Senior Industrial Engineer
Date: 14-Sep-2020
Location: Kulim, 02, MY
Company: Teleflex
Expected Travel: Up to 10%
Requisition ID: 2719
About Teleflex Incorporated
Teleflex is a global provider of clinically effective medical technologies designed to improve the health and quality of people’s lives. We apply purpose driven innovation – a relentless pursuit of identifying unmet clinical needs – to benefit patients and healthcare providers. Our portfolio is diverse, with solutions in the fields of vascular and interventional access, interventional cardiology, surgical, anesthesia, cardiac care, interventional urology, urology, emergency medicine and respiratory care. Teleflex employees worldwide are united in the understanding that what we do every day makes a difference. For more information, please visit teleflex.com.
Global Functions – The Corporate division is the central operating unit of the company; setting strategy and policy and providing business development, finance, human resources, information technology, investor relations and legal support to the businesses. The global Company headquarters is located just outside of Philadelphia in Wayne, PA. Join a dynamic, growing team that offers healthcare providers an array of medical technology solutions that make a difference in patients’ lives.
- Develop most efficient ways to maximize production efficiency and reduce waste from perspective of people, machines, materials, information, and energy to make a product or service.
- Identify and present potential areas for continuous improvement, optimizing work flow process and increasing capacity.
- Develop, maintain, and improve standard hours of individual processes through mathematical models. Involved in standard cost roll.
- Must be able to perform capacity and recovery planning in conjunction with production and manufacturing process design.
- Develop, maintain and improve plant layout for better space utilization, and target to create flow.
- Facilitate Kaizen event to improve production efficiency and reduce waste.
- Lead process development and validation efforts, ensure validated processes are sustainable and achieve expected output and results.
- Analyze manufacturing process flows continually for the enhancements of quality, cost reduction, and throughput.
- Study product requirements and design manufacturing and information systems to meet requirements.
- Evaluate accuracy of production and testing equipment.
- Design and develop manufacturing processes for enhancements, product changes, and new products, and related fixtures and tooling that are consistent with zero defect level and low product cost.
- Collaborate with Production, Quality Assurance to ensure line extension and product tooling requirements to ensure effective transfer of production processes and methods.
- Ensure that all operations carried out are within the specifications as written in the procedures and work instructions
- Develop equipment and machine specifications documentation and work with vendors to ensure all commissioned equipment is built and tested to specification.
- Ensure all NCR (Non Conformances Report) are investigated and close on time.
- Develop and foster quality awareness and teamwork among all the production employees.
- Upkeep and maintain production areas using 5S and Lean Manufacturing principles.
- Support company policies and procedures, goals and objectives, FDA regulations, and good manufacturing practices.
- Perform any other relevant and related responsibilities that may be assigned from time to time as required by superior.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Industrial Engineering from an accredited college.
- Master’s degree in manufacturing related engineering field is an added advantage.
- Minimum of 5-10 years’ experience in manufacturing organisation working as industrial engineer or manufacturing process development capacity.
- Operate at senior level in a manufacturing organisation and makes decision on product and process changes.
- Experience in project management in a medical device organisation
- Previously worked in a lean manufacturing organisation
- Familiar with FDA requirement on medical device regulation.
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing concepts.
- Experience in process validations and statistical analysis
- Process modeling
- Time studies and work sampling
- Root cause analysis and statistical methods
- Project scheduling and risk management.
- Ability to prioritize multiple projects.
- Enthusiastic, cooperative, and positive behavior.
- Creative & analytical thinker
- Interdependent, fast paced and able to work under pressure
- Strong leadership and team player
- Must be able to communicate fluently (written and verbal) in English and Malay Language.
- Exposed to Quality Engineering tools and techniques, e.g. SPC and Minitab
- Knowledge in Process design, assembly line layout and efficiency models and validation of new manufacturing lines.
- Kaizen Event facilitation
- Product Costing will be added Advantage
- Six Sigma Knowledge will be added Advantage
- Certified Lean Practitioner will be Prioritized
Teleflex, Inc. is an affirmative action & equal opportunity employer. D/V/M/F. Applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, or veteran status. If you require accommodation to apply for a position, please contact us at: 262-439-1894.
Teleflex is the home of Arrow®, Deknatel®, Hudson RCI®, LMA®, Pilling®, Rüsch®, UroLift® and Weck® – trusted brands united by a common sense of purpose. Teleflex, the Teleflex logo, Arrow, Deknatel, Hudson RCI, LMA, Pilling, Rüsch, UroLift and Weck are trademarks or registered trademarks of Teleflex Incorporated or its affiliates, in the U.S. and/or other countries.
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