What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manufacturing Engineer position at Savaria Patient Care?
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Savaria is a global leader in accessibility and patient care products, designing and building wheelchair lifts, stairlifts, elevators for home and commercial applications, medical beds, therapeutic surfaces, ceiling track lifts and patient slings. Savaria employs 2,450 valued associates globally and has 11 manufacturing facilities to reach markets in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
SAVARIA PATIENT CARE
Built from a heritage of brands including Span, Handicare and Silvalea, Savaria Patient Care provides products designed for safe patient handling and positive outcomes. Our research and clinically based product portfolio include therapeutic surfaces for pressure management and positioning, a complete range of innovative ceiling and floor lifts and slings. Savaria Patient Care is a division of Savaria Corporation, a global leader in accessibility.
OVERVIEW: The Manufacturing Engineer will develop; project manage and implement improvements to production processes that lead to a safer environment, higher quality, and lower cost product. This position will involve hands-on interaction with electromechanical devices and frequent interaction with production teams for technical support, advice and problem resolution.
Responsibilities
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Competencies
The employee may occasionally stand, walk, stoop, kneel or crouch during shift. Employee will be required to regularly sit, use hand to finger, handle, feel and reach with hands and arms. Employee must be able to occasionally lift, push, pull and or move up to 50 lbs.
Work Environment
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Savaria is a global leader in accessibility and patient care products, designing and building wheelchair lifts, stairlifts, elevators for home and commercial applications, medical beds, therapeutic surfaces, ceiling track lifts and patient slings. Savaria employs 2,450 valued associates globally and has 11 manufacturing facilities to reach markets in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
SAVARIA PATIENT CARE
Built from a heritage of brands including Span, Handicare and Silvalea, Savaria Patient Care provides products designed for safe patient handling and positive outcomes. Our research and clinically based product portfolio include therapeutic surfaces for pressure management and positioning, a complete range of innovative ceiling and floor lifts and slings. Savaria Patient Care is a division of Savaria Corporation, a global leader in accessibility.
OVERVIEW: The Manufacturing Engineer will develop; project manage and implement improvements to production processes that lead to a safer environment, higher quality, and lower cost product. This position will involve hands-on interaction with electromechanical devices and frequent interaction with production teams for technical support, advice and problem resolution.
Responsibilities
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Identify and project manage improvement and capital investment projects to improve production quality and efficiency.
- Initiates improvement activity to continuously drive the above
- Create and modify documents that instruct the shop floor on basic procedures for assembling products.
- Deploy modern lean manufacturing techniques.
- Ensures that products and components conform to engineering design, FDA and ISO regulatory requirements, and performance specifications.
- Additional responsibilities as requested or required by management.
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Competencies
- Ability to perform in a dynamic environment with regularly shifting priorities
- Demonstrable expertise in Manufacturing and Assembly process design and optimization – knows what World Class looks like and how to drive towards that.
- Demonstrates understanding of the importance of the customer in delivering the above.
- Continuously challenges the status quo, and can coach and engage others on the importance of this
- Collaboratively builds the case for improvement and drives that forward.
- Experience managing projects, including developing statements of work, tracking status, working in cross-functional teams, and meeting deadlines.
- Writes clearly and informatively
- Follows policies and procedures
- Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness
- Completes work in timely manner
- Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedural manuals or government regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from group of managers, clients, customers and the general public.
- Bachelor’s Degree (B.A. / B.S.) from a four-year college or university, preferably in mechanical engineering; and 3 to 5 years of hands-on experience in mechanical design; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- None are required.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook is required. Intermediate to advanced proficiency in SolidWorks or similar CAD Design software.
The employee may occasionally stand, walk, stoop, kneel or crouch during shift. Employee will be required to regularly sit, use hand to finger, handle, feel and reach with hands and arms. Employee must be able to occasionally lift, push, pull and or move up to 50 lbs.
Work Environment
- This position works in an environment with moderate noise levels.
- This position may travel up to 5% of the time.
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Salary : $88,000 - $90,000
