**Contract:** 23 Month Fixed Term Contract + full suite of benefits **Location:** Raheen Business Park, Limerick **Work Type:** On-Site **About Stryker** We are excited to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces by Fortune Magazine! We are proud to offer you our comprehensive rewards package, which includes bonuses, healthcare benefits, insurance, retirement programs, wellness initiatives, and service recognition programs. **Position Overview: ** In this role, you will play a critical part in **supporting, sustaining, and improving manufacturing processes** for the Biomaterials (Simplex bone cement) product line within Stryker’s Limerick manufacturing campus. Operating in a **highly regulated, hybrid pharmaceutical and medical device environment** , the position requires a strong emphasis on **process reliability, structured** **problem-solving** **, and strict adherence to GMP, quality, and regulatory standards** . You will provide day-to-day production and cell support while maintaining ownership of manufacturing performance, reliability, and continuous improvement activities. The role involves leading **root cause investigations** , including high-value batch investigations, and ensuring manufacturing systems remain validated, robust, and capable of consistently delivering high-quality product. You will work hands-on within the Simplex production area—supporting powder and liquid manufacturing processes—and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams across Operations, Quality, Validation, and Maintenance. **Key Areas of Responsibility** + Provide specific technical leadership from an engineering perspective. + Own and sustain **manufacturing processes within the value streams** for Biomaterials products, ensuring product quality, process stability, and regulatory compliance. + Lead **root cause analysis** and implement **corrective** to address product and process issues. + Identifyand deliver **continuous improvement (CI) and cost reduction** projects focused on **OEE, yield, and scrap reduction** , applying Lean, Six Sigma, and statistical techniques. + Ownership of specific cell metrics from an engineering perspective. + Technical and operational support to manufacturing operations + Ensure quality of process and product as defined inappropriate manufacturingspecifications.  + Ownership of the Manufacturing Loss and RightFirst-Timemetric within the cell. + Structured problem solving. + Continuously improve the performance of the processes within the cell. + Support the optimisation of celllayout. + Providecross-functionalsupport on the technical development and application within the manufacturing process. + Engage in the implementation of leanmanufacturingwithin the manufacturing cell. + Train and mentor operators and engineers. + Support and/or manage strategic engineering projects through PMO. + Demonstrate measurable and ongoing positive impact on specified cell KPI’s. + Validation, appraisal and support of raw material, consumables,equipmentand/or processes. + Support external manufacturing and Supplier Initiated Change Requests. + Support process development and cost reduction activities within the cell. + Communicate andparticipatein system and process troubleshooting with support team members and with external agents. + Providing development and guidance for assigned Co-op /TechnicianEngineers, developingand conducting Co-Op /Technician performance appraisals. + Provide leadership to other Manufacturing Engineers and or Technicians asrequired. **Qualifications Knowledge Skills** + **Level 8 Degree in Mechanical Engineering or relevant discipline.** + Proven Project Management skills through the delivery of strategic cell projects. + Hasaminimum of **4** **+** **years’ experience in a manufacturing environment or relevant industry experience.** + Strong communicationand influencing skills with both internal and external agents. + General understanding of machine safety and CE certificationisdesirable. + Capable of providing technical leadership andinfluencing and providing technical direction to engineers, Co-opstudents,techniciansand operators asrequired. + Capable of working as part of a multi-disciplined team in an aggressive,dynamicandresults-orientedenvironment. + General understanding of GAMP software categories and CSV principlesisdesirable. + Demonstrable strong analytical & problem-solving skills, a process improvement orientation, and the ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment. + Excellent presentation andwritten/verbalcommunication skills. + Demonstrable ability to work autonomously. + A team player, with a flexible approach. + Technological expert, willing to source, investigate and specify technological and automation advances. + Confident and effective decision maker, with a proven technical leadership ability to negotiate and influence others. \#IJ Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.