Staff Engineer, Manufacturing - Stryker Neurovascular
Initial 18 month FTC
As a Staff Engineer at Stryker, you’ll be a technical trailblazer, providing expert leadership within our world-class facility. Leveraging your deep knowledge and experience, you'll tackle complex challenges and drive excellence in a highly specialized field. In this critical position, you’ll lead all validation activities tied to the successful qualification of new injection moulding tools and process introductions—playing a key role in shaping the future of advanced medical manufacturing
Key Areas of Responsibility
Management of significant Engineering projects through PMO.
Write and execute process validation protocols and reports for new product introductions and re-validations due to process /material improvements utilising scientific / technical knowledge.
Must have a very good knowledge of injection mould tooling and design.
Provide Technical leadership from an engineering perspective.
Ownership of the plant metrics from an engineering perspective.
Technical and operational support to manufacturing operations.
Structured problem solving.
Continuously improve the performance of the process.
Provide support to Process Development / Advanced Operations on technology development and application within the manufacturing process.
Engage in the implementation of lean manufacture within manufacturing.
Interface with Materials Science, Design and Quality Assurance departments to provide customer with a quality product in a timely manner.
Support process development and cost reduction activities within the business units.
Communicate and participate in system and process troubleshooting with support team members and with external agents.
Provide leadership to other Manufacturing Engineers and or Technicians as required.
Qualifications / Knowledge / Skills
Level 8 Degree in Polymer or Mechanical Engineering or relevant discipline or equivalent technical experience is required.
Proven Project Management skills through the delivery of business critical projects.
Has minimum of 4 years experience in a manufacturing environment.
Strong communication and influencing skills with both internal and external agents.
Capable of providing technical leadership and, influencing and providing technical direction to Engineers, Coop Students, Technicians and Operators as required.
Capable of working as part of a multi-disciplined team in an aggressive, dynamic and results motivated environment
Demonstrable strong analytical & problem solving skills, a process improvement orientation, and the ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
Excellent presentation and written / verbal communication skills
Demonstrable ability to work autonomously
A team player, with a flexible approach.
Technological expert, willing to source, investigate and implement technological and automation advances
Confident and effective decision maker, with a proven technical leadership ability to negotiate and influence others.
Travel Percentage: 10%