Manufacturing Engineer

Contract
Galway
GxP are delighted to be supporting our Medical Device client as they look to add a Manufacturing Engineer to their team. The successful candidate will provide daily support of products, processes, materials, and equipment in order to achieve production unit goals (i.e., People & Safety, Quality, Service, NPE, Cost & Productivity).
Key Responsibilities

  • Providing technical leadership on product and process issues.
  • Leading technical improvement under the team’s VIP program.
  • Lead process improvement programs across people, service, quality and cost dimensions.
  • Apply structured and systematic methodologies.
  • Liaison with quality and engineering both internal to the plant and externally within the corporation.
  • Participation, where appropriate, in the phase review process and the NPE meetings with respect to new products.
  • Ongoing manufacturing support in order to help the team meet its business objectives of quality, output and cost.
  • Maintain a valid capacity model in co-operation with the line Supervisor and conduct adequate advance planning for required capital.
  • Provide leadership on Lean initiatives.
  • Provide technical leadership/guidance for the Process Technician on the team (with specific responsibility to ensure that the preventative maintenance program is adequate and timely).
  • Development and implementation of appropriate supporting documentation, which complies with GMP in conjunction with the other team members.
  • Project planning, in detail, in support of major projects, product/process transfer etc.
  • Evaluates in conjunction with EHS new equipment/processes/chemicals for environmental impact/effect to eliminate or lessen such impacts/effects.
  • Responsible for other projects as assigned by the company.

Qualifications & Experience

  • HETAC Level 8 qualification in engineering or a relevant field, with relevant experience
  • Good technical capabilities, communication skills, teamwork abilities and initiative.
  • New Equipment introductions
  • Equipment and process validation
  • Problem solving/Process improvement
  • Projects execution experience
  • Statistics / Six Sigma desirable
  • Project Management