Description
As a Senior Engineer you will lead structured problem solving using six sigma principles to determine root causes and implement solutions and corrective actions as well as perform data analysis and provide recommendations on trends, correlations and response variables. The Senior Engineer will also lead process optimization and yield improvement activities and conduct technical transfer to manufacturing.Job Title: Senior Engineer-Process Development
Location: Waterford
Salary: Negotiable, Depending on Experience
Day-to-day responsibilities of the Senior Engineer-Process Development:
- Leading project teams and generating project plans for process development activities.
- Daily interaction with internal/external cross functional teams.
- Writing protocols, data gathering and analysis, and report writing.
- Develop and support new manufacturing processes and technologies.
- Lead existing manufacturing process/product quality improvements and cost reductions.
- Ensure product quality and all tasks are in accordance with established SOPs, GMPs, Divisional Specifications, design control, and EHS standards.
- Lead equipment qualifications and new product/process validations.
- Design, execute, and analyse experiments.
- Lead process optimization, yield improvement, capability assessments.
- Mentor and train junior personnel in required operations and skills.
- Inform management and key stakeholders in a timely manner of project status, and any critical problems which may result in unsatisfactory performance, delays in project schedule or significant changes in project cost and implement changes where necessary.
- Analyse actual performance against the project plan and make adjustments consistent with plan objectives and milestones.
Skills & Attributes needed as the Senior Engineer-Process Development:
- 5-10 years in Engineering, Process Development, and/or Quality Engineering setting.
- Hands-on experience and technical expertise in a development environment is essential.
- ISO-9000, GMP, medical device manufacturing experience is desirable.
- Experienced with high volume and/or high precision manufacturing a must.
- Education: Bachelor's Degree in Science or Engineering. Master's Degree in Science, Engineering and/or Management preferred.
- Computer Literacy with skills in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, plus Minitab, JMP (or equivalent software). Expertise in Statistical Analysis including experience with DOE and SPC.
- Communication, Organization, Report Writing, and Presentation skills a must.
- Six Sigma Black Belt and DFSS experience is ideal
- MS Project and PMP certification a plus.
Please see www.realstaffing.com for all exciting manufacturing engineering jobs in the medical device industry. Point of contact for this role: Andrea Donegan /