We're wishing Richard a Happy 1st Anniversary with Bridgeview! We are so happy he has been with us for a year. It seems like this year has zoomed by but Richard has kept us entertained with stories of rock concerts and his love of anything Godzilla. Richard used to work in manufacturing in his youth and had very happy memories of working at a shop in Salt Lake City. As he got older, he went into management and worked for several corporations before deciding that he missed being out on the shop floor. He brings his manufacturing know-how to our company but also his management experience has helped give our leadership team invaluable advice.

​We are so grateful for you, Richard!

We have a variety of customers we serve and that's one of the things that makes Bridgeview such an interesting place to work. We have customers that are multi-billion dollar international corporations and we also have customers that are small companies made up of a handful of dedicated people, working hard to try to bring a life-changing product to market. All of our customers are important to us and we treat them all with the same interest and respect that helps to support them and their goals.

We recently partnered with a company that has a very similar employment philosophy to our own. They believe that one of the keys to success is treating their team members well and creating an environment where their team feels valued and heard. This kind of work environment creates a strong team with less turn over and more loyalty to the company. We believe in lifting up American manufacturing, especially the workers, and we love when we can find other companies that believe in our same mission.

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Below: Richard, Peter, Ashlee, and Seth all pitch in to get the work done. Without our team, Bridgeview would be nothing. We lift up our own team, just like we lift up the teams who work for the customers we serve.

It's always exciting to be able to add on to our team. We have such a strong team that we are very picky with who we hire. The right candidate has to be driven, open to learning, and fit in with our existing team. We're currently hiring for two positions: Inventory Specialist and Engineering Technician. 

The Inventory Specialist is responsible for a variety of tasks all oriented towards making sure the production assemblers have what they need to build products. This includes tasks such as wire and cable cutting, maintaining the loose bin inventory, organizing back room, and communicating with other teams within the company.

The Engineering Technician's responsibilities include the interpretation of customer documentation, manufacturer specifications, governing workmanship standards, assembly of new products and documenting the assembly process including any equipment and testing setups and any quality requirements, generally in the form of a work instruction document. This also includes a comprehensive understanding of production tasks such as soldering, crimping, connectorization, cutting and stripping wires, applying heat shrink tubing, reading, understanding and following documentation, verification of product quality and communication with other teams within the company.

Our Inventory Specialist position is 20 hours a week and would be great for a student. Our Engineering Technician position is a full-time position and does require at least one year of manufacturing experience.

If you would like to apply for either position, please send your resume to [email protected]. 

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Ashlee (left) is our current Inventory Specialist. We are seeking someone to work alongside Ashlee to make sure our Production Department has what they need to complete their builds. Collin (right) recently left Bridgeview to continue pursuing his mechanical engineering degree. Our new Engineering Specialist will take over Collin's duties of supporting our production team and helping customers.

For the past few weeks we've been discussing the various areas of wellness during our Monday meetings. This last Monday we discussed intellectual wellness. This is basically finding ways to use your brain to learn and stay curious about the world around you. 

We have always encouraged our team to bring in projects they may be working on at home so that they can work on them during breaks and after work. We've had people bring in RC planes, miniature working gas engines, video games, and even their project cars. We value learning and anything we can do to encourage a curious mind benefits us as well. We want to employ team members who want to know how things work, who want to learn new skills, and who are willing to ask questions. 

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​A team member brought in this mini-Lego build (left) and the team spent a few Friday afternoons after lunch building it together. Another team members brought in his guitar multi-effects processor (right) to work on.