Senior Operational Excellence Engineer

This position works out of our Arecibo location in the Cardiac Rhythm Management division. As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats.

As the Senior Operational Excellence Engineer is a leader of the implementation of Operational Excellence (OPEX) at the plant level including project leadership, teaching and coaching associates as well management. A Change agent responsible for leading the plant into a
data drive, team-oriented culture that embraces continuous improvement within a lean six sigma environment and ensures full OPEX implementation in all plant functions.

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  Lead and implement continuous improvement programs that reduce cost and improve quality service and inventory.

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  Lead and execute the Operational Excellence strategy for the site with clear business objectives.

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  Provide Operational Excellence / Continuous Improvement education / trainings for the site.

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  Lead projects, identify opportunities, define and financially justify projects, launch project teams, use good project management tools to manage team activities, lead (guide/influence) teams to execute projects with the problem-solving methodology, track project and program status and results, remove and elevate project barriers, and develop team members.

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  Execute the required activities to have the operations standard times updated. Execute the capacity planning (labor, equipment, services) for the site for each financial cycle and when necessary to continue looking opportunities for productivity improvement.

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  Owner of the product routing (labor and scrap) used for standard costing and operations layouts.

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  Ensure that improvements to processes and operations are made following the policies and procedures of the plant, division, corporate and regulatory agencies.

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  Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (Industrial and Mechanical preferred). Lean Manufacturing and/or Project Management certified are a plus.

• 5 years of experience in project management and team leadership. Operational excellence experience is required.

• Should have knowledge of other functions that provide inputs regularly, i.e., Purchasing, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Operations, Research and Development,

• Must have the ability to do statistical analysis.

• Must have knowledge in Quality regulations and standards that affect the medical devices industry.

• Fully Bilingual (English and Spanish).

• Proficiency in PC based tools such as MS Office (Excel, Word, Project and Power Point, Mini Tab), AutoCAD and general web-based applications.

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