Manufacturing Sr Engineer

Joining Zimmer Biomet

At Zimmer Biomet, we believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation and advancing our mission. As a global leader in medical technology for nearly 100 years, a patient's mobility is improved by a Zimmer Biomet product or technology every 8 seconds.

As a member of the Zimmer Biomet team, you will share our commitment to offering mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talented team, we focus on development opportunities, strong employee resource groups, a flexible work environment, competitive total rewards specific to location, wellness incentives, and a culture of recognition and performance rewards. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels inspired, invested, supported, valued, and has a strong sense of belonging.

What We Offer You

Under the supervision of their manager, the candidate would work in collaboration with the design and development teams to transfer the design of new products to different suppliers for production. Their role consists of participating in internal design reviews, working with designers to ensure ease of manufacturability and inspection of the products, ensuring that the suppliers follow ZimmerCAS’s quality requirements related to production and manufacturing, such as the validation of Special Processes (IQ, OQ, PQ), ensuring proper means of risk management during production (PFMEA), and validating the inspection methods (TMV, Gage R&R). The candidate will equally be responsible for maintaining the efficiency and quality of the production of existing parts being fabricated at the suppliers.

This position is on-site 4 days per week, Monday - Thursday. Remote Friday.

How You'll Create Impact

• Leading the production transfer of new products to the suppliers' sites
• Participating in the supplier selection process and leading the production transfer from supplier site to supplier site
• Visiting suppliers onsite to facilitate finding solutions to manufacturing issues, performing production transfer activities, following up on production progress and ensuring that quality objectives are met during production (Canada, USA and Europe)
• Developing inspection methods with the supplier and validating said methods (Gage R&R) both at the supplier site and internally at ZimmerCAS
• Ensuring the supplier applies the proper and effective risk management method for production (PFMEA)
• Participating in the continuous improvement on the existing products by taking charge of spec modifications and drafting any documents related to these spec modifications
• Serving as the point of contact between the suppliers, project manager, sourcing representative, Quality team and the design and development team
• Collaborating with the other manufacturing engineers to improve common processes
• Participating in defining and continuously improving internal procedures and work instructions related to production activities
• Participating in design reviews with the design group and proposing effective manufacturing methods and inspection methods
• Reviewing designs to ensure feasibility and ease of manufacturing and inspection
• Executing the maintenance plan for the equipment used internally
• Analyzing part non-conformities and customer complaints, and implementing solutions to eliminate the root causes

What Makes You Stand Out

• Experience working in a highly regulated environment under ISO 13485 or ISO 9001
• Experience in the production of electronic devices
• Experience working with sterile packaging
• Experience in Agile project management; leading projects from initiation to completion, ensuring alignment with business goals, adherence to timelines.
• Good working experience with suppliers providing goods and/or services
• Willingness and availability to travel regularly to perform supplier visits or visit other Zimmer Biomet sites
• Detail-oriented and meticulous with drafting documentation, and a capability to produce clear and concise reports, documents and protocols
• Team player with the ability to work with multiple cross-functional teams
• Strong sense of ownership and organization skills with the capability of managing multiple tasks and projects concurrently

Your Background

• A degree in the field of engineering (mechanical, manufacturing or industrial)
• 5 to 10 years of experience in a manufacturing environment (ideally in the Medical Device domain)
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in both French and English
• Good working knowledge of the machining of metal instruments and plastic injection molding
• Experience in multiple manufacturing processes (welding, heat treatment, passivation)
• Hands-on manufacturing experience, especially with CNC and CMM programming

Travel Expectations

• Up to 25%
• A current passport is required

Zimmer Biomet encourages women, people from visible minorities, aboriginals or people with disabilities to apply.