Job description

The Company

As world leader in the design and production of industry solutions, the three divisions of LISI group (LISI AEROSPACE, LISI AUTOMOTIVE and LISI MEDICAL) employ more than 10,000 people in 13 countries. With its headquarters in France, LISI MEDICAL is an innovative subcontractor specializing in the manufacture of implants and instruments for minimally invasive, orthopedic, spinal and traumatological surgery.

More than a part.

LISI MEDICAL, is recognized for delivering quality products and innovative services to our customers. Committed to its reputation, LISI MEDICAL ensures agile management of development projects, remarkable industrial capacities, and expertise.

Through mastery of manufacturing technologies (machining, forging, surface treatments, heat treatment, automation), products designed by our customers are built through optimized production processes to ensure precision.

The Minnesota (USA) entity, with two production sites located in Coon Rapids and Big Lake, MN, offers expertise and innovation in the manufacture of instruments for robotic surgery and osteosynthesis implants. We offer a clean production environment, an excellent benefit and compensation package along with a strong company culture where we are committed to our clients to improve the quality of life of patients.

Competitive Benefits Include: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, paid time off and 401K. Tuition reimbursement to support your development; floating holidays that you take for days that are important to you.

Come Join Our Team!

Travel between our two sites in Big Lake and Coon Rapids is required

Position Summary: This position is responsible for providing engineering leadership to the business division, supervising a staff and overseeing the management of all employees in the department, working closely with all leaders in the business division and organization to provide technical leadership in order to achieve the business division’s goals and objectives, overseeing all cost reduction and continuous improvement initiatives, monitoring and confirming organizational adherence to policies, procedures, regulations and standard work and managing the department budget.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide engineering leadership to the business division, including developing and implementing new engineering methodologies and processes for improved performance, quality and/or cost reduction. Work closely with other departments to ensure proper implementation of these initiatives.
• Directly supervise a staff and oversee the management of all employees in the Engineering Department by participating in and overseeing the hiring, work planning and direction, training and performance management processes. Set department priorities for utilization of resources on new programs.
• Lead NPI organization to ensure costing, project execution and product launch success.
• Work closely with all cross-functional leaders within the business in order to convey engineering expertise and assure the appropriate level of engineering support is being provided in order to achieve the business unit goals and objectives.
• Oversee all cost reduction and continuous improvement initiatives for Engineering, ensuring Lean principles are being implemented.
• Monitor and confirm organizational adherence to policies, procedures, regulations and standard work.
• Develop and manage the Engineering Department budget for the business division, working closely with the Operations team to ensure a collaborative approach toward the creation of each department’s capital equipment budget.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree in Manufacturing Engineering or related engineering field (experience in lieu of a degree will be considered)
• Minimum five years relevant, progressive experience including supervising a staff and managing a department.
• Broad knowledge base of medical device machining processes, applications and technologies.
• Strong business knowledge. Experience leading significant business change and LEAN initiatives.
• Demonstrated effective leadership skills, including the interpersonal and communication skills necessary to lead people and get results through others.
• Proficient PC skills in a Windows environment.
• Basic understanding of CAD/CAM systems utilizing solid modeling.
• Experience working within an ISO environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in a precision machine shop environment.
• LEAN / Six Sigma training and demonstrated application.
• Professional Engineering designation.
• MBA.

Quantitative Data:

• Directly supervise a staff.
• 15 – 25 employees in the department.
• Manage department budget

LISI MEDICAL Remmele is an equal opportunity at will employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, religion, color, disability, sex, sexual orientation or national origin.

We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

No recruiters, please.

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