Transnational company Edwards Lifesciences, from the health sciences sector, plans to hire 370 employees to continue growing in the country.
There are vacancies in operational, technical and administrative positions. The positions available correspond to the areas of buildings, engineering, human resources, finance, technical training, supply chain and logistics, quality, purchasing, microbiology and chemistry. For the operative positions the requirements are to have approved the ninth year of school, having good motor skills and following instructions.
The hiring process will be conducted between 2018 and 2019. Edwards Lifesciences is in the final stage of construction of its new headquarters located in La Lima de Cartago, where heart valves will be manufactured.
Those interested in the available positions should send an email to the address reclutamientocr@edwards.com with their information and curriculum vitae or visit the site edwards.com/careers.
Thanks to companies such as Edwards Lifesciences, as of October 2018, exports related to the life sciences sector in Costa Rica represented 29% of exports of goods, worth of $2,7 billion. At the end of 2017, the entire sector generated employment for 22,400 Costa Ricans,”
said the general director of Cinde, Jorge Sequeira Picado.
Based in California, United States, the transnational produces heart valves that are placed in patients with heart deficiencies. In the country, the company carries out a process of sewing and pre-assembly of the pieces that are in turn exported to other locations to finish the assembly process and carry out the subsequent export of the product to medical centers around the world. The company has been in Costa Rica since 2016 and currently employs around 480 people.