Continuous Improvement Lead

1 month ago

Plymouth, United Kingdom Advanced Medical Solutions Full time
About AMS

Who are Advanced Medical Solutions?

AMS is a world-leading independent developer and manufacturer of innovative tissue-healing technology, focused on quality outcomes for patients and value for payers. AMS has a wide range of surgical products including tissue adhesives, sutures, haemostats, internal fixation devices and internal sealants, which it markets under its brands LiquiBand®, RESORBA®, LiquiBandFix8®, LIQUIFIX™ and Seal-G®. AMS also supplies wound care dressings such as silver alginates, alginates and foams through its ActivHeal® brand as well as under white label. Since 2019, the Group has made five acquisitions: Sealantis, an Israeli developer of innovative internal sealants; Biomatlante, a French developer and manufacturer of surgical biomaterials, Raleigh, a leading UK coater and converter of woundcare and bio-diagnostics materials, AFS Medical, an Austrian specialist surgical business and Connexicon, an Irish tissue adhesives specialist.

AMS's products, manufactured in the UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Israel, are sold globally via a network of multinational or regional partners and distributors, as well as via AMS's own direct sales forces in the UK, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic and Russia. The Group has R&D innovation hubs in the UK, Ireland, Germany, France and Israel. Established in 1991, the Group has more than 800 employees. For more information, please see www.admedsol.com

AMS provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants. We highly value and encourage diversity across our workforce meaning that no one will be discriminated against because of their gender, race, age, nationality, disability, or any other protected characteristic as prohibited by law.

Job Details
Job Details
Responsible for all manufacturing processes, lean improvements, cost reduction, technical capability enhancement, process development, new production introduction delivering outputs in line with the business objectives on safety, quality, delivery, and cost. To execute site support activities and provide maintenance of all relevant operational equipment to ensure longevity and availability.
Key responsibilities
What will this role involve?
  • Working closely alongside production operations to ensure the start up /shut down and continual running of all manufacturing processes.
  • Establish & maintain standard processes within the validated process window plus optimisation of the technical performance for all manufacturing elements.
  • Investigate and resolve issues related to the technical performance.
  • Optimize and deliver continuous improvement on existing manufacturing processes.
  • Assist R&D with the introduction of new products and processes into manufacturing
  • Development of new standard processes and ensure optimal implementation into manufacturing supported with initial procedures, training and coaching of manufacturing.
  • Collaborate with Group Engineering to execute or support assigned capital expenditure projects.
  • Maintain all production equipment to the defined schedule and provide maintenance of the whole site requirements including, fire system testing / training, legionella checks, calibration, and contractor control.
What we're looking for?
  • Current experience in production environment support role (or 5 years min).
  • Experience of developing and/or testing a process within a clean room manufacturing environment.
  • Good understanding of Lean Principles (5S / VSM / Kaizen).
  • Minimum of HNC level qualification in mechanical, electronic, industrial or manufacturing engineering, or similar.
  • Experience in process and product validation (sterile packaging according to ISO 11607 would be advantageous).
  • Understanding of a quality management system (ISO13485 / FDA) and medical device manufacturing advantageous.
  • Very good MS-Office skills, especially Excel.
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to communicate at all levels of the organization.
  • Effective time management with the ability to set priorities.
  • Good written and spoken English.
Employment BasisFull Time Location CountryUnited Kingdom Location CityPlymouth Applications Close Date24 May 2024

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