Sr Production Supervisor

Company Description

It started with a simple idea: what if surgery could be less invasive and recovery less painful? Nearly 30 years later, that question still fuels everything we do at Intuitive. As a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care, our technologies—like the da Vinci surgical system and Ion—have transformed how care is delivered for millions of patients worldwide.

We’re a team of engineers, clinicians, and innovators united by one purpose: to make surgery smarter, safer, and more human. Every day, our work helps care teams perform with greater precision and patients recover faster, improving outcomes around the world.

The problems we solve demand creativity, rigor, and collaboration. The work is challenging, but deeply meaningful—because every improvement we make has the potential to change a life.

If you’re ready to contribute to something bigger than yourself and help transform the future of healthcare, you’ll find your purpose here.

Job Description

Primary Function of Position

Under the direct supervision of the Production Manager, the function of this position is to Achieve the given team performance goals for Production. The goals will include efficiency, DPU, hour’s accuracy, scrap, time lost accuracy, DHR accuracy, inventory metrics as well as people metrics such as turnover

Essential Job Duties

• Hire, train, develop, and motivate production personnel to follow procedures, meet high-quality standards, production schedules, productivity requirements and Recognition.
• Update and revise Manufacturing Process Instructions (MPI) to ensure that MPIs are accurate and complete
• Address line support issues as they arise, including technical-related issues
• Work closely with all support departments to resolve production issues and actively participate in quality improvement initiatives.
• Document, report, and escalate any variances, problems, issues, or concerns.
• Provide clear expectations to production personnel and provide performance feedback quarterly and on stan-ups.
• Write and conduct formal annual performance reviews for production personnel and execute Monthly One-on-one Feedback
• Plan, supervise, drive improvement, and report production performance including output, yields, root cause failures, efficiencies, and trends
• Understand, train personnel, and enforce strict adherence to the applicable DOPs and SOPs of the Quality System, as well as the Manufacturing Guidelines
• Assist in setting and attaining quarterly and annual production goals, Business unit strategy, VSM, HK Goals deployment
• Learn and enforce company safety policies and practices and develop safety project initiatives, line risk assessment, 8Ds plan, Turnover line plan, and Layer Audits.
• Lead or support various Lean Manufacturing initiatives that involve a Mfg. based team through Corporate Projects, Project Management, Kaizen, Green Belts, or Rapid problem-solving events.
• Support sub-assembly or process outsourcing initiatives
• Generate/Review/approve ECOs to determine impact on manufacturing.
• Review and disposition discrepant material.  Implement corrective actions to prevent recurrences. Implement project to improve Material Usage / reduce Scrap.
• Evaluate designs for manufacturability (with respect to tooling and assembly methods).  Provide suggested change proposals, or tooling concepts during the early design process phase. (All line improvements)
• Drive our Culture Strategy by fostering our mission, founding principles, individual and leadership expectations. Create EX-Survey Action plan.
• Work closely with corporate engineering on production line transfer or improvements.
• Support corporate Quality improvement CAPA implementations and lead QA Improvements.
• Assist engineering with the Final Manufacturing Review (FMR).  
• Assist budget spending preprocess and execution.
• Ensure completion of all associate's ISU training under his/her supervision including Techs, Change Overs, and Production Leads.
• Complete Payroll activities for his/her reports.
• Execute production plan
• Support process validations.

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience

• Five years of either Senior Production Supervisor and/or engineering experience.  Experience in the medical device industry is preferred, specifically in high-volume manufacturing areas.
• Strong working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, DFT, and 6 Sigma (GB/BB - highly recommended).
• Proficient in the use of personal computers to perform daily work.  Familiar with the Microsoft Office suite of programs and MRP systems. 
• Superb communication skills, including written and verbal instruction.
• The ideal candidate will have a love for a fast-paced and multi-focused work environment.
• Bilingual English/Spanish
• Basic knowledge or experience in Packaging, PLC, Thermoforming, Robots

Required Education and Training

• Education and/or Experience:  Bachelor's degree on related fields.

Working Conditions

• None

Preferred Skills and Experience  

• SAP and Agile experience 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.

Aviso sobre los Controles de Exportación de EE. UU.: De acuerdo con las Regulaciones de Administración de Exportaciones de EE. UU. (15 CFR §743.13(b)), algunos puestos en Intuitive Surgical pueden estar sujetos a controles de exportación de EE. UU. para candidatos que sean nacionales de países actualmente bajo embargo o sanciones.

Cierta información que usted proporcione como parte de la solicitud será utilizada para determinar si Intuitive Surgical necesitará (i) obtener una licencia de exportación del gobierno de EE. UU. en su nombre (nota: el proceso de obtención de la licencia puede tardar entre 3 y más de 6 meses) o (ii) implementar un Plan de Control de Tecnología (“TCP”, por sus siglas en inglés) (nota: normalmente este paso agrega 2 semanas al proceso de contratación).
Para cualquier puesto en Intuitive sujeto a controles de exportación, las ofertas finales están condicionadas a la obtención de una licencia de exportación aprobada y/o a la ejecución de un TCP antes de la fecha de inicio del empleado potencial, la cual puede o no ser flexible, y dentro de un plazo que no obstaculice de manera irrazonable la necesidad de contratación. Si aplica, los candidatos serán notificados e instruidos sobre cualquier requisito relacionado con estos fines.

Este puesto puede cubrirse con un nivel de puesto diferente al indicado aquí, según las necesidades del negocio y/o la experiencia, los conocimientos y las habilidades del candidato o la candidata seleccionado. La compensación se basará principalmente en el nivel del puesto en el que se cubra el rol y en las cualificaciones del candidato o la candidata, de conformidad con la legislación aplicable.

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