ASQ Section 1313 Boulder, CO Date: 26 Jun 2009
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Jun 2009 - Jobs Postings
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*** Rochester, NY: Directory Software Quality Assurance ***
We are seeking candidates for a Director of SW Quality Assurance position
located in Rochester, NY.
- This is being offered as Direct (permanent) position not a Contract
position.
- The salary range quoted for this position is $ 80,000 to $ 100,000 with
full benefits
- This client prefers not to relocate so you need to either reside in the
Rochester area or be willing to pay you own relocation
REVIEW REQUIREMENTS
- Before you send your resume please review the requirements in the job
description.
- Make sure that all the essential criteria in the job description are
clearly reflected in your resume.
- The first candidate review will be done by staff personnel so they
will be screening out resumes without the correct key words
- This opportunity will not accept resumes after July 19, 2008
DIRECTOR OF SW QUALITY ASSURANCE
Our client, a company in the Rochester area, is looking for a Director of
Quality Assurance to head up their QA department which has experienced
significant growth over the past year. In this role as the Director of
Quality Assurance you will establish best practices and continuous
improvement of the Quality Assurance Department.
Help with recruiting and mentoring of QA department team members.
The company is in the infancy stages of automating their testing process,
and is looking for someone with the following skills:
- 5+ years of Software Testing in a lead or management role
- previous experience as a Director of Quality Assurance is helpful
- Experience with functional and automated testing.
- Experience leading and managing a group of at least 3 or more testers.
- Ability to provide strategic direction and leadership.
This company provides competitive compensation and outstanding benefits
and is listed as one of the top companies to work for in NY State.
Persons interested and meet the qualifications above please e-mail your
RESUME in WORD format along with your earliest availability date.
Name: Tom Mason
Address: Solo Solution Group, Inc.
Phone: 720-344-3389
e-mail: tommason@topechelon.com
e-mail: tommason@qwestoffice.net
*** Broomfield, CO: Lanx: Senior Quality Engineer ***
Lanx a medical device company specializes in systems and implants
for all segments of spinal surgery.
The Senior Quality Engineer is responsible for leading the
establishment and maintenance of product quality plans, requirements,
and measurement methods from product development through production
and usage.
General responsibilities:
- Establishes quality management system elements that comply with 21 CFR
part 820 and ISO 13485 requirements.
- Works with Suppliers, Manufacturing, Engineering and Inspection Services
to define and equip the company to effectively verify that materials
and hardware meet quality and regulatory requirements.
- Supports Engineering, Operations, and Manufacturing in developing and
applying statistical methods and process validation as required.
- With the Vice President, establishes and manages effective Corrective and
Preventive Action (CAPA), complaint/feedback investigation, and adverse
event reporting systems.
- Evaluates proposed product design changes for measurement requirements,
regulatory compliance, and impact on product quality.
- Is a member of product development teams.
General Qualifications:
- Candidates with the following abilities and experience will be given
strong preference.
- Experience as a Quality Engineer in a spine or orthopedic implant medical
device manufacturer.
- Working knowledge of current FDA Quality System Regulation and
ISO 13485:2003.
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings and specifications, including
metric and English specifications as well as GD and T specifications.
- Minimum of 5 years quality engineering experience with a medical device
manufacturer.
- ASQ Quality Engineer certification.
- ASQ Quality Auditor certification.
- Experience working in or with a machine shop as a Quality Engineer.
- Mechanical Engineering degree.
Persons interested please send your resume to
e-mail: judy.wodell@lanx.com
*** Atlanta, GA: StatCom: Senior Healthcare Process Consultant ***
StatCom, (www.statcom.com) a division of Jackson Healthcare, is one of
Atlanta's fastest growing companies.
StatCom is searching for a motivated and highly skilled
Senior Healthcare Process Consultant to join our team on
a full-time basis.
StatCom is creating the next generation hospital operations system.
- This revolutionary product enables hospitals to manage patient throughput
and logistics hospital-wide, providing for the best patient experience
while maximizing hospital resource utilization.
- As a Senior Healthcare Process Consultant, you will be responsible for
leading hospital client consulting engagements, leading current state
to future state efforts during client configuration and transformation
engagements, developing requirements for product development, and
providing business process knowledge support for the rest of the
StatCom organization.
