Process Engineer - Vulcan

BIOHORIZONS IMPLANT SYSTEMS • Hoover, AL

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About The Position

The Vulcan Process Engineer influences the company’s direction with respect to production. This position works with all departments and Vulcan management to evaluate current processes with respect to continuous improvement to keep production running smoothly. Works with Vulcan managers/supervisors to optimize organizational business performance by maintaining compliance with domestic quality system regulations.

Requirements

• Effective communication and facilitation skills required.
• Strong detail on detail and accuracy.
• High degree of initiative and self-motivation with a strong sense of accountability.
• Outstanding planning and organizational skills and techniques required.
• Ability to plan and manage complex and successful projects; understand available resources, develop a timeline, budget and assign areas of responsibility.
• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering-related field and/or an equivalent combination of education/experience
• 4+ years’ experience working at an FDA and/or ISO regulated medical device manufacturer.
• Minimum of 2 years' experience working with medical device workflows.
• Experience in facilitating cross-functional teams; overseeing root-cause analysis, data collection, and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for driving improvement projects and coordinating efforts between a cross-functional team, with both internal and external stakeholders to achieve project success.
• Works with management to identify challenge areas and key gaps within organization for process improvement/ waste reduction projects.
• Utilize Lean and Six Sigma techniques to identify and eliminate process waste throughout the system.
• Develop, evaluate, and improve manufacturing processes for existing and new products.
• Support Engineering initiatives in analyzing the production process for repeatability and efficiency.
• Contributes process knowledge to developing and executing process validation efforts (IQ, OQ, PQ).
• Generate and maintain SOPs as needed for updated or new processes.
• Help to maintain audit readiness and assist in first-party, second-party and third-party audits.
• Communicate statuses and updates with team for all assigned projects.
• Works with management team to facilitate training for process changes.
• Works with all departments and Vulcan management to facilitate the onboarding of new products.
• Develop, analyze, and maintain key performance indicators for process evaluation.
• Develop and analyze forecasting to predict growth and capacity planning.

Benefits

• 2 comprehensive medical plan options to choose from available the first of each month following your date of hire
• Flexible Spending Account or HSA Account available
• Vision Benefits
• Company paid Dental Insurance for employee and dependents
• Wellness Plan
• 401k with 5% matching
• Generous PTO plan including 11 paid holidays, 2 Floating Holidays and Community Service Hours
• Company paid Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Company provided Life Insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Casual Dress Code
• Social events for employees and family

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level