Project Manager - Manufacturing Engineering - ACT

Arthrex • Santa Barbara, CA

5d • $92,000 - $128,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Arthrex, Inc., a global medical device company and leader in orthopedic product development and medical education, is hiring a Project Manager for Manufacturing Engineering. The position manages and resolves issues related to project time, budget, and resource allocation across the Operations life cycle. Projects may focus on cost reductions, insourcing, new product launches, cycle-time improvements, scrap reduction, material-flow optimization, or general process improvement. The role is based at the Santa Barbara, California campus.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• At least 2 years of project management or equivalent technical experience.
• Experience in Industrial, Manufacturing, Electrical Biomedical, or Mechanical Engineering.
• Working knowledge of project management fundamentals, with hands-on application in structured environments.
• Ability to communicate project planning requirements, including tasks, durations, and resource needs.
• Strong strategic thinking, collaboration, communication, and attention to detail.
• Ability to balance business and technical risks while complying with internal systems.
• Strong communication skills and accountability for project deliverable timing and budgets.
• Ability to confidently lead complex, cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrable bias for action and ability to learn quickly.
• A continuous-improvement mindset focused on improving complex systems of people and processes while eliminating waste.

Nice To Haves

• Understanding of medical device regulations and associated quality systems.
• Manufacturing process knowledge.
• Lean Six Sigma training.
• Experience using project management software such as Workfront for scheduling, task tracking, and cross-functional coordination.
• Medical device manufacturing knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects and departmental objectives within the Operations Organization.
• Develop project objectives by reviewing proposals and business plans and consulting management and key stakeholders.
• Establish project schedules by reviewing plans and specifications, estimating time requirements, and sequencing milestones and tasks.
• Maintain multiple schedules by monitoring progress, coordinating activities, and resolving risks or obstacles.
• Define project responsibilities and phases, and request and allocate resources as needed.
• Develop verification and validation (V&V) and production-readiness objectives for assigned projects in accordance with Arthrex Quality System requirements.
• Manage project scope, document scope creep, and capture lessons learned after project completion.
• Identify improvement opportunities and coordinate parallel activities to maintain target completion dates.
• Monitor cross-functional resource capacity within project scope and hold regular project status meetings.
• Coordinate resource availability with interdepartmental managers and proactively manage downstream tasks.
• Perform manufacturing engineering project tasks as needed to maintain project timelines.
• Communicate project and program status to management and key stakeholders against metrics and constraints.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Company-provided life insurance
• Voluntary life insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Supplemental insurance plans, including accident, cancer, hospital, and critical illness coverage
• Matching 401(k) retirement plan
• Annual bonus
• Wellness incentive program
• Gym reimbursement program
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Trip of a Lifetime
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time off
• Volunteer PTO
• Employee Assistance Provider (EAP)

What This Job Offers

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