Manager Manufacturing Engineering

Thoratec Switzerland GmbH is a part of Abbott Laboratories, one of the world's leading manufacturers of medical devices. We are the global market leader for implantable and extracorporeal blood pumps based on magnetic levitation technology. Our life-saving systems, which we develop and manufacture in Zurich, are used for acute and long-term therapy in patients with severe heart diseases.

Our location in the city of Zurich has around 100 employees in the areas of development and production of the CentriMagTM system and the HeartMate 3TM motor.

We are looking for a Manager Manufacturing Engineering who is joining our Operation Department. We are looking for a passionate and experienced leader to take over a part of an existing team which is currently under change.

As a direct report to the Sr. Manager Manufacturing Engineering, you will lead one of the 5 Manufacturing Engineering Teams. You are mainly responsible to ensure our production and production environment is compliant and to continuously improve the application of our QMS.

Your main tasks include:

• Responsible for the professional and disciplinary management of your team with 4-8 engineers. You ensure through continuous training that your team is future-oriented, efficient, and always one step ahead.

• Set guidelines, provide best practices, guide professional development to sustain internal services within assigned responsibilities for the Manufacturing Engineering Group.

• Responsible for corrective actions and preventive actions(CAPA) in close collaboration with our local and US based CAPA team.

• Responsible for manufacturing analysis within complaint investigations in close collaboration with our US based complaint handling team.

• Responsible for managing document and label changes within PLM (Windchill) and related changes in ERP System (SAP) in close collaboration with our local document control team.

• Responsible for managing efficient trainingplans for the Manufacturing Engineering Group plans.

• Support auditand other regulatory related activities in the area of manufacturing engineering.

• Support integrating and maintaining global quality management system.

• Foster interacts with other manufacturing engineering team leaders, production team lead, production planning, quality department and project leader.

Your profile:

• B.Sc./M.Sc. degree in manufacturing, engineering or a related field

• More than 5 years professional experience in leadership and corresponding further education

• More than 5 years professional experience in a manufacturing medical device industry or similar regulated environment

• Strong knowledge of the regulations applicable in medical technology (ISO 13485 / FDA 21CFR Part 820 / GxP)

• Excellent skills in English, communicative German is a plus.

• Strong service-oriented personality

• Strong leadership personality with the will and the ability to get things done

• Driving continues improvement and enjoy working in a team.

We are looking for a highly motivated person who enjoys being part of a small team with broad responsibilities. Do you have what it takes? Then send us your application including motivation, curriculum vitae, letter of recommendation and diplomas in PDF format today. We are looking forward to meeting you.