- This is a tremendous opportunity to play a key role in transforming the
efficiency and productivity of the Healthcare business sector.
Persons interested please send resume to
e-mail: gshaar@statcom.com
*** Ohio: Summa Health System: Senior Management Engineer ***
Summa Health System (www.summahealth.org) is one of the largest integrated
delivery systems in Ohio.
Encompassing a network of hospitals, community health centers,
a health plan, a physician-hospital organization, a multi-specialty
physician organization, research and multiple foundations, Summa is
nationally renowned for excellence in patient care and for exceptional
approaches to healthcare delivery.
Summa's clinical services are consistently recognized by U.S. News and
World Report, Thomson Reuters and The Leapfrog Group. Summa also is a
founding partner of the BioInnovation Institute in Akron.
Position:
- Experience individual to join our team as a Senior Management Engineer.
- In this role the incumbent will provide sophisticated analytical support
to all levels of management in productivity measurement, operations
analysis, operational performance improvement, clinical resource
consumption, data analysis, benchmarking, patient satisfaction and
other operations/cost related fields.
- Additionally, this individual will provide project management functions
throughout the organization by acting as the key point of contact,
responsible for ensuring projects are moving forward and complete.
Requierments:
- A minimum of three (3) years of healthcare management engineering and/or
analytical experience in healthcare setting which has provided skill in
quantitative, statistical and financial analysis is necessary.
- Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, operations research,
management science or applied statistics.
- Masters Degree preferred.
Qualified candidates please forward a resume to
Maria Miller at
e-mail: millermc@summa-health.org
or contact directly via Phone: 330-375-3968
*** MOKENA, IL: Provena Health: Performance Excellence positions***
System Director Performance Excellence Office
SUMMARY: Direct and facilitate an integrated approach to organizational
performance management that results in the organization's ability to
enhance operations and maximize financial results.
- Company Name: Provena Health
- Employment Type: Full Time (Exempt)
- Location: MOKENA, IL, United States
- Salary: Highly Competitive
- Hours/Pay Period: 80
- Degree Required: B.S.
- Job ID: 2009.101.085023.990
- Date Posted: Jun 2, 2009
- Years Experience: 7
- Job Class: Professional/Leadership
System Manager Performance Excellence Office
SUMMARY: Support an integrated approach to organizational performance
management that results in the organization's ability to enhance
operations and maximize financial results
- Company Name: Provena Health
- Employment Type: Full Time (Exempt)
- Location: MOKENA, IL, United States
- Salary: Highly Competitive
- Hours/Pay Period: 80
- Degree Required: B.S.
- Job ID: 2009.101.085023.991
- Date Posted: Jun 2, 2009
- Years Experience: 4
- Job Class: Professional/Leadership
Persons interested please go to Provena Health's Career website at:
www.provena.org/body.cfm?id=10&oTopID=0
*** Tallahassee, FL: HCA's North Florida Division, Management Engineer ***
Management Engineer, Tallahassee, FL-HCA's North Florida Division,
- supports 14 hospitals in Fl and GA, providing process improvement
efforts.
Requirements are 3-5 years of healthcare experience,
- Industrial Engineering degree, with a healthcare related
masters degree preferred.
- The successful candidate must be able to apply quantitative management
techniques, perform complex data analysis, and use computer based
tools.
- Effective human relations and communications skills and the ability
to identify and meet customer needs in a team environment are required.
Duties will include:
- Responsible for analyzing and improving work processes (primarily in the
Emergency Department and Surgical Services areas),
- Implementing process best practices across the division and consulting
with hospital leadership.
Some travel is required.
Salary $70-80s with 10% bonus potential.
Persons interested please contact:
Contact Arthur Smith, LFHIMSS
Phone 913-599-1326
or send Curriculum Vita in Word format
to e-mail: hemacs@yahoo.com with subject: Job JBE19709
May 2009 - Jobs Postings
End May e-mail:
*** US Oncology, Houston, TX: Six Sigma Black Belts ***
US Oncology currently has several openings for Six Sigma Black Belts.
The organization is based out of Houston, TX; however, all applicants
are welcome since the openings are for remote employees requiring
regular travel.
