Manufacturing Production Engineer

Kelly Services; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 54,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & Dental

401K

Paid time off

Job summary

Kelly Engineering is currently hiring a Manufacturing Production Engineer with 3-5 years of industry experience working with medical devices for a long-term contract in Irvine, CA.

The role applies engineering knowledge to design, optimize, and manage manufacturing processes, ensuring quality and regulatory compliance. Competitive benefits include medical/dental, 401K, and paid time off, with on-site work in Irvine.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of industry experience in manufacturing/engineering.
• Experience with medical devices.

Responsibilities

• Apply scientific and engineering methods to design and optimize manufacturing processes and equipment.
• Plan resources, budget, and schedules for projects; monitor progress and results.
• Ensure quality, regulatory compliance, and customer service throughout manufacturing operations.

Job description

Kelly Engineering is currently hiring a Manufacturing Production Engineer with 3-5 years of industry experience working with medical devices. This would be a long-term contract with a premier Medical Device Optical Solutions Manufacturing client in Irvine, CA .

Our client is a well-known ophthalmic medical device company based in Irvine, CA, specializing in cataract and laser refractive surgery products.

As a Kelly employee, you will be eligible for Medical & Dental, 401K, and a variety of other benefits to choose from. You will also be eligible for paid time off, including holiday, vacation, and sick/personal time.

Locations: Irvine, California

Functions: Manufacturing Production Engineer

Pay $39-$47 hr.

An engineering professional who applies scientific knowledge, engineering knowledge, mathematics, and ingenuity to complete assignments related to a specific technical field or discipline. Works under general supervision, who reviews results for overall accuracy, completeness, and soundness of technical judgment. Identifies and quantifies technical risks and their consequences relative to the success of part of a project; recommends appropriate action, e.g. reports calculations and recommendations in terms concrete enough for management to make an informed decision. Drives functional performance that ensures the highest standard in quality, customer service, and regulatory compliance is met.

Technical/Design Anticipates future directions. Benchmarks internally and externally. Recognizes changes in the environment and presents resources as indicators of future problems and opportunities; prepares for such eventualities, e.g. initiates a plan to acquire new engineering skills required by changes in technology. Executes with general supervision, the design of products/processes/equipment/systems/facilities by applying standard engineering theories, concepts, and techniques within the discipline.

Independently investigates, conducts tests or experiments, gathers data, and performs preliminary analysis. Reports findings. Prepares and communicates recommendations and respective action plans.

Project Management Plans and conducts small- to medium-sized assigned projects within engineering specialty requiring conventional types of plans, investigations, and/or equipment. Coordinates and monitors activities/projects.

Reviews plans and monitors status of implementation for those assigned to project; makes judgments regarding the quality of implementation within the discipline; employs contingency plans to recover from schedule slippage and financial overruns when appropriate, e.g. tracks actual. Facilitates the definition of a project scope with clients.

Estimates and coordinates resources needed, materials, budget, time, and people to accomplish assigned individual tasks, e.g. coordinates work with technicians and associate engineers; prepares contingency plans and budget for assignments.

Participates in economic analysis and feasibility studies related to project alternatives. Jointly responsible for achieving the project's financial targets in support of business objectives.

Problem Solving/Innovation Creates/modified designs for intermediate problems. Designs/modifies more complex components/processes; writes detailed design specifications, e.g. creates a new production flow diagram; modifies an existing design to improve a construction process. Predicts patterns/trends.

Grasps complexities and sees relationships among data; determines consequences and alternatives; makes recommendations, e.g. develops a process improvement for manufacturing; analyzes problems from multiple perspectives. Improves methods/designs/processes.

Recognizes and implements good ideas/innovations/cost reductions; consistently generates/adopts original solutions to problems and reduces them to practices, e.g. implements better methods to reduce component costs; creatively applies others design ideas.

Organizational Interface Interfaces with internal and external company contacts. Communicates frequently with inter-organizational and outside customer contacts on routine matters. Prepares written communication. Conveys information effectively through formal and informal documents with team members, designers, technicians, and other technical personnel, both internal and external, using appropriate communications protocols, e.g. develops proposals, conducts reviews, provides audience-targeted content; prepares project summaries and design documentation. Obtains approval to proceed with proposed action plans.

Important information

Applicants must be legally permitted to work in the United States immediately and without employer sponsorship

As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Please note: The following benefits reflect Kelly's general offerings. Eligibility may vary by assignment, location, and job type.

• Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability.
• As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account.
• In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan.
• As a Kelly employee, you will be eligible for Medical & Dental, 401K, and a variety of other benefits to choose from.
• You will also be eligible for paid time off, including holiday, vacation, and sick/personal time.

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