The Sr. Equipment Engineer is an experienced engineering position that will provide engineering and technical services to internal customers to achieve the overall manufacturing goal of consistently producing quality, low cost products which meet or exceed customer expectations by addressing major production problems, ensuring optimum manufacturing methods and techniques and implementing cost improvement programs.The Sr. Equipment Engineer will also supervise the technical staff (equipment technicians).The Sr. Equipment Engineer will support large, complex engineering assignments, validations of equipments, and perform investigations for quality issues.The Sr. Equipment Engineer will manage large scale projects and will often manage a cross-functional project team.The Sr. Equipment Engineer will supervise the team of equipment technicians and be responsible for ensuring technical support to the various production areas.Essential Functions: Executes basic engineering assignments independtly such as ECNs, NPEs, LCNs, etc Executes product transfers and acquisitions, managing the project throughout the PTR/PAR process Executes product integrations from R&D Execute validations of complex equipments and manufacturing lines Owns specific equipments to perform Preventative Maintenance and Calibrations and is responsible for investigations of EIRs/MIRs Partners with the assigned Value Stream Team to ensure performance needs are met or exceeded by ensure enough capacity, minimum scrap variances, and labor efficiency when equipments are involved Ensures that manufacturing validations, processes, and procedures comply with FDA, OSHA, ISO, and corporate regulations, policies and procedures.Assists equipment technicians, as required, to troubleshoot equipment malfunctions Define and execute improvement programs such as cost, quality, or capacity Work with technical operations to modify part designs to improve manufacturability Maintain a continuous improvement mindset and work with management to obtain buy in for technical improvement programs Supervise a team of Equipment Technicians Ensure technician staffing to various production rooms Maintain scoreable metrics to evaluate technician performance Coordinate the PM and CAL responsibiltiies of technicians with other manufacturing engineers Perform other duties as directed by management Qualifications: Engineering degree in mechanical, electrical, chemistry, biomedical, microbiology or similar.5-10 years of technical or internship experience in manufacturing environment that is both labor and machine intensive is preferred.2-5 years of supervisory or managerial experience is preferred In-depth knowledge of project management, PMP preferred In-depth understanding of equipment, equipment qualification and process validation.Experience with lab and chemistry equipment such as weighing scales, mixing processes and steam sterilizers is an advantage.Creative individual who is able to communicate and coordinate good ideas through to implementation.Ability to communicate well, both orally and written Six Sigma Green Belt (Black Belt preferred) & solid understanding of Lean Principles.Familiarity with programs such as Excel, SolidWorks, MiniTab, Microsoft Word, Power Point, etc.Thorough understanding of medical device manufacturing, especially as it relates to FDA (GMP) manufacturing requirements Fluent in Spanish.Ability to communicate well in English, both orally and written.Passing of background check which may include verification of prior employment and educational records CooperSurgical does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, disability, genetic characteristic, or other characteristics protected by law.Company policy also prohibits harassment of employees or applicants based on these characteristics.
