Engineer - Manufacturing - Sutures-Ave Maria, FL

Title: Engineer I
- Manufacturing
- Sutures-Ave Maria, FL.

Arthrex, Inc. is a global medical device company and a leader in new product development and medical education in orthopedics. Arthrex is actively searching for an Engineer I to support manufacturing processes to produce cost- effective quality medical device products and systems. This position requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering. Join our talented team at a global medical device company focused on Helping Surgeons Treat Their Patients Better™.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• 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 set and tools to enhance quality and operational excellence.
• Lead/support process improvement initiative.
• Introduce new equipment, products, and processes. Present process and equipment recommendations to Leadership Team with equipment reviews and plans for implementation.
• Initiate new projects and be the Project Leader for key improvement initiatives, identifying best practices.
• Develop an understanding of the current manufacturing processes and identify targets for improvement in operation efficiencies.
• Develop manufacturing Work Instructions.
• Provide process support on manufacturing technical issues.
• Provide process and equipment expertise and support for daily clean-room sterile packaging efforts/and or production efforts.
• 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 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.
• Participate in defining Preventive Maintenance programs for clean room equipment/ and or production equipment associated with packaging or production activities.
• Investigates and test in time reliability and quality improvements
• Drives automation to replace the manual process as much as possible
• Ensure Information and documentation is consistently accurate
• Anayses and plans workforce utilization, space requirements, and workflow, and designs layout of equipment and workspace for maximum efficiency.
• Confers with vendors to determine product specifications and arrange for purchase of equipment, materials, or parts, and evaluates products according to specifications and quality standards.
• Estimates production times, staffing requirements, and related costs to provide information for management decisions.
• Applies statistical methods to estimate future manufacturing requirements and potential.
• Provide process and equipment expertise and support.
• Identify issues and risks to ensure cost effective new product development and introduction into manufacturing.

Education and Experience:

• Knowledge of suture assembly processes or techniques.

Knowledge and Skill Requirements/Specialized Courses and/or Training:

• Ability to work independently and effectively with cross functional teams.
• Basicu nderstanding of manufacturing processes.
• Detail oriented with strong analytical skills.
• Strong communication skills and ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical staff.
• Experienced user of MS Office…