**Engineering Manager (Cartago)**:
- Remote Eligible: Hybrid- Onsite Location(s): Cartago, CR**Background on Boston Scientific Cartago**:
This role will be one of the first positions hired to support a green field / start up operation for the 3rd Boston Scientific site in Costa Rica. A green field start up operation for a large multinational company with strong presence on the region, represents a unique opportunity for any professional on her/his career. Initial roles will be key on the development of a new team / culture and on the construction of a strategy to build a brand new and large manufacturing site that will soon support many patients around the world.
**General soft skills required**:
- Leader passionate about creating a culture that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Demonstrate passion for serving the patient and drives a culture of compliance and integrity.
- Proven record of having passion and focus on people / team development and driving employee engagement.
- Demonstrated experience on building strong collaboration with key stakeholders and working with multi-cultural organization.
- Strong influencing skills and inspirational leadership style.
**About the Role in early stages of Green Field Plant Cartago**
- Tactical_: _Engineering Manager will be responsible to build a technical team that coordinates all Equipment Engineering and MFG Eng readiness activities for Cartago site. This includes duplication, improvements, validations and maintenance strategy for all transfer lines equipment, test method validations for all processes, technical training, and certification for engineers. This leader will also be responsible for all NPE activity associated with products on scope which currently have active changes on going. Intent is that during the first 10 to 18 months this leader will travel abroad for extensive periods of time for knowledge transfer purposes, having the experience to work in the manufacturing environment prior to the operation startup in Costa Rica.
- Strategic_: _Engineering Manager is key to develop the new site culture, being an early adopter of the delivering excellence strategy, hiring the right talent and being responsible for several financial metrics associated to green field project (now) and plant execution (future). This leader will also be responsible to build a strategy supporting technical needs and technology opportunities associated with equipment and process of products being transferred. Also, the critical thinking mindset and culture for the new Cartago crew will be critical for future capacity needs and problem solving. This leader inspires the organization to constantly innovate and embrace new technologies to promote continuous improvement. She or He also inspires team members to be discipline in using systemic approach when conducting problem solving.
**About the role in sustaining mode**:
Provide leadership and technical guidance to manufacturing and equipment engineering staffs. Lead the teams in the innovation, design, development and implementation of manufacturing processes, procedures, tooling and equipment for the production and transfer of medical devices.
**Your responsibilities include**:
- Through activity prioritization and resource leveling, ensures adequate engineering resources area available to meet the business priorities as defined by the strategic plan and budget.
- Provide vision and leadership in identifying the next generation of manufacturing technology.
- Drive continuous improvement in all processes, plant wide.
- Actively support the engineering essentials program
- Drives use of the Value Improvement Process (VIP) as the primary tool for Operations Cost Reduction.
- Development of necessary Manufacturing Process's on-site ensuring optimization of layout, process flow or overall process capability.
- Identifies and champions product development and functional excellence initiatives.
- Drives new product and processing technologies that are designed for manufacturability.
**What we are looking for**:
**Minimum Qualifications**:
- Licenciature in Engineering plus 10 years of related work experience.
- 3+ years of experience leading technical teams/organizations.
- Experience in managing large-scale, complex operations/programs/projects
- Excel in collaborative leadership
- Experience in the Medical Device Industry
- Collaborative individual with the ability to influence
- Strong Functional / Technical Knowledge.
- Mature Problem Solving and Critical Thinking skills
- English 90% to 100%
- 1 year or more in current position
- Annual Performance evaluation rating "Meets Expectations" or "Exceeds Expectations".
**Preferred Qualifications**:
- Advanced Engineering degree
- Familiarity and experience with BSC Quality systems and methods, products, and customer needs
- Lean business/VIP experience
- Experience leading teams in a site quality setting
- Engineering or manufacturing background with ability to under