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Head of Global Recruitment at Advanced Medical Solutions
R&D Manager of a team of Engineers and Technicians in a Medical Device company.
Working as part of a multifunctional team to develop, design and validate medical devices.
Who are Advanced Medical Solutions?
AMS is a world-leading independent developer and manufacturer of innovative tissue-healing technology, focused on quality outcomes for patients and value for payers. AMS has a wide range of surgical products including tissue adhesives, sutures, haemostats, internal fixation devices and internal sealants, which it markets under its brands LiquiBand, RESORBA, LiquiBandFix8, LIQUIFIX, Peters Surgical, Ifabond, Vitalitec and Seal-G. AMS also supplies wound care dressings such as silver alginates, alginates, and foams through its ActivHeal brand as well as under white label. Since 2019, the Group has made seven acquisitions: Sealantis, an Israeli developer of innovative internal sealants, Biomatlante, a French developer and manufacturer of surgical biomaterials, Raleigh, a leading UK coater and converter of woundcare and bio-diagnostics materials, AFS Medical, an Austrian specialist surgical business, Connexicon, an Irish tissue adhesives specialist, Syntacoll a German specialist in collagen-based absorbable surgical implants and Peters Surgical a global provider of specialty surgical sutures, mechanical haemostasis and internal cyanoacrylate devices. AMS's products, manufactured in the UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Thailand, India, the Czech Republic and Israel, are sold globally via a network of multinational or regional partners and distributors, as well as via AMS's own direct sales forces in the UK, Germany, Austria, France, Poland, Benelux, India, the Czech Republic and Russia. The Group has R&D innovation hubs in the UK, Ireland, Germany, France and Israel. Established in 1991, the Group has more than 1,500 employees. For more information, please see www.admedsol.com
AMS provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants. We highly value and encourage diversity across our workforce meaning that no one will be discriminated against because of their gender, race, age, nationality, disability, or any other protected characteristic as prohibited by law.
What the role involves:
* To lead the development of new mechanical devices for the AMS Group. Primarily mechanical devices that deliver our adhesive and sealant products but also for other product categories as required. From early-stage product concepts to commercial devices in line with the business strategy, Quality System and Development Process.
* To manage, motivate and develop the R&D team responsible for development of mechanical devices. Including objectives setting and budget management.
* Manage activities performed by external suppliers during development (design houses, prototype manufacturers, tooling and moulding) and act as subject matter expert advising the Operations teams responsible for commercial manufacture
* Plan and execute projects to deliver emerging technology from specification to commercial handover (including internal and external validation activities, the management of scope changes and communication with key stakeholders).
* To create, review, refine product designs through DFM gap analysis, evaluating concepts and assessing their manufacturing capability, showing the issues required to resolve/achieve product cost, quality and volume targets.
* Maintaining ongoing compliance of R&D personnel, facilities, and activities with applicable regulatory requirements, standards, and company policies/ procedures.
* Ensuring R&D personnel maintain Safety practices and GMP/ GLP in company facilities.
* To ensure all devices developed have a maintained design history file and risk management file.
* To ensure the R&D team provide appropriate support to other department objectives, including but not limited to, technology SME, stability, corrective and preventive actions, and audits.
* To analyse, mitigate and monitor project risks. To establish contingency plans and identify trigger events and responsibilities for initiating corrective action.
* Represents R&D interests at a senior level.
* Involved in strategic activities throughout the wider organisation
What we are looking for:
* Educated to degree level in a Mechanical Engineering discipline.
* Several years of experience of managing an R&D team of scientists and Engineers.
* Fully proficient in the use of 3D CAD software
* Ability to think innovatively to identify solutions.
* Experience of successful Design for Manufacturing.
* Appreciation of the principles of Human Factors Engineering and its incorporation into the design and development process
* Full and comprehensive understanding of regulatory requirements and demonstrated ability to apply regulations without guidance.
* Experience in the development of Mechanical Devices for the UK, EU and USA markets
* Able to work collaboratively and effectively in multidisciplinary teams.
* Driven to achieve results. a 'can do' attitude and plenty of initiative.
* Good time management and organisational skills.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Research, Engineering, and Science
* Industries
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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