Moulding Engineer
Brightwater
Galway
A leading Medical Devices company in Galway requires an experienced Moulding Engineer to work on a series of exciting new projects as part of their NPI team. Working closely with R&D you will be responsible for guiding concepts through to full production. You`ll have the opportunity to work on Black Belt level projects. This is a contract role, initial period of 6 months but likely to run to 1 year. Job Responsibilities: Lead projects to deliver new products into existing and new product families. Provide moulding expertise in highly automated high volume cell design and commission. Manage all stakeholder expectations Customer, Production, operations engineering, operations quality and quality systems through the product / process development process. Apply structured problem solving, lean principals, and best practice process development to drive product and process improvements. Work closely with SME’s in the business to ensure process improvements activities designed to enhance existing manufacturing capability. Work closely with Lean and Operations teams to ensure that any new processes developed meet world class manufacturing standards. Manage a variable workload and multiple projects to deliver to customer expectations and drive future revenue. Design and introduce manufacturing processes for new products to increase capabilities and efficiencies delivering a competitive edge to the company and their customers. Ensure that complete and effective validations are carried out on all processes before transferring to manufacture. Manage external relationships with Technology providers / Suppliers. Identify and develop improvements to increase key process metrics of Service, Delivery, Quality and Cost using Lean / 6 sigma methodologies. Investigate state-of-the-art process technologies and evaluate potential competitive advantage and the cost benefit of introduction. Ensure that all Health, Safety and Environmental requirements are fulfilled. Key Requirements: Engineering degree, or equivalent. Knowledge of Medical Device or similar quality and manufacturing systems would be very desirable. Experience working in high volume moulding environment with automated part load / unload and or process knowledge of over-moulding polymers onto other components is a distinct advantage. Working knowledge of process development, six sigma and/or lean engineering principles would be very desirable. Excellent communication, planning and organisational skills. Motivated to work on own initiative. Good interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to make and Implement decisions. For more on the role call Nigel on 021 4221000 or send your CV for consideration. This job originally appeared on RecruitIreland.com.
2560 days ago