Operations Engineer

Location: Onsite in Alachua, FL

Salary range: $80,000 to $90,000 annually

Annual Bonus eligibility: $8,000

Relocation Bonus Offered

RTI Surgical is now Evergen! This rebranding reflects our strategic evolution as a leading CDMO in regenerative medicine and comes at the end of a significant year for the business, including the successful acquisitions of Cook Biotech in IN. and Collagen Solutions, MN. Our new brand identity emphasizes our unique positioning as the only CDMO offering a comprehensive portfolio of allograft and xenograft biomaterials at scale.

Evergen is a global industry‑leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) in regenerative medicine. As the only regenerative medicine company that offers a differentiated portfolio of allograft and xenograft biomaterials at scale, Evergen is headquartered in Alachua, FL, and has manufacturing facilities in West Lafayette, IN., Eden Prairie and Glencoe, MN., Neunkirchen, DE., Glasgow, UK., and Marton, NZ.

Read more about this change and Evergen’s commitment to advancing regenerative medicine here:

• Validating equipment, understanding the interface and reactions of critical processes, and installing/validating control systems; provides manufacturing engineering support and recommendations for direct projects in assigned areas.
• Defines and implements specific solutions to technical problems, completing the tasks associated with such projects and writing reports that clearly document the results.
• Writes and executes validation protocols and summary reports.
• Leads the development and improvement of the manufacturing process for existing and new products.
• Develops inspection plans for new and existing materials.
• Facilitates and drives quality remediation through partnerships with quality engineers.
• Supports or leads initiation, investigation, and closure of non‑conformances and corrective and action preventative actions (CAPA).
• Supports or leads projects to incorporate capital equipment for new manufacturing lines and upgrades to existing lines.
• Works cross‑functionally with teams for projects and initiatives including lean manufacturing, cost savings, added capacity, and new product launches.
• Operates within the company’s quality system to produce documentation for standard operating procedures.
• Leads continuous improvement efforts by performing time studies, value stream analysis, flow analysis and other lean related tasks.
• Makes recommendations and implements changes in support of the whole operations team to achieve team goals in quality, cost, delivery, and safety.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.

• 4-6 years engineering experience in designing, modifying, and implementing processes and equipment.

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• Microsoft Office Suite, advanced Excel.
• Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) software.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Project management.
• Problem‑solving methodologies.
• Technical writing.
• Statistical methods and analysis.

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• Move or lift objects up to 25 pounds.
• Frequent (>75%) stationary position (standing or sitting) while utilizing digital displays.
• Frequent (>75%) fine manipulation using hands and fingers (typing, opening, writing, clicking, paper sorting, etc.).

• Onsite:
  Office environment with assigned workstation.
• Remote positions only:
  Home office environment with minimum distractions.

More About Evergen:
Evergen provides customers across a diverse set of market segments with leading‑edge expertise, scale, and flexibility across end‑to‑end services including design, development, regulatory support, verification and validation, manufacturing, and supply chain management.

Evergen is rooted in a steadfast commitment to quality, integrity, and patient safety with a focus on five key values:

• Accountable:
  We own our actions and decisions.
• Agile:
  We embrace change to stay ahead of the curve and evolve to drive innovation and growth.
• Growth Mindset:
  We embrace challenges as opportunities for continuous learning.
• Customer‑Centric:
  We prioritize customers at every touch point.
• Inclusive:
  We…