Senior Project Engineer

Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and is dedicated to helping healthcare professionals perform their jobs more efficiently while enhancing patient care. Stryker offers a diverse array of innovative medical technologies, including reconstructive, medical and surgical, and neurotechnology and spine products to help people lead more active and more satisfying lives.

Stryker is seeking to hire a Senior Project Engineer to support manufacturing for Stryker’s Instruments Division in Kalamazoo, Michigan. As a Senior Project Engineer you will be responsible for project & stakeholder management, technical expertise of all assigned projects, and be a lead change agent for process improvements and problem solving. This is a highly specialized individual contributor role that requires deep expertise from a professional / technical thought leader in their respective field or discipline.

Who we want:

• Analytical problem solvers: People who go beyond just fixing to identify root causes, evaluate optimal solutions, and recommend comprehensive upgrades to prevent future issues.

• Dedicated achievers: Relentless about quality, people who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and meets regulations and expectations.

• Goal-oriented orchestrators: People who can effectively coordinate and focus the work of skilled employees toward an important goal, prioritizing to the right activities that lead to success.

• Proven Engineers: Technical leader who brings a blend of engineering, process and project management expertise. 

• Motivated lean leaders: People who bring influence and drive for execution to ensure or processes are transformed. 

• Curious learners: Technical project leaders with an innate curiosity that drives them to understand all aspects of manufacturing. 

• Strategic Organizers: Leaders who can see and manage both at the portfolio and at the project level. 

What you will do:

This person will have the complete ownership of managing the projects, it’s resources, budgets and project timelines. The role demands proven project management skills. He / She needs to frequently interface with cross functional divisional counterparts and all stakeholders in and vendor base elsewhere working towards process improvement.   

• Independently and timely execution of complete project deliverables.

• Ensure continuous improvement in quality, delivering higher value services.

• Subject matter expert in the field on projects related to lean and kaizen events.  This includes facility layout, validation, change control and MES/SCADA. 

• Participate in the entire manufacturing process including new product introduction, planning, procurement, manufacturing operations, and logistics. 

• Utilize advanced project management tools and skills to plan and manage projects, including preparing budget proposals, project plan, resource requirements etc.

• Lead cross-functional project teams, frequently collaborating with CI, Operations, MEs, QEs, Materials, Maintenance, and Facilities.  Demonstrates high degree of influence. 

• Communicate effectively with all Customers, Stakeholders and project teams in delivering on Project Lead responsibilities.

• Create project timelines with inputs from all stakeholders and monitor the progress of the project.

• Build productive and collaborative internal/external professional relationships across Divisions & Global Quality and Operations functions

• Influence and mentor other engineers on the team in areas of project management best practices.

What you need:

• Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills

• Project Management and Documentation expertise. 

• Demonstrated ability to lead complex product development initiatives within tight timelines. 

• Applied knowledge of project Management tools e.g. Microsoft Project, SharePoint, etc.

• Knowledge of Change Control procedures.  Basics of Windchill/PLM or other Product Lifecycle Management Systems preferred. 

• Extensive exposure to lean manufacturing processes and kaizen deployment.

• Highly developed analysis and problem solving skills.

• Experience in engineering best practices, industry trends and other engineering skills.

• Proven experience working with global teams with excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.

• Travel – up to 5%.

• Awareness about ISO13485 and International standards, and norms

Minimum Qualifications (Required):
• BS in engineering and 6+ years of work experience

• 6+ years of relevant work experience

• Experience with lean production systems

Preferred Qualifications (Strongly desired):
• PMP or equivalent preferred

• Degree in Industrial Engineering or Mechanical Engineering

• Should have delivered at least 2 projects of good scale