and / or Frames
• Inspecting lenses
• Blocking
• Spotting
• Taping and / or Foco
• Lens Coating
• Tinting
• Assembling Jobs
• Packaging & Shipping
• Entering Data
• Invoicing & Billing
• Equipment Troubleshooting
• Purchasing

Do you qualify?

• Performs routine and semi-routine production duties associated with various aspects of lens production paying close attention to quality, quantity and efficiency.
• Refer to the Job Matrix for further departmental specifics.
• Complies with all safety standards and reports any safety concerns to leadership.
• Qualifies and inspects product to ensure compliance with CZV specifications and standards.
• Maintains appropriate written and / or computer documentation.
• Maintains a clean and safe work environment.
• Generally assigned certain tasks within a specified department but has knowledge to perform majority of the tasks within a specified department.
• Employs troubleshooting techniques to determine cause of instrument / machine failure and implement repairs where necessary.
• Cross trains in other areas and departments.

HSD / GED Equivalent Experience

We have amazing benefits to support you as an employee at ZEISS!

• Medical (HSA, PPO, HRA, plus! Telemedicine) Vision, simply amazing coverage, $0 Single/Bifocal/Trifocal lenses! Plus, many additional discounts and savings.
• Dental (PPO and PPO Buy-up)
• 401k Matching! .67/1.00 up to 6%, vested immediately!
• Plus an additional 2% (on a 3 yr vest)
• Flex Spending Account
• Employee Assistance Programs: Emotional Well-being support, Financial, Legal Services, Identity theft protection and more!
• MetLife plans: Pet Insurance, Legal Assistance, Home/Auto discounts and more
• Vacation and sick pay
• The list goes on!

The hourly pay range for this position is $18.50 - $22.00. The pay offered for this role may be influenced by factors such as job location, scope of role, qualifications, education, experience, & complexity/specialization/scarcity of talent. This position is eligible for a Performance Bonus.

ZEISS also offers robust benefits, including medical plans, retirement savings plan and paid time off.

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team: Christina Choing Zeiss provides Equal Employment Opportunity without unlawful regard to an Applicants race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender, marital status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizen status, sexual orientation, pregnancy (includes childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical condition), genetic predisposition, carrier status, gender expression or identity, including transgender identity, or any other class or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law of the employee (or the people with whom the employee associates, including relatives and friends).

Step out of your comfort zone, excel and redefine the limits of what is possible.

That’s just what our employees are doing every single day – in order to set the pace through our innovations and enable outstanding achievements.

After all, behind every successful company are many great fascinating people.

In a spacious modern setting full of opportunities for further development, ZEISS employees work in a place where expert knowledge and team spirit reign supreme.

All of this is supported by a special ownership structure and the long-term goal of the Carl Zeiss Foundation: to bring science and society into the future together. Join us today. Inspire people tomorrow. Diversity is a part of ZEISS. We look forward to receiving your application regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, philosophy of life, disability, age sexual orientation or identity.