Exp Eng Project Engineering

Overview

Lead projects, reliability, quality and compliance issues, and operational excellence between DePuy Synthes and external manufacturing partners, leading multi-functional teams on patient safety, quality, compliance, service, growth and value projects.

What you'll do

• Lead and execute projects in line with standard project management guidelines.
• Lead issues relating to reliability, quality and compliance improvements.
• Instill and maintain a sense of urgency and customer focus within the Supply Chain team in collaboration with external manufacturing partners.
• Integrate and improve lifecycle management processes to achieve wider business objectives and deliver successful performance metrics.
• Ensure projects are performed in compliance with the Quality System and drive efforts to improve a culture of quality and compliance.
• Develop strong business partner relationships throughout the organization to drive alignment on strategic priorities.
• Develop an in-depth understanding of business processes, governances, supporting systems and the tools/templates used for project and portfolio management.
• Demonstrate strong project management skills, including project planning, shared team goals, delivering to milestone dates, resource management, capital/expense management, communication plans, risk and issue resolution, and balancing multiple activities.
• Lead manufacturing engineering activities, including maintaining technical engineering documentation, serving as primary point of contact for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) approvals, and coordinating engineering changes.

What you'll need

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, or a related field.
• Minimum 6+ years of relevant work experience (4+ years of relevant experience with a Master's degree, 2+ years of relevant experience with a Ph.D).
• Work experience within the healthcare industry (i.e. Medical Technology or Pharmaceuticals).
• Project management experience, including developing and implementing processes for new or existing products/processes and/or new technologies.
• Demonstrated ability applying project management methodologies and tools, resource management practices and organizational change techniques.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills (written, presentation, meeting management, documentation) to effectively persuade and work across segments and functions at all levels of the organization.
• Minimum language required: English (mandatory).

Nice to have

• Master's degree or higher in Engineering, Science, or a related field.
• Project management methodology certification (e.g., PMP/PMI, FPX).
• Supply Chain, Operations, and/or Manufacturing experience.
• Familiarity with functions such as R&D, Regulatory Affairs, and/or Quality.
• Medical Device industry experience is a plus.
• Knowledge of and experience in applying Six Sigma and Lean methodologies; certification is a plus.

Details

• Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
• Requires up to 10% domestic and international travel.