Company Description
At Intuitive, we are united behind our mission: we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints.
As a pioneer and market leader in robotic-assisted surgery, we strive to foster an inclusive and diverse team, committed to making a difference. For more than 25 years, we have worked with hospitals and care teams around the world to help solve some of healthcare's hardest challenges and advance what is possible.
Intuitive has been built by the efforts of great people from diverse backgrounds. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere. We strive to foster an inclusive culture built around diversity of thought and mutual respect. We lead with inclusion and empower our team members to do their best work as their most authentic selves.
Passionate people who want to make a difference drive our culture. Our team members are grounded in integrity, have a strong capacity to learn, the energy to get things done, and bring diverse, real world experiences to help us think in new ways. We actively invest in our team members to support their long-term growth so they can continue to advance our mission and achieve their highest potential.
Join a team committed to taking big leaps forward for a global community of healthcare professionals and their patients. Together, let's advance the world of minimally invasive care.
Job Description
Primary Function of Position:
Achieve given team performance goals for Production. The goals will include efficiency, DPU, hour’s accuracy, scrap; time lost accuracy, DHR accuracy, as well as inventory metrics.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Hire, train, develop, and motivate production personnel to follow procedures, meet high quality standards, production schedules, and productivity requirements
- Update and revise Manufacturing Process Instructions to ensure that MPIs are accurate and complete
- Address line support issues as they arise (including technical-related issues)
- Work closely with Engineering to resolve production issues and actively participant in quality improvement initiatives.
- Document and report any variances, problems, issues, or concerns
- Provide production personnel with expectations and performance feedback quarterly
- Write and conduct formal annual performance reviews for production personnel
- Plan, supervise, drive improvement, and report production performance including output, yields, root cause failures, efficiencies, and trends
- Understand, train personnel, and enforce strict adherence to the applicable DOPs and SOPs of the Quality System, as well as the Manufacturing Guidelines
- Assist in setting and attaining quarterly and annual production goals
- Learn and enforce company safety policies and practices
- Lead or support various Lean Manufacturing initiatives that involve a Mfg. based team.
- Support sub-assembly or process outsourcing initiatives
- Generate/Review/approve ECOs to determine impact on manufacturing.
- Review and disposition discrepant material. Implement corrective actions to prevent recurrences.
- Evaluate designs for manufacturability (with respect to tooling and assembly methods). Provide suggested change proposals, or tooling concepts during early design process phase.
- Drive our Culture Strategy by fostering our mission, founding principles, individual and leadership expectations.
- Work closely with corporate engineering on production line transfer or improvements.
- Support corporate Quality improvement CAPA implementations
- Assist engineering with Final Manufacturing Review.
- Assist budget spending preprocess and execution.
Qualifications
Skills, Experience, Education, & Training:
- Education and/or Experience: Bachelor's degree on related fields.
- Five years of either supervisor and/or engineering experience. Experience in the medical device industry is preferred, specifically in high-volume manufacturing area.
- Strong working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, DFT, and 6 Sigma (GB/BB - highly recommended).
- Proficient in the use of personal computers to perform daily work. Familiar with the Microsoft Office suite of programs and MRP systems. SAP and Agile experience preferred.
- Superb communication skills, including written and verbal instruction.
- The ideal candidate will have a love for a fast-paced and multi-focused work environment.
- Bilingual English/Spanish
Additional Information
Intuitive es un empleador que brinda igualdad de oportunidades de empleo. Proporcionamos igualdad de oportunidades de empleo a todos los solicitantes y empleados cualificados, y prohibimos cualquier tipo de discriminación y acoso, independientemente de su raza, sexo, condición de embarazo, orientación sexual, identidad de género, origen nacional, color, edad, religión, condición de veterano protegido o de discapacidad, información genética o cualquier otra condición protegida por las leyes federales, estatales o locales aplicables.
