What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manufacturing Engineer 1 position at Cook Medical?
Overview
The Manufacturing Engineer 1 role provides technical support for day-to-day production activities in the manufacture of custom, plastic components used in medical devices.
Responsibilities
- Provides process support for extrusion department
- Hands-on position with visibility on the manufacturing floor
- Requires high level interaction with production, product development, and quality teams
- SUPPORTS PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, COMPLAINT RESOLUTION, CAPA INVESTIGATIONS AND OTHER QUALITY INITIATIVES
- SUPPORTS PRODUCTION DEPARTMENTS MANUFACTURING ISSUES WITH TECHNICAL SUPPORT AS THE PROCESS EXPERT
- USING STRONG REASONING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS TO INVESTIGATE AND ANALYZE COMPLEX PROBLEMS TO DETERMINE ROOT CAUSE AND IMPLEMENT INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO PREVENT RECURRENCE
- SUPPORTS AND DRIVES CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES IN THE MANUFACTURING DEPARTMENT TO IMPROVE OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE
- LEADS TECHNICAL ASPECT OF PROCESS VALIDATION PROJECTS
- ASSIST PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TEAMS WITH DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURABILITY REQUIREMENTS ON NEW PRODUCTS
- SUPPORTS NEW CAPITAL EQUIPMENT AND TOOLING PURCHASES WITH APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTATION AND EVALUATION
- MANAGES MULTIPLE TECHNICALLY ORIENTED PROJECTS THROUGH COORDINATING INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL RESOURCES
- COLLABORATES ON PRODUCT COMPLAINT RESOLUTION
Qualifications
- High School Diploma with applicable experience is required; Bachelors degree in Engineering/Plastics Engineering preferred
- 3 years of extrusion process development experience
- 5 years of work related to polymer processing preferred
- PROCESS VALIDATION (IQ, OQ, PQ) PREFERRED EQUIPMENT QUALIFICATION (IQ, OQ, PQ) PREFERRED
- FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES
- EXTRUSION PROCESS DEVELOPMENT / EXTRUSION TOOLING DESIGN
- Mechanical aptitude preferred
- UNDERSTANDING OF ISO 13485:2016 PREFERRED CFR, FDA, OSHA, ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS PREFERRED
- PROFICIENCY AT USING MICROSOFT OFFICE APPLICATIONS TROUBLESHOOTING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS EQUIPMENT / PROCESS TROUBLESHOOTING PREFERRED EXPERIENCE WITH BLUE PRINT READING PREFERRED DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS / SIX SIGMA PREFERRED
Physical Requirements
- May exert up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects
