Continuous Improvement Engineer

Forj Medical • Saint Paul, MN

23h

About The Position

Identify opportunities to increase effectiveness and efficiency in Forj Medical’s Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Quality Assurance processes and activities. Identified opportunities are prioritized based on impact/benefit to Forj Medical and/or it’s customers. The CI Engineer is responsible for planning, executing, and monitoring continuous improvement activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree (preferably in an engineering field) from four-year college or university, or equivalent experience
• Minimum of at least two (2) years of experience in the medical device and/or biotechnology industry
• Project management experience
• Excellent oral and written communication
• Strong problem-solving
• Project management
• Knowledge of continuous tools such as Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing, and Six Sigma
• Change management
• Cross functional collaboration

Responsibilities

• Analyze data to plan, organize, and execute continuous improvement activities.
• Establish continuous improvement goals and execute plans to deliver goal achievement.
• Collaborate with Forj Medical Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Quality Assurance to identify and prioritize continuous improvement opportunities.
• Partner with Forj Medical cross-functional leadership to establish and maintain a continuous improvement mindset across the organization.
• Assists Manufacturing Engineers as needed to improve manufacturing yield rates, equipment up time, and/or throughput.
• Assists Quality Assurance Engineers as needed to address product quality issues.
• Provide training as needed for updated processes.
• Track continuous improvement results and prepare and present continuous improvement project updates to the Forj Medical leadership.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level