Posted in General Business 30+ days ago.
Type: Full-Time
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Engineering the Extraordinary
Engineers and Scientists create our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Join us to make a lasting impact. Help bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide.
Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.
Join us to make a lasting impact. We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result,and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive.
Help bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide.
The Senior Continuous Improvement Lead Engineer is responsible for the evaluation, analysis, and implementation of projects driving cost reduction of manufacturing processes that provide implantable components to finished devices. This position interacts closely with the Operations team as well as several engineering disciplines such as Process Development, Quality, Reliability Engineering, and Regulatory Affairs. Additionally, this position requires problem solving skills experience (COS, MOS, Six Sigma, DRM), technical expertise, ability to manage complex projects, and lead cross-functional team to a successful and timely conclusion. MECC Operations seeks candidates who will meet or exceed our customers' expectations by striving without reserve for the greatest possible reliability and quality in our products, processes, and systems by being accountable, having a voice, and taking action.
A Day in the Life:
•Lead Value Stream wide initiatives with regards to Operational Excellence.
•Hands on execution and project management of Lean transformation projects (Cell Operating System).
•Drive Value Stream adoption of Six Sigma, Lean, and other performance improvement methodologies.
•Technical expert in Lean Manufacturing tools and principles including set-up reduction, standardized work, value stream mapping, Heijunka and A3 thinking, has general knowledge of other related disciplines.
•Support successful deployment of COS, MOS, Six Sigma and/or DRM methodologies by providing coaching and mentoring to project teams in the application of methodologies.
•Responsible for leading own cross-functional process improvement projects and business-wide improvement initiatives.
•Demonstrate strong problem solving, project management, change management, analytical, and leadership skills.
•Utilizes project management skills to drive continuous improvement initiatives, including Six Sigma and/or DRM methodology, stakeholder analysis, report outs, risk assessments, and cost/benefit analysis
•Make use of appropriate technical skills and tools, such as DOE, SPC, hypothesis testing, capability studies, Gemba walks, and "hands on" analysis, to perform in depth analysis, determine root cause, and identify corrective actions
•Identification of cost reduction opportunities and perform assessment based on impact and effort for prioritization
•Manage project through required regulatory approvals
•Lead teams and collaborate with multiple levels and cross-functional areas for effective project execution
•Facilitate and lead Kaizen events across the organization.
•Perform as technical expert in Six Sigma methodology and principles including statistical analysis, variation reduction, waste reduction, customer evaluation, and has general knowledge of other related disciplines.
•Conduct regular project reviews to assure accomplishment of key results.
•Communicate progress, status, and issues to upper management.
•Share and institutionalize best practices.
•Develop project reporting metrics.
•Assist in developing Dashboard metrics. Assist in developing project selection process.
•Plan, direct, and actively participate with hands-on approach, technical project management for multiple development projects, managing cross-functional teams.
Must Have: Minimum Requirements
About Medtronic
Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.
We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let's work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients' lives. Help us shape the future.
Physical Job Requirements
The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. (ADA-United States of America)
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