Sustaining Operations Manager

The Sustaining Operations Manager ensures projects are effectively planned and executed, key milestones are achieved, and business objectives are met. Additionally, this position is accountable for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system while driving operational excellence, cross-functional collaboration, and continuous improvement initiatives across multiple instrument platforms.

What You'll Work On

• Develop project plans, ensure milestones are met and adjust resources as required to meet commitments.
• Provide input to budget.
• Develop area goals and align with business objectives.
• Coordinates the detailed timeline, key milestones and resources to process design changes, vendor notifications, and the release of new parts.
• Balances the time needed for accomplishing current work and achieving development goals, applies newly developed skills, knowledge and experience to the job, recognizes and rewards development.
• Design and analyze solutions to meet discrete product or process issues.
• Maintain current technical skills and business function expertise.
• Anticipate issues and their impact on projects and make recommendations for resolution.
• Considers cost of alternatives when making decisions and/or recommendations.
• Recommends an organization design that responds to the needs of the business and provides a meaningful work experience for employees.
• Presents information to and elicits comments from individuals and groups, facilitates group processes and teamwork.
• Maintain contact with team members to provide a communication link with management.
• Identifies cause-effect relationships and uses technical knowledge and experiences to recommend and execute options.
• Integrates subsystems and components in total system design, develops specifications and customer requirements.
• Recruits, interviews, and selects candidates to fill openings.
• Delegates authority appropriate to the individual and to the scope of the project.
• Exchanges information with appropriate frequency and within a time frame to maximize its utility and promote cross functional collaboration.
• Delivers communications tailored to the needs of the receiver, speaks and writes clearly and concisely.
• Delivers informational presentations, communicates purpose and desired outcomes, keeps to time frames and presents organized ideas persuasively.
• Listens actively to acquire information and understand the others viewpoint.
• Develops an understanding of others' needs, promoting common goals, and follows through on commitments.
• Faces conflicts and takes initiative to resolve issues constructively so all parties can be productive, knows when to involve others.
• Develops team vision/mission, encourages collaboration, works with team to clarify roles and meets personal commitments to the team.
• Involves staff in planning, problem solving and decision making.
• Creates opportunities for cross functional teamwork to improve product development cycle.
• Coordinates the efforts to achieve goals, delegates work to lowest capable level, monitors status of plans/projects and gives feedback and redirects efforts when necessary.
• Makes timely decisions, considers alternatives and evaluates risk, uses sound judgment based on facts and experience.
• Uses constructive techniques to persuade, convince or influence others to follow plan of action, influences policies, events through others, influences across functions without authority.
• Encourages individuals to improve their own and others' performance by seeking and providing feedback, learning from past experience, and mentoring/coaching others.
• Translates changes in business goals and objectives into skills, knowledge and experience needed for future work, prepares a plan for self and team that sets appropriate development goals, establishes timelines, identifies resources, and describes behavioral outcome.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Engineering.
• Minimum 7 years medical device knowledge of regulations and standards.
• 3 years' experience in engineering with leadership experience.