Persons interested please contact Willie Diefenbach-Jones
Email: Wilma.Diefenbach-Jones@usoncology.com
And/or visit website: www.usoncology.com
*** DRS Marlo Coil, High Ridge, MO: Supply Chain Manager ***
DRS Marlo Coil, a division of DRS Technologies A Finmeccanica Company,
is a manufacturer of custom engineered coils, refrigeration systems and
air handling equipment for commercial, industrial and US Navy
applications and is located in High Ridge, Missouri.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Direct and supervise activities of purchasing team responsible
for quality, delivery and cost of procured materials.
- Execute CPSR-compliant purchase orders, based on approved requisitions,
Requests for proposals, bids and other similar and necessary documents
related to the purchasing of commodities or major subcontract items.
- Facilitate and manage any supplier issues (e.g. cost, quality, delivery,
Customer service).
- Initiate and follow through on any supplier changes
(Engineering Change Notices).
- Lead negotiations and apply knowledge of commercial contract law
and guidelines, practices and requirements to assess, plan and
negotiate best terms and conditions and to minimize risk.
- Establish and maintain sound professional relationships with suppliers.
Resolve issues (e.g. pricing, quality, timing, claims, contract
disputes, etc.) associated with terms and conditions of service
agreements.
- Understand demand/spend profile for commodity areas, and provide
this information as necessary.
- Track and report cost savings or avoidances.
- Maintain current accurate records and files of all vendor
agreements and related procurement records.
- Communicate supplier performance including supplier visits as required.
- Assist in the development of forecast / requirements for area of
responsibility.
- Assist in developing and implementing strategy for assigned area
of responsibility.
- Implement transition plans to new suppliers.
- Assist in creating Strategic Supplier Purchase Agreements.
- Monitor metrics and take action as appropriate.
- Coordinate with Engineering and Quality on a team approach to
supplier assessments and approval.
- Advising planning, engineering and drafting of item master errors,
updates, or omissions in relation to mil-specs or new or obsolete
items.
- Advise planning, engineering and contracts of changes in prices or
lead times that make and produce cost-prohibitive or lead times
detrimental to production cycles.
- Expedite critical components to ensure on-time deliveries.
- Be prepared to address any current or potential parts issues.
- Research and analyze costing information for cost reduction.
Qualifications:
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able
to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
- The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge,
skill, and/or ability required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience:
- 5-7 years purchasing experience in a manufacturing organization.
- BS degree in supply chain management, business, engineering or
Equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated knowledge of supply chain management tools and procedures.
- Demonstrated management skills, particularly "influence management" and
"conflict resolution".
- Experience throughout the product lifecycle from New Product
Introduction through obsolescence to include: generation of system
and subsystem statements of work and subcontracts, strategic supplier
selection, risk management, and continuous improvement efforts
including implementation for cost reduction and performance
improvement efforts.
- Experience in finance, contracting, export regulations, engineering,
logistics, manufacturing and DoD, ITAR, EAR, FAR, DFAR regulations.
- Demonstrated negotiation skills.
- Strong customer interface skills.
- Demonstrated problem solving skills.
- Demonstrated success in managing manpower planning, program reviews,
Scheduling and budget control.
- Must have a successful track record in managing complex aerospace/defense
Supply chain activities.
- Must have excellent oral and written communication skills.
- CPM or CPSM certification preferred.
- Experience in purchasing sheet metal; steel, copper and aluminum tubing;
and copper and aluminum fin stock preferred.
- Experience in purchasing machining, welding and other outsourced
Processes preferred.
Persons interested please email your resume
To employ@marlocoil.com
or fax to 636-677-1203
Early May e-mail:
*** Raytheon: Engineers in US general and CO specific ***
Raytheon is hiring engineers at locations all over the US.
Raytheon facility in Aurora, CO, has a few openings.
Persons interested please email your names and resumes to:
Louis_J_Gullo@raytheon.com
*** Hospital CO: Region Director ***
Premier, Inc. (www.premierinc.com) is a healthcare alliance entirely owned
by more than 200 of the nation's leading not-for-profit healthcare
systems who operate over 1,500 hospitals and 41,000 other healthcare
sites nationally. Premier's focus is to help these facilities accelerate
performance both operationally and clinically while improving supply
chain costs ultimately resulting in the delivery of improved healthcare
to the communities they serve.
