Manufacturing Innovation Engineer
This role is for an innovative professional who will be responsible for leading project-related Engineering activities within NPD and providing Engineering support to the Manufacturing department during the new product introduction cycle.
The successful candidate will develop both existing and new process technologies as required by new products and prototypes, ensuring that complete and effective validations are carried out on all processes before transferring to manufacture including IQ, OQ, PQ & PPQ.
Key Responsibilities
* Drive product and process improvements within NPD.
* Manage new designs through product lifecycle into manufacturing.
* Collaborate with Subject Matter Experts to ensure all new products fit within existing manufacturing capability.
* Work closely with Lean and Operations teams to ensure new processes meet world-class manufacturing standards.
* Display customer focus always and be accountable for quality and timeliness of own work.
* Manage a variable workload across different projects to meet NPD requirements.
* Design and introduce manufacturing processes for new products to meet productivity and quality demands.
* Identify and implement permanent technical/system solutions to problems.
* Maintain high quality/compliance standards in line with Medical Device manufacturing requirements.
* Apply Lean principles to identify and develop improvements that increase key process metrics of yield, throughput and productivity.
* Investigate new process technologies and evaluate potential competitive advantage and the cost-benefit of introduction.
* Manage external relationships with technology providers/suppliers.
* Ensure Health, Safety and Environmental requirements are fulfilled.