• B.S. in Engineering,
• 5 to 10 years of manufacturing operations experience
• Knowledge Lean Manufacturing, and Lean Six Sigma Implementation
• Ability to work in cross-functional teams in pursuit of Lean Six Sigma Implementation
• Project Engineering Experience

• You will lead the organization towards Lean Six Sigma Implementation
• Identify and execute improvement projects through application of Six Sigma and lean manufacturing principles, techniques, and tools to improve product and process quality, reduce costs and improve customer service.
• Project Management: Design and develop projects with plans of action and timelines in an application such as Microsoft Project.  Show applications of Six Sigma/Lean tools and results, and project cost savings.
• Train team members in Six Sigma/Lean principles, problem solving tools, and procedures.
• Apply Six Sigma/Lean tools and Processes to eliminate identified root causes of non-conformances, waste, and product and process variation.
  Cross Functional Team Leadership: Lead cross-functional process improvement and corrective action teams in support of Lean Six Sigma Implementation activities.
• Identify requirements to support continuous improvement projects.
• Review Capital Plan, Unit Cost Improvement and Technical Development activity to ensure most efficient utilization of technical resources.

• Conduct feasibility studies to estimate product cost and analyze capital equipment, capacity, and capability requirements affecting the make versus buy decision.
•  Establishing process methods which meet performance and quality requirements.
•  Leads and participates in projects, involving cross functional teams, using project management methodologies.
•  Implements appropriate methodologies to ensure project remains on target.
•  Seeks and interprets information to develop project schedule and to assess progress to schedule.
•  Assists in the development and implementation of project timelines.
•  Identifies future potential roadblocks and keeps management informed of solution options.
•  Manage and confronts issues as they arise in a professional manner.
•  Ensures that processes and reference tools provided are utilized effectively and efficiently.

•  Minimum of 7(seven) years experience in a manufacturing environment, specifically supporting a combination of processes, such as:
  • Machining: CNC turning, CNC milling, and CNC grinding.
  • Polishing: both manual and automated, and polymer molding.
  • Cleaning, blasting and other support operations.
•  Familiarity with a variety of materials including Cobalt Chrome, Titanium, and Polyethylene highly preferred.
•  Documentation capabilities to include: creating routers, bills of materials (BOM), visual work instructions.
•  Advanced documentation capabilities preferred: create and execute validation protocols (IQ, OQ, PQ), statistical analysis (SPC), and Design of Experiments (DOE’s)
•  Ability to manage small to moderate projects using currently available tools.
•  Coordinate timeline activities with outside resources, including tool design, tool build, CNC programming, and production operations.
•  Have skills to work in a cross functional environment.
•  Background in Lean, sufficient to layout production cells and optimize workflow.
•  Willing to work through the duration of the project; from the initiation phase through completion.

•  Minimum of Bachelor’s degree (4 year accredited university degree) required.  Degree preferred in Mechanical Engineering, from a top tier university.  Minimum 3.0 GPA required.
• 3-5 years prior experience in life science, medical device, or orthopedic products preferred, although, alternative industries are considered when candidate can display an impressive track record of completing tasks/projects/launches or if candidate possess “specific” skills of interest (ie. Clean room, heat treat, vacuum furnace, process flow plan mapping, Kaizen, 5S, technical writing, CNC or Robotics).

Person also serves as a deep improvement expert and faculty for company improvement skill development program with a responsibility for revising curriculum content and delivering training across company’s eight regions.

This individual provides technical support in the Department of Care and Service Quality, primarily for performance improvement initiatives and systems. The scope of work projects will be broad and comprehensive and include development of performance improvement capacity educational tools that will support promotion of the Department of Care and Service Quality and National Quality Committee priorities to improve clinical performance.