Monitor Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams everywhere. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. As we build on our legacy, we are deepening our commitment to elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies. Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients—that is what Vantive aspires to deliver.

We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us. At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us is driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities.

Summary
The Monitor Manufacturing Engineering Manager ensures continuous support for production activities to guarantee business continuity through process validation, continuous improvement, problem solving, industrialization, innovation and training. Your activity will be focused on our dialysis machine production area (managed applying Lean Methodology like One Piece Flow, Kanban and process standardization) and you’ll also be responsible for CAPEX management for all the plant. You’ll lead a team (~10 people), reporting to the Plant Manager.

What you'll be doing

• Review validation activities and manage team that will execute validation protocols, procedures, work instructions, OPLs.
• Manage CAPEX projects related to all the manufacturing plant.
• Manage industrialization processes, support prototyping activities and manage production transfer projects (in both directions, transfer to other locations and receiving from other sites).
• Be responsible for “change control” activities related to different production lines and spare parts production and for production improvements to be compliant with quality and safety regulations updates.
• Supervise and coordinate projects driven by the plant or launched by global departments that impact production.
• Manage budget related to CAPEX, site projects and your team.
• Manage and develop the manufacturing engineering team.
• Collaborate with other departments such as quality, R&D manufacturing, etc. that can be based in Medolla or other sites.

What you’ll bring

• Degree in Engineering or scientific disciplines.
• Solid experience in process industrialization/optimization and project management.
• Previous experience in Medical Device/Pharma/Automotive sector and in complex/multinational environment is preferred.
• Strong team management and communication skills.
• Problem solving attitude and ability to prioritize activities and projects.
• Proficient knowledge of English, written and spoken.