Edwards Lifesciences Corp

Senior Supervisor, Quality

Edwards Lifesciences Corp$108K — $153K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree with in-depth technical knowledge and experience in manufacturing or quality engineering.
  • 4+ years of experience in personnel management including hire/fire authority in a relevant field.
  • Proven ability to supervise and mentor in a fast-paced, multi-cultural manufacturing environment.
  • Expertise in Microsoft Office Suite and ERP systems, particularly JDE preferred.
  • Experience in the medical device industry is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Supervise quality inspection teams across multiple manufacturing areas.
  • Lead improvement projects and conduct investigations into non-conformance issues.
  • Provide regular reports on manufacturing metrics and develop resolutions for improvements.
  • Establish scheduling and performance metrics to meet production targets.
  • Serve as the document owner for inspection procedures of assigned product lines.
  • Accountable for project outcomes within assigned teams.
  • Perform incidental duties as necessary.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary with performance-based incentives.
  • Wide range of employee benefits programs.
  • Focus on employee safety and wellness initiatives.
  • Supportive of diverse individual needs for employees and their families.
Full Job Description
The Quality Senior Supervisor leads our Quality Inspection teams in Components, Tissue, Solutions, Preliminary Packaging, and Valve Assembly areas of the Irvine Implant Manufacturing facility. The role provides oversight for daily operations, non-conformance management, and new product transfers, partnering closely with Manufacturing, Engineering and Supply Chain.

How you'll make an impact:
• Supervise employees and quality activities pertaining to the production of products and/or manufacturing processes in - and with quality /technical knowledge of - multiple production areas, depending on the complexity of the areas, in addition to conducting performance reviews, including resolving performance issues, providing feedback, all hire/fire authority, and partnering with HR on all aspects of employee of employee.
• Lead complex improvement projects, partner with engineering on investigations and/or corrective actions, perform non-conformance investigations for review with engineering, assures documentation content is valid.
• Provide regular progress reports and manufacturing metrics to management and cross-functional stakeholders, including developing resolutions as needed to improve metrics achievement while accountable for productivity and quality metrics of staff.
• Establish the scheduling of work orders and team performance metrics, including monitoring output and adjusting schedules to ensure production targets are achieved.
• Document owner for assigned product line inspection procedures.
• Responsible for all project outcomes of assigned unit/group of employees.
• Other incidental duties.

What you'll need:
• Bachelor's Degree in-depth technical knowledge and experience in assigned work area, and substantial experience in related manufacturing, quality and/or product development engineering, with skill levels exceeding the requirements of the Supervisor II or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria
• 4 years previous related experience with full responsibility for all personnel including hire/fire authority and handling all aspects of employee relations in manufacturing, quality and/or product development engineering or equivalent work experience

What else we look for:
• Ability to supervise, lead, and/or mentor employees in a fast-paced manufacturing environment with experience fostering multi-cultural teams with cultural sensitivity.
• Proven expertise in both Microsoft Office Suite and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, preferably JDE.
• Experience working in a medical device industry, preferred.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal relationship skills; possessing strong collaboration skills in partnering with cross functional stakeholders in order to achieve objectives, enhance job expertise and awareness of company policies for GMP, SOP and safety regulations, as well as mediating and negotiating the needs of other areas to achieve consensus.
• Full understanding of all aspects of processes and equipment used across areas of responsibility.
• Ensure testing conforms to appropriate standards of identity, strength, and quality of components and in process products.
• Knows and effectively uses fundamental concepts, practices, and procedures relative to quality and productivity improvements.
• Must be able to develop creative solutions to challenging problems; adept and experienced problem solver who is capable to determine root cause of technical issues and implements effective solutions in a timely manner
• Able to understand statistics, engineering drawings, Bills of Materials, and operational procedures.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing concepts, SPC, Process Map, DFMEA/PFMEA and Six Sigma.
• Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control.

Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.

For California, the base pay range for this position is $108,000 - $153,000 (highly experienced).

The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience). Applications will be accepted while this position is posted on our Careers website.

About Edwards Lifesciences Corp

Edwards Lifesciences is an American medical technology company headquartered in Irvine, California, specializing in artificial heart valves and hemodynamic monitoring. It developed the SAPIEN transcatheter aortic heart valve made of cow tissue within a balloon-expandable, cobalt-chromium frame, deployed via catheter. The company has manufacturing facilities at the Irvine headquarters, as well as in Draper, Utah; Costa Rica; the Dominican Republic; Puerto Rico; and Singapore; and is building a new facility due to be completed in 2021 in Limerick, Ireland.
Learn more about Edwards Lifesciences Corp
Size
15,700 employees
Market Cap
$45.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$823.4 million
Founded
1958
5 Year Trend
+12%
Revenue
$4.3 billion
NASDAQ

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