Quality Validation Engineer

***NO H1Bs/ C2C accepted***

Position: Quality / Validation Engineer

Location: Holdrege NE 68949

Duration: 2 Years contract with possible conversion

Pay Rate: $55/hr - $60/hr (depending on experience)

NOTE:

Shift: 1st Shift

Hours Per Week: 40

Interview Process: Onsite Interview & Tour (Typically they will just do 1 visit for interview & tour, but they may do a second)

Relocation Expenses/ Assistance: NO

Job Description:

• The Quality OR Validation Engineer is responsible for supporting sustaining activities through the application of Quality Engineering skills for medical devices.
• This person will understand, improve, and control operational processes to realize predictable product flow while satisfying established standards of quality.
• Additional responsibilities include cross functional support for the Quality Engineering and Quality Systems group.
• This position is responsible to build sound technical and organizational competence within area of responsibility. Ensure the systems comply with applicable government regulations and standards.
• Support the plant on assigned product initiatives with technical expertise and determine associated resource needs to accomplish project goals.
• Provide critical quality engineering direction to Branding project with respect to generally accepted quality engineering tools/principles, such as root cause analysis, FMEAs, risk mitigation, validation, DOE/other process improvement tools, measurement and measurement systems analysis, sampling, and control plans.
• Applies moderate level application of technical principles, theories, concepts, techniques, and quality sciences / tools.
• Develops solutions to routine problems of moderate scope.
• Maintain alignment to company quality policies, procedures, and practices through consistent application of sound quality assurance principles. Make basic procedural updates.
• Demonstrates working knowledge of applicable regulatory, Corporate and/or Unit requirements.
• Is an extended team member representing Site Quality on new product development projects and a team member for sustaining engineering projects.
• Establishes a strong working relationship with all levels of operations to appropriately monitor and analyze in-process inspection, process control activity, waste and reject rates, PM compliance, environmental control, and customer complaint levels in order to take a lead role in identifying and documenting continuous improvement projects.
• Approve protocols and reports for all validation and change control activities to ensure compliance to established procedures.
• Utilize Lean and Six Sigma problem solving methods, data analysis tools and techniques to support department validation efforts around continuous improvement.

Job Requirement:

• B.S. degree in Engineering (Industrial, Mechanic) Desired
• 3+ Years Quality experience including Validation and Quality Engineering responsibilities.
• Medical Industry Experience Needed.
• Demonstrate success with statistical and problem-solving methodologies.
• Excellent knowledge of the principles for Quality Engineering and Quality management as related to validation process on medical devices.
• Strong understanding of failure analysis, test methods and engineering tolerances.
• Strong verbal, written and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient with Minitab or other statistical software, MS Word, Excel, and MS project.
• Six Sigma Certification Desired:
• ASQ CQE
• Working knowledge of 21CFR820, ISO 13485.