Edwards Lifesciences Jobs

Supervise employees across areas of manufacturing for smooth and continuous operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supervise employees and manufacturing activities pertaining to the production of products and/or manufacturing processes in - and with manufacturing/technical knowledge of - 1 or more production areas, depending on the complexity of the areas

• Conduct performance reviews, including resolving performance issues

• Oversee the scheduling of work orders and team performance metrics

• Accountable to ensure staff is appropriately trained to perform assigned work

• Accountable for productivity, quality, and training metrics of staff, and provide regular progress reports and manufacturing metrics to management and cross-functional stakeholders

• Ensure appropriate staffing for all positions

• May participate in improvement projects, partner with engineering on investigations and/or corrective actions, perform non-conformance investigations for review with engineering, assures documentation content is valid

• Other incidental duties

Education and Experience:

Other: in Diploma, 5 yearsrelevant experience

• with internship or substantial technical knowledge and experience in related manufacturing, and/or quality

• Experience working in multi-cultural teams with cultural sensitivity

• Experience working in a medical device industry Required

Additional Skills:

• Proven expertise in Microsoft Office Suite with working knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, preferably JDE

• Excellent communication and interpersonal relationship skills; possessing strong collaboration skills in partnering with cross functional stakeholders in order to achieve objectives

• Full understanding of manufacturing procedures

• Ability to supervise/lead employees in a manufacturing environment

• Ability to analyze and identify potential line/operation layouts adjustments to improve efficiency

• Basic understanding of processes and equipment used in assigned work

• Ability to work and excel within a fast paced, dynamic, and constantly changing work environment

• Ability to lead teams, provide coaching and feedback, including responsibility for all employee actions including hire/fire authority and partnering with HR on all aspects of employee relations

• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing concepts and Six Sigma

• Must be able to promote and work in an inter-departmental team environment

• Successful completion of ongoing job training of manufacturing process steps

• Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control

Edwards Lifesciences is the global leader in patient-focused medical innovations for structural heart disease, as well as critical care and surgical monitoring. Driven by a passion to help patients, the company collaborates with the world's leading clinicians and researchers to address unmet healthcare needs, working to improve patient outcomes and enhance lives. Headquartered in Irvine, California, Edwards Lifesciences has extensive operations in North America, Europe, Japan, Latin America and Asia and currently employs over 15,000 individuals worldwide.

For us, helping patients is not a slogan - it's our life's work. From developing devices that replace or repair a diseased heart valve to creating new technologies that monitor vital signs in the critical care setting, we focus on helping patients regain and improve the quality of their life.