For over 30 years, Surgical Innovations have proudly designed, developed and manufactured high quality, precision engineered instruments for minimally invasive surgery and are a leading UK manufacturer of medical devices in its respective field.
Our success is our people and we currently employ over 100 staff from our head office in Leeds. a platform for individual development, growth, and prosperity.
As we seek to identify, nurture, and retain talent, we offer competitive benefits packages, continuous training and development opportunities to ensure those joining us on our journey, grow too!
Reporting to the Manufacturing Engineering Manager, this role involves working as part of a small engineering team, and will focus primarily on Production engineering, working in collaboration with the Quality Engineers within the team.
The Production Engineer’s purpose is to develop the processes to continually improve, delivering productivity and efficiency, whilst ensuring safety standards and medical devices compliance are maintained. The role is also responsible for developing new Manufacturing processes as part of the new product introduction process.
Production Engineers are responsible for working on multiple projects simultaneously within the business and often requires the individual to work as part of a cross functional team.
Ensuring relevant health and safety is followed and that all work complies with safety legislation and site policies
Ensure all equipment and process introductions are compliant to legislation (CE Mark) and have a valid risk assessment
Ensure any chemicals purchased have a COSHH assessment before use.
Continuous Improvement Projects
Define project scope, objectives and justification
Execute project within agreed budgets and time scales
Responsibility for implementation of CAPA, NCR & Customer Complaint actions
Analyse process performance and barriers to identify opportunities for Continuous improvement
Agree Process validation plans with the Quality Engineer and execute the validation plans to demonstrate process capability
Participate in Concept & design reviews to ensure design for manufacture opportunities are capitalised on
Execute project within agreed budgets and time scale
Quality
Ensure that CAPA, CCF and Customer complaint procedures are followed and that actions are implemented in a timely manner
Fully support the Quality Systems Team regarding all finished goods, in process and supplier complaints and non-conformity investigations, providing technical expertise to establish root cause and deliver suitable corrective actions.
HND or Degree in relevant Engineering discipline
Experience working in a manufacturing environment
Experience of precision manufacturing or injection moulding
CAD experience
This role offers a competitive salary in the region of £35,000 (negotiable dependent on experience) and a range of benefits including a 9-day working fortnight (every second Friday off), pension, bonus scheme, life assurance, income protection, health cash plan, perkbox, and free parking.