Premier is hiring a West Region Director of Client Management.
This person must live no further east than Denver, Colorado
based on client needs/preference.
JOB: Region Director plans, executes, and oversees implementation of
performance improvement strategies to maintain and renew
products/services in existing accounts, document high level of customer
validated savings as well as assist in expanding current accounts
product lines and business solutions.
- This position travels 60-80% of the time while working remotely.
- This position will consult with hospitals and health systems to achieve
breakthroughs in labor cost reduction and operational and/or clinical
process improvement using consulting expertise and supported by
Premier's data products and services.
- This role manages the performance engineering/partner programs in
assigned account base.
- Provide overall project management for new product implementations.
These positions require a Bachelor's degree in business, engineering,
healthcare management or related discipline, 8+ years performance
improvement consulting experience, client management experience, 3-5
years recent practical healthcare or hospital experience.
- Experience in managing senior consultants.
- It is also extremely important that this candidate has an account
management background, experience working with comparative databases,
and heavy experience working with Quality and Process Improvement
departments among hospitals and health systems.
- The candidate must live on the West region
(no further east than Colorado).
Persons interested please email your resume and the position that interests
you (while prefacing the location) to:
Amanda_Edwards@Premierinc.com
(note: there is an "underscore" after "Amanda").
Additionally, to learn more about Premier, please visit
website: www.premierinc.com
*** Hospitals in CO, CA, VA, MO: Senior Performance Engineers ***
Premier, Inc. (www.premierinc.com) is a healthcare alliance entirely owned
by more than 200 of the nation's leading not-for-profit healthcare
systems who operate over 1,500 hospitals and 41,000 other healthcare
sites nationally. Premier's focus is to help these facilities accelerate
performance both operationally and clinically while improving supply
chain costs ultimately resulting in the delivery of improved healthcare
to the communities they serve.
Premier, Inc. has several high-visibility openings among our hospitals
and health systems!
There are current openings in the following areas for
Senior Performance Engineers (senior healthcare management engineers):
San Francisco/San Jose, CA,
Northern Virginia,
St. Louis, MO and St. Joseph, MO.
Premier was awarded winner of the Malcolm Baldridge award in 2006 and was
just named for the 2nd year in a row as one of the World's Most Ethical
Companies (WME) by The Ethisphere Institute and Forbes.
Please see below for brief job responsibility/requirements of these roles.
JOB: Senior Performance Engineer
- Full-time Premier employee that
- Assigned to a specific hospital or healthcare system.
- Only local travel involved.
- These Engineers provide workflow, clinical/operational process
improvement, and resource productivity consultation.
- Provide documented customer savings to Premier Informatics customers.
- Maintain and support the Hospital's financial goals by managing and
utilizing available operational, clinical and financial tools.
- Proactively identify cost reduction and financial improvement
opportunities.
- May provide supervision, guidance and development of staff.
- These positions require a Bachelor's degree in business, engineering,
healthcare management or related discipline, 5+ years performance
improvement consulting experience and a minimum of 2 years+ of
healthcare experience (in a hospital-setting).
Persons interested please email your resume and the position that interests
you (while prefacing the location) to:
Amanda_Edwards@Premierinc.com
(note: there is an "underscore" after "Amanda").
Additionally, to learn more about Premier, please visit
website: www.premierinc.com
Apr 2009 - Jobs Postings
Late Apr e-mail:
*** Golden, CO: Summer 2009 Student Intern, Quality Management ***
Posting Title: Graduate or Undergraduate Intern, Quality Management
Requisition Number: 625BR
Location: Golden, CO
Position Type: Student RPP
Hours Per Week: 40
Job/Research Summary
A student internship is available in the Quality Management
Systems & Assurance Office at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
(NREL) in Golden, Colorado. NREL is the nation's primary laboratory for
research, development and deployment of renewable energy and energy
efficiency technologies. The position would be temporary full time
during the summer.
Job Duties
A student internship is available in the Quality Management
Systems & Assurance Office at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
(NREL) in Colorado. NREL is the nation's primary laboratory for research,
development and deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency
technologies.
