Process Optimization Director • Bodycad

What awaits you at Bodycad?

At Bodycad, you will discover:

A company that is revolutionizing the international orthopaedics market with surgical implants and products that are 100% personalized to the patients’ needs;
A team of sharp-minded and passionate individuals that believe that important goals are accomplished as a team, not individually;
A team of curious minds that do not hesitate to question the established paradigms, and leave no stone unturned in order to find answers;
The satisfaction of knowing that your work will have a direct impact of the quality of life of the patients that use our products.

Why do we need a process engineering director in a team such as ours?

With many product lines now approved for sale in the international orthopaedics market, Bodycad evolves on a daily basis in an environment combining both production and R&D challenges. As such, our process optimization director will be entrusted with validating and improving our manufacturing processes to ensure that we are able to meet the increasing demand for our products, all while complying with the applicable regulatory standards and maintaining the same level of quality that is synonymous with Bodycad’s name.

What would be your main responsibilities within the team?

As a process optimization director, you will play a key role in the company’s manufacturing processes and, thereby act as a bridge between production, product development and process validation. More specifically, you will be responsible for:

Proposing optimization ideas to increase the efficiency of products/methods all while ensuring the implementation of selected solutions in collaboration with the teams in place;
Planning the various stages of product and method development (design, prototyping, production, optimization), and evaluating the resources necessary to ensure the success of the projects;
Identifying, analyzing and monitoring the risks associated with the projects;
Maintaining an effective collaboration/communication between various departments throughout projects in order to develop products and procedures that not only fit internal and external needs, but market standards as well: R&D, regulatory affairs, production, sales, marketing, quality assurance, etc.
Developing relevant performance indicators and monitoring them in order to measure project performance;
Actively participating in the troubleshooting process when breakdowns or setbacks occur in production;
Participating in the review and drafting of technical texts intended for regulatory authorities as well as files aimed at obtaining patents and intellectual property rights;
Documenting and training other team members on new manufacturing processes when there are changes put forward by the team;
Participating in the choice as well as the calibration, certification and commissioning of new factory equipment in collaboration with other departments.

Intrigued? This is what we are looking for in our next colleague:

College degree in mechanical engineering, industrial engineering or any other scientific field relevant to the position;
6-8 years of experience in a position related to operations or engineering, including 3 years in manufacturing process optimization/management;

But above all, we are looking for a person:

For whom efficiency is an intrinsic value;
That understands the reality and challenges linked to developing and producing extremely complex products in a highly-regulated environment (ISO 13485, FDA, Health Canada, etc.);
Who is manual, self-reliant, and won’t hesitate to jump in and use both hands to help resolve technical problems in production;
That has the motivation and determination to perform and excel in a changing environment;
Whose analytical mind and global approach will easily be able to grasp the issues that are important to each department (R&D, production, quality assurance, regulatory affairs), and will be able to suggest solutions that will balance the interests of all concerned parties.