Cardinal Health Canada, with over 1400 employees nationwide, is an essential link in the Canadian healthcare supply chain, providing over 70,000 products to healthcare facilities and medical professionals across the country.
Cardinal Health Gananoque manufactures many life impacting medical devices that help our customers thrive in a changing world. We are your humble partners, striving each day to make healthcare more efficient, providers more effective and our patients as healthy as possible. We are more than 250 employees with 119 years of Canadian history, a deep understanding of the medical devices we manufacture every day and a passion for innovation. We apply our industry experience and expertise to help you reduce the total cost of healthcare so you can focus on improving the lives of our patients. We utilize our scale and knowledge to create and provide solutions across our entire product portfolio—not just at certain points, but from start to finish; not only today, but well into the future. We’re accountable for our results and proud of the work we perform.
We are currently seeking a Senior Operations Engineer to join the team on a full time permanent basis, to sit in our Gananoque Manufacturing facility.
As a Senior Operations Engineer you will be responsible for providing technical leadership and expertise to the entire Gananoque site, yet focused on operations & maintenance for the specification, design, installation, start-up, and sustenance of facility processes and support equipment. You will manage multiple projects of various scale and provide support to project teams, particularly as it applies to production processes and support equipment in support of an FDA regulated 24/7 manufacturing environment. You will be responsible for using technical and lean manufacturing tools to complete a variety of plant continuous improvement projects. Projects may already be in a variety of different statuses from non-existent, to concept known, to ready to implement. Drive activities which support corporate safety & quality programs.
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Your Contributions to the Organization may range from:
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Manage multiple projects of various scale associated with manufacturing/industrial design, new facility layouts, facility upgrades, and design and installation of new production and material handling equipment, process improvements, cost containments, yield improvements, and scrap reduction.
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Improves operational quality results by studying and evaluating statistics, recommending process designs, and ensures IQ, OQ, PQ requirements are met when changes are made.
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Utilizes corporate capital processes to support project execution in a financially responsible fashion, in collaboration with Senior Leadership.
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Develop and manage annual capital/department budgets to ensure flawless project delivery. Track and report cost savings delivered from these projects.
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Understand Corporate Capital Acquisition Requests (CAR) process and initiate new capital projects.
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Implement technology advancements, continuous process improvements, and best practices into operations.
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Support operations & maintenance, project teams by providing direct technical expertise during trouble shooting, optimization, center lining and maintenance activities.
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Responsible for evaluating that all related activities are performed in a manner that complies with the Cardinal Quality Management, Safety or Environmental Management Systems, and all governing regulatory bodies.
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Recommend and purchase new equipment to advance product defect detection and plant automation.
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Interpret internal and/or external business problems opportunities and recommends solutions. Solves complex and takes a broad perspective to identify solutions. Works independently with guidance in only the most complex situations.
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Apply statistical methods including DOE, SPC, Flow Charting, and FMEA tools as part of routine process analysis. Support for manufacturing issues, CAPA’s, SCARS and audits.
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Develop, execute and document protocols and reports for test methods, process studies and process validations, maintain accurate and compliant documentation to meet company and regulatory expectations.
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Drive process improvements for existing manufacturing products and processes, process development for new products and root cause understanding for production issues.
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Works with external vendors and engineering firms to design work for equipment or to improve processes.
EDUCATION/TRAINING and/or EXPERIENCE:
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Undergraduate Degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering with P. Eng. certification is required
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Minimum of 8+ years industrial/manufacturing engineering experience
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Strong project management skills with 2-3 years of working experience of infrastructure planning, installing or integrating new technology
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Industrial/manufacturing process and/or packaging automation experience
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Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma certification/experience an asset
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Experience in a regulatory environment (cGMPs) is an asset
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Working knowledge of Quality Management, Auditing, and ISO
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Sound analytical and strategic thinking, planning, prioritization and execution skills
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Ability to lead and manage cross-functional teams
Our Employees all benefit from:
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Full dental and health benefits including life insurance from day 1
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Pension plan with employer matching level contribution
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Incentive plan participation
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Paid vacation days
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Tuition reimbursement
Anticipated pay range: $74 300- $123 700
Bonus eligible: Yes. Bonus awards are not guaranteed and are determined based on individual performance, company performance, and other business factors, in accordance with the company’s bonus plan.
Position currently vacant: Yes
The salary range listed, including variable commissions, is an estimate and is not guaranteed. Pay at Cardinal Health is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, individual and company performance, experience, skills, and other business factors.
Cardinal Health is committed to employment equity and encourages applications from women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples and persons with disabilities.
Cardinal Health is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process, in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Our Human Resources team is responsible for working with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of the hiring process.
Cardinal Health Canada is proudly recognized as a Great Place to Work® in Canada. As an essential partner in Canadian healthcare, we strive every day to build a culture of inclusion and collaboration, where team members can be their authentic selves, grow in their careers, and be proud to serve our customer partners.
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Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.
Cardinal Health supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. Cardinal Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.
