Engineer Sr Molding Process

Overview

Requisition : 64042 |
Title: Engineer Sr. I - Molding Process |
Division: Arthrex Manufacturing Inc (US02) |
Location: Ave Maria, FL

Arthrex, Inc. is a global medical device company and a leader in new product development and medical education in orthopedics. This candidate would be responsible for supporting the Engineering Manager with all support for the life cycle development of Class I, II and III medical devices, including new product development and maintenance of released products. This includes design, develop, implement, and improve manufacturing processes to produce cost effective quality medical device products and systems.

Provide manufacturing engineering expertise to create, document and implement required procedures and documents. This position will be in our Ave Maria, FL location and would work in the Molding Process Engineering Department. Must have post-graduate work experience in a manufacturing environment. Join our talented team at a global medical device company focused on Helping Surgeons Treat Their Patients Better.

• Work with project teams to identify issues and risks. During new product development integrate with Engineers, Design Engineers, Quality Engineers and the Packaging Department/and or Production Department to ensure cost effective new product development and introduction into manufacturing.
• Develop a continuous improvement culture, skills sets and tools to enhance quality and operational excellence.
• Support process improvement initiatives.
• Introduce new equipment, products, and processes. Utilize industry standard project management tools and techniques.
• Present process and equipment recommendations to Leadership Team with regular and timely reviews that define team roles, responsibilities, and accountability to project plans for implementation.
• Initiate new projects and act as Project Leader for key improvement initiatives, identifying best practices.
• Develop an understanding of current manufacturing processes and identify targets for improvement in transactional and operational efficiencies.
• Develop manufacturing Work Instructions.
• Provide process support on manufacturing technical issues.
• Develop action plans to achieve short and long-range efficiency goals, selection of new production methods, designs of production fixtures, and methods to monitor efficiencies.
• Lead and/or assist with the implementation of packaging design and/or production specifications into manufacturing.
• Monitor timelines and project deliverables to ensure adherence with approved project plans for manufacturing process development.
• Develop protocols and coordinate validation of equipment and processes.
• Stay current with methods used in the medical device industry to advance technologies.
• Investigate and test for time reliability and quality improvements.
• Drive automation to reduce manual processes where possible.
• Ensure information and documentation is consistently accurate.
• Analyze and plan workforce utilization, space requirements, and workflow; design layout of equipment and workspace for maximum efficiency.
• Confers with vendors to determine product specifications and arrange for purchase of equipment, materials, or parts; evaluate products against specifications and quality standards.
• Estimate production times, staffing requirements, and related costs to inform management decisions.
• Apply statistical methods to estimate future manufacturing requirements and potential.
• Provide process and equipment support.
• Identify issues and risks to ensure cost effective new product development and introduction into manufacturing.
• May supervise other Engineering, Prototype or Programming personnel.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• 5 years of manufacturing process improvement experience required.
• Experience in leading process improvement projects.
• Medical device manufacturing environment preferred.
• Experience in workflow optimization, work measurement, efficiencies.
• Recognized process improvement training (Lean, Six Sigma) preferred.

• Ability to work independently and effectively with cross functional teams.
• Thorough…