Industrial Engineering Manager

Company Description

At Intuitive, we are united behind our mission: we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints.

As a pioneer and market leader in robotic-assisted surgery, we strive to foster an inclusive and diverse team, committed to making a difference. For more than 25 years, we have worked with hospitals and care teams around the world to help solve some of healthcare's hardest challenges and advance what is possible.

Intuitive has been built by the efforts of great people from diverse backgrounds. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere. We strive to foster an inclusive culture built around diversity of thought and mutual respect. We lead with inclusion and empower our team members to do their best work as their most authentic selves.

Passionate people who want to make a difference drive our culture. Our team members are grounded in integrity, have a strong capacity to learn, the energy to get things done, and bring diverse, real world experiences to help us think in new ways. We actively invest in our team members to support their long-term growth so they can continue to advance our mission and achieve their highest potential.

Join a team committed to taking big leaps forward for a global community of healthcare professionals and their patients. Together, let's advance the world of minimally invasive care.

Job Description

Primary Function of Position

Deliver significant improvements in labor efficiency, capacity, cost, manufacturability for robotic surgical instruments and accessories.

The Industrial Engineering Manager is responsible for setting, measuring and monitoring production standards, space planning and plant layouts; determining the plant capacity for the Mexicali site; leading and coaching Industrial Engineers on their tasks and activities, and evaluating results.

Essential Job Duties (Specific responsibilities and tasks an individual would be expected to perform in the role. Additional job duties may be determined by functional people manager)

• Coordinate annual study for future Space needs to cover the needs for operations.
• Coordinate the establishment and maintenance of production standards.
• Validate the direct head count provided by production, based on the forecast of the following year.
• Design and maintain the measurement system that indicates the efficiency level of the production lines.
• Promote and lead initiatives focused on improving productivity based on the latest data from processes.
• Control and maintain lay outs of Mexicali plants, their changes and ensure accuracy vs the shopfloor.
• Establish the plan for additional lines that allow to comply with the volume of production.
• Establish the maximum capacity per production line as support to the S & OP process (Sales & Operations Planning).
• Coordinate the development and implementation of Ergonomic improvements in the workstations, ensuring their alignment with other ISI sites.
• Coordinate the process to determine the proposals with the objective of establishing the plant layout of the IS Mexicali plant.
• Coordinate training for the development of talent in the training program for Jr. Engineers.
• Monitor the progress and fulfillment of the activities of direct reports.
• Provide staff growth and development plan.
• Conduct evaluation for the annual MERIT grant, providing feedback to direct reports.
• Perform mentoring activities for direct reports (1:1 meetings).
• Drive our Culture Strategy by fostering our mission, founding principles, individual and leadership expectations.

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience (Specific skills, knowledge, and experience that an individual must possess in order to successfully perform in job)

• Minimum 3 years of experience as Production Superintendent, Coordinator, or similar and minimum 5 years of experience as Process, Manufacturing or Project Engineer.
• Experience in international shipping documentation required by Mexico and US Customs agencies.
• Languages: Advanced English (90%).
• Systems Management: Intermediate AutoCAD, Intermediate MS Project, Advanced Data Bases, Advanced MS Excel, SAP, Minitab, Agile.
• Minimum 2 years of Project Management, Production lines balancing.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Leadership, Proactive, Organized, Staff management and Planning skills.

Required Education and Training (As applicable - Specific education and training that an individual must possess in order to successfully perform in job)

• Professional Career @ Industrial, Manufacturing, Process, Electronic, Mechanical or Production Engineering.

Working Conditions (As applicable - Any physical requirements for the job.  If not applicable, state “none”)

• None

Preferred Skills and Experience (As applicable - Specific skills, knowledge, and experience that are not required to perform the job, but are desirable to have)

• Other Studies: Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma Certification (preferred).
• Minimum 3 years of experience in the medical industry (preferred).

Additional Information

Intuitive es un empleador que brinda igualdad de oportunidades de empleo. Proporcionamos igualdad de oportunidades de empleo a todos los solicitantes y empleados cualificados, y prohibimos cualquier tipo de discriminación y acoso, independientemente de su raza, sexo, condición de embarazo, orientación sexual, identidad de género, origen nacional, color, edad, religión, condición de veterano protegido o de discapacidad, información genética o cualquier otra condición protegida por las leyes federales, estatales o locales aplicables.