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Description:
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The Company
Carestream Health, formerly Eastman Kodak Company's Health Group, is an independent subsidiary of Onex Corporation, Toronto, Canada. With revenue of $2.54 billion (U.S.) and more than 7,300 employees,
Carestream Health is a world leader in medical and dental imaging and information technology solutions; molecular imaging systems; and non-destructive testing products. The company's products and services are present in 90 percent of hospitals worldwide.
For additional information please read more about us at http://www.carestreamhealth.com.
The Opportunity
Carestream's plant in White City, Oregon is a flagship plant with state of the art technology and is experiencing significant growth in its toll coating operations. Currently, Carestream has an opening for a Product Engineering Supervisor in its White City, Oregon plant.
Position Overview
The Product Engineering Supervisor functions as the technical and program manager/mentor for product engineers working on new product development, manufacturing, and continuous improvement activities in the plant. Significant involvement in manufacturing operations and frequent interaction with diverse cross functional teams are core aspects of the position. Frequent interactions with customers is also required. The Product Engineering Supervisor must successfully oversee the technical aspects of development, commercialization, and continuous improvement for toll manufacturing products.
.Position Responsibilities:
The primary responsibility of the Product Engineering Supervisor will be to oversee the work of the Product Engineers responsible for the development, commercialization, manufacturing, and continuous improvement of toll manufactured products. Consequently, the Product Engineering Supervisor must be competent in the same skills as the Product Engineer; these include:
-Design and execution of statistically designed experiments and modification of manufacturing processes based on the analysis of the results.
-Learn/Understand existing/new products within the White City manufacturing processes in mixing, coating, testing and finishing operations.
-Fulfill documentation requirements associated with the manufacture of assigned products. These include documents that define the process used to make the product, corrective action guidelines, quality test requirements, revisions to the process based on special cause needs and process improvements, regulatory requirements, change management, product scale up gate review requirements, etc.
-Develop product quality standards for the manufacturing processes that will be used to determine product acceptance.
-Lead efforts to address product populations that are made outside of the standard process conditions and/or do not meet the standard quality requirements. This may include identifying the population, statistically characterizing the defect, performing experimentation to learn root cause, implementing countermeasures to ensure the incident is not repeated, developing special test requirements to determine acceptance, gaining approval from appropriate parties to make final disposition, etc.
-Develop and implement finishing plans to meet experimental test requirements and timelines.
-Participate in and/or lead root cause analysis, process improvement workshops, and Kaizen events to reduce waste and improve quality, productivity and safety of assigned products. Act as project manager to facilitate implementation of the improvements identified during the events.
-Troubleshoot product issues and provide direction to operations for how to move forward with production. This may include implementing special testing, special run rules or escalation processes or the decision to shut down production until further understanding can be gained.
-Lead scale-up efforts for new products or product revisions. This includes direct responsibility for planning and execution for all phases of scale up from initial feasibility to standardized production.
-Build and maintain customer relationships through direct communication involving planning/scheduling, process specifics, product quality and understanding, improvement projects, production reports, process capability, waste, machine utilization, issues, etc.
-Drive assigned projects to completion.
-Prepare and deliver presentations to management, customers and operations when appropriate for various projects.
-Lead and coordinate resources to successfully drive the completion of product development, commercialization, manufacturing, and productivity in accordance with customer requirements.
-Support the toll manufacturing business through strategy development, staffing/resourcing plans, project prioritization, and product/program prioritization.
-Technical support for new opportunity assessment, proposal development, pricing letters, invoicing, negotiations, and customer visits.
-Supervisory responsibilities include: personnel management, policy deployment, positive reinforcement/recognition, performance management, goal setting, performance assessment, and training.
Work Environment:
Working conditions are in a manufacturing environment including chemical mixing areas, coating machines, flexible web slitting/chopping equipment and a basic office environment. Work will require functioning in white and green/amber low light conditions. The use of safety glasses, coveralls, and safety shoes along with occasional hearing protection is required in some areas of the facility.
Education and Experience:
-Bachelor's degree in Engineering is required. Chemical or Mechanical Engineering education preferred.
-Manufacturing experience is required. Background in coating of flexible substrates preferred.
-Work experience with demonstrated results relative to leadership, product development, commercialization, manufacturing, and continuous improvement are required.
Successful Skill Sets/Characteristics
-The Product Engineering Supervisor must be able to assimilate technical information across a wide variety of products; e.g. medical imaging films, optical films, flexible electronics, photo voltaic, etc.
-The Product Engineering Supervisor should recognize and rely on the experts in different process and product areas and be able to communicate technical information in non-technical language.
-The Product Engineering Supervisor should be able to anticipate potential problems before they occur and be proactive in preventing them. Strong judgment, excellent organization and planning skills, the ability to take managed risks, and an expectation of mutual respect regardless of function are also essential. Strong computer and statistical skills are needed.
-The Product Engineering Supervisor should be confident, respectful, and controlled when voicing alternative viewpoints and rationale
Additional Required Skills
-Adaptable
-Propensity for rapid learning
-Understanding of statistics
-Communication (verbal and written)
-Ability to successfully lead teams and work as part of a team
-Excellent planning and organizational skills
-Competent in MS Office Suite: Excel, Word, Power Point, MS Project
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