The purpose of this summer internship is to provide meaningful professional
quality management experience to students with proven academic
performance and a strong desire to learn and contribute. The Quality
Management Systems & Assurance (QMS&A) department provides the quality
infrastructure, procedures, processes, training, and support which
facilitate a quality culture to promote continuous improvement at NREL.
The intern will assist a dedicated staff to help accomplish this
important mission.
Specific responsibilities for the summer intern could include performing
work in research laboratories, construction areas, and other site
operations and facilities. Duties of the summer intern include these:
- Collect and document basic process and operating information;
- Assist quality management experts in characterizing processes,
including development of process maps/flowcharts and operating
procedures;
- Participate as a team member on quality assessments;
- Assist quality management experts and/or other NREL personnel in
assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of processes (including the
use of continuous improvement methodologies);
- Assist in developing recommendations for improving operations;
- Provide a summary presentation at the conclusion of the internship
regarding the internship experience; and
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Must be enrolled as a full-time student
Graduate students minimum of 9 credit hours
or Undergraduate students minimum of 12 credit hours
- Must be a US Citizen or US permanent resident.
- Minimum 3.0 GPA in the last completed semester.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Completion of 3 years or more in an accredited university in a quality
management curriculum or a discipline related to quality management
(such as industrial engineering, systems engineering, business
management, operations research, or management science).
- Some prior knowledge and experience with quality management methods
and continuous improvement technologies such as TQM, Lean Enterprise,
or Six Sigma. Some prior knowledge and experience with ISO 9000,
ISO 17025, and/ or related quality management & quality assurance
standards.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to perform duties with minimal supervision.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office (including Visio)
and Microsoft Outlook.
Persons interested can get details and apply through NREL job posting page:
www.nrel.gov/employment/job_openings.html
*** Centennial, CO: Agile Program Mgr/Agile Coach ***
At OppenheimerFunds, we've built a winning organization through a
partnership between the Company and our employees.
This reciprocal relationship provides the Company with the means to
be successful in our competitive industry, while ensuring
OppenheimerFunds' employees have a true stake in the Company's
future and the opportunity to build a rewarding career.
Position Responsibilities:
- Overall Champion and Protector of the Agile process within Oppenheimer
including responsibility for expanding the understanding and practice
of agile principles throughout the Technology organization to include
software and operations teams alike.
Collaborate directly with scrum teams to coach and guide them on the
mechanics of Agile methods to achieve optimal team effectiveness.
- Deliver hands-on coaching of individual scrum teams in all aspects of
scrum daily meetings, planning, self-organization, collaboration,
iterative development, etc.
- Responsible for Agile related processes including running of the APT,
certification, metrics, etc#
- Expose our technology teams to the latest innovative thinking and
ideas from the agile community to increase agility.
- Continue evolving the Agile program, including oversight of all Agile
projects, certification and development of Scrum Masters/Coaches and
acting as liaison to the OFI governance process for Agile projects.
- Create, build and deliver customized Agile training and internal Agile
tools designed to enhance team collaboration.
- Provide Agile Leadership coaching and training to ScrumMasters,
Product Owners, functional managers and executives.
- Work directly with managers and scrum teams to remove enterprise-wide
systemic obstacles that block our ability to achieve sustainable
increases in velocity.
- Conduct Release and Iteration Planning sessions with the core development
team, customer and other key stakeholders for Agile projects.
- Evaluate and consult with other business areas, beyond the Transfer
Agency, where Agile may be appropriate for OFI.
Skills/Experience:
- 10 or more years experience in a related technology field of
which 5 years minimum in a managerial role and 4 years involved
directly with project and program management.
- 3+ years of large scale Agile coaching experience with methods such
as XP, Scrum, Lean, or Crystal.
- Deep knowledge of Agile principles and practices and the ability
to transfer that understanding at all levels of the organization.
- Expertise in XP practices such as Test Driven Development, paired
programming, user story development and release planning.
- Consulting and facilitation skills in leading technical teams in
the adoption and improvement of agile methodologies.
- Senior Agile Leadership skills with an ability to lead by example
and challenge command and control behaviors.
- Excellent presentation and training skills.
