Imagine how your ideas and expertise can change a patient’s life. Our Quality teams help shape the development of groundbreaking technologies to ensure each stage of our innovation process is held to the highest standards of integrity and safety. You’ll bring your passion for problem solving and partner with various teams to influence decision-making for a product’s entire lifecycle. Your work will involve you optimizing product development to impact patients around the world with pioneering technology.
Supervise employees and activities across areas of quality.
How you’ll make an impact:
Supervise employees and quality activities pertaining to the production of products and/or manufacturing processes in - and with quality/technical knowledge of 2 or more production areas, depending on the complexity of the areas, in addition to conducting performance reviews, including resolving performance issuesOversee the scheduling of work orders and team performance metricsEnsure that manufacturing processes are compliant with the quality system requirements and product quality is adequately controlled and continuously improvedEnsure appropriate staffing for all positionsLead improvement projects, partner with engineering on investigations and/or corrective actions, perform non-conformance investigations for review with engineering, assures documentation content is validAccountable for productivity and quality metrics of staff, and provide regular progress reports and quality metrics to management and cross-functional stakeholdersAccountable to ensure staff is appropriately trained to perform assigned workDocument owner for assigned product line inspection proceduresOther incidental duties assigned by LeadershipWhat you'll need (Required):
Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent in related field sufficient experience in related manufacturing, quality and/or product development engineering and
Experience working in multi-cultural teams with cultural sensitivity
What else we look for (Preferred):
High command of in Microsoft Office SuiteGood communication and interpersonal relationship skills; possessing collaboration skills in partnering with cross functional stakeholders in order to achieve objectivesHigh understanding of quality proceduresAbility to supervise/lead employees in a manufacturing environment with supervisionRobust understanding of processes and equipment used in assigned workAbility to work and excel within a fast paced, dynamic, and constantly changing work environmentAbility to lead teams, provide coaching and feedback, including responsibility for all employee actions including hire/fire authority and partnering with HR on all aspects of employee relationsKnowledge of and adherence to Edwards Environmental Health and Safety and Quality guidelines as they relate to department clean room medical device manufacturingKnowledge of Lean Manufacturing concepts and Six SigmaParticipate on cross-functional teams Engineering, management, Regulatory, Manufacturing, HR, Planning for the development of cohesive production operationsGood written and verbal English communication skillsAdhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/controlTravel (day and overnight by car, air, train, etc.) will vary. Percentage of time is determined by Management