Supplier Quality Engineer II - 12 Month Contract

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At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

At our Supplier Quality Department in Medtronic, plc, we partner with Medtronic's suppliers to deliver the highest quality and most reliable products to our customers. The Supplier Quality Engineer II works with a Supplier Quality team who liaise with external suppliers and work in a cross-functional Medtronic team daily to resolve supplier related issues, drive continuous improvement while driving key quality metrics across Campus Ireland. They will liaise with our extensive network of suppliers to execute on quality issue resolution, improvements, cost savings and implementing supplier and Medtronic driven changes. Part of a larger team within the supplier quality department, this role would support post-market quality for components supplied to Ireland.

A Day in The Life Of:

• Ensure that suppliers deliver quality parts, materials, and services.
• Drive supplier improvement/corrective action through the following activities:
• Work with the supply base to drive corrective/preventative action based on feedback from incoming inspection, Medtronic/supplier internal quality metrics and customer complaints.
• Coordinate and monitor change control process to ensure performance, compliance and regulatory requirements are met and properly documented.
• Review/prepare test plans and reports (qualification, validation) for change and improvement activities (supplier certifications, material/sub-supplier changes and supplier performed special processes).
• Build a collaborative relationship with suppliers to quickly address any non-conformances.
• Represent the Supplier Quality group in operating meetings providing status updates on supplier base.
• Support supplier visits or audits as required.
• Provide statistical support by the creation of supplier-related metrics for the purposes of tracking vendor performance and identifying opportunities for improvements.

Key Skills & Experience:

• Qualified to a minimum Level 8 degree in Science, Engineering, or relevant discipline.
• 2+ years Engineering and/or Quality experience in the medical device industry or related field.
• You are a dynamic team player and can work effectively and proactively on cross functional teams.
• Excellent problem-solving skills are desirable.
• You are a good communicator and fluent in English, both verbal and written.

Medtronic offer a competitive salary and flexible Benefits Package

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.