- Ability to learn and adapt.
- 5+ years experience in software organizations.
- Certified ScrumMaster and Product Owner or equivalent.
- PMI or equivalent certification preferred.
- Prior Financial Services industry experience considered a plus.
Persons interested please submit resume to
e-mail: oppjobs@oppenheimerfunds.com
*** Lansing, Michigan: Business and Quality Analyst ***
Located in Lansing, Michigan, Sparrow Health System is mid-Michigan's
premier health care organization, partner to Michigan State
University's two medical schools and the region's largest private employer.
We seek a Business and Quality Analyst with health care experience for
the I.S. Process Design and Improvement organization.
The Senior Information Services Business & Quality Analyst will serve
as the liaison between the clinical/operational departments and
Information Services to identify and define business needs and
requirements for IS related projects, develop processes and improve
operational efficiencies. The Analyst will conduct business workflow
analyses to assess difficulties in reaching goals and to determine
strategies. The Analyst will be a change agent, a thought leader and
someone who will enable the organization to reach a high level of
operational efficiency as measured by comparisons to benchmark
organizations.
Requirements include
at least five years related work experience in healthcare,
at least two years experience in applying continuous improvement
methodologies, and project management training.
Must possess a Bachelor's degree in Information Services,
Industrial Engineering, Management Engineering, Statistics,
or related field.
For more information, please see a detailed description on our
website, www.sparrow.org
This is requisition 83050.
Persons interested please submit resume to
e-mail: lesley.mozola@sparrow.org
Early Apr Newsletter:
*** Stratom, Inc: Temporary Quality Assurance Inspector ***
Stratom, Inc. is a team of specialists that provides engineering and
professional services, R&D, and program management solutions to
government, commercial, and global clients.
- We specialize in robotic payload development/integration,
robotics, automation, unmanned vehicles, UGV tools/toolkits,
and system engineering/integration.
- We are seeking to fill a temporary, full-time position for
a Quality Assurance Inspector at this fast-paced, award-winning,
growing organization.
Responsibilities:
- Performing tests and inspections of mechanical assemblies
- Mechanical assembly support, assembly and inspection as directed
by the technical and management personnel
- Soldering and inspection of PWAs, IPC-610/J-STD-001 and/or NASA 8739.2/3
- Assist in the data collection and analysis for ongoing
quality improvement
- Perform failure analysis using visual inspection and/or
specialized test equipment
- Understand, maintain and perform work according to quality
and environmental standards
- Ensure that devices meet the requirements called out in
individual specifications before devices are released for distribution.
- Perform final review of test data, which includes reviewing for
parameters and overall documentation practices, and ensuring
test results are within specified limits
- Functional or visual inspection of devices
- Verify that documents used are current
- Understand and comply with applicable external and internal
requirements, such as UL/TUV regulations and Company requirements
- Support the corrective and preventive action program by assisting
with exception situations
- Assist with training new team members as needed
Candidate requirements:
- 4-6 years MIL Spec QA inspection experience
- 5 years of experience in quality inspection of raw materials,
in-process products and final products (MIL Spec required).
- Experience with mill spec solder and assembly specifications
- Experience with spreadsheets for data analysis and presentation
- Experience working in an ISO-certified manufacturing company preferred
- Basic computer/spreadsheet knowledge and use of ShopFloor.
The anticipated length of employment for this position is ___ months.
Persons interested please submit resume to
e-mail: careers@stratom.com
Mar 2009 - Jobs Postings
None
Feb 2009 - Jobs Postings
Late Feb e-mail:
*** Philadelphia, PA: Virtual Health: Management Engineer II ****
Immediate opening
Position Summary
- The Management Engineer II position is a highly visible opportunity
to work closely with key leadership and is critical to our business
success because they drive process improvement with in the Virtual
Health System.
- They will achieve this by providing customer decision support in
the areas of system development, operational analysis, work process
design, information system development/implantation,
facility planning, productivity monitoring and other process
improvement implementation efforts.
- We are looking for candidates who are hungry, self motivated and
enjoy working with people to enact change and process improvement.
- In this position you will interact with healthcare professionals,
administrators and various business leaders.
- You will integrate people, equipment, facilities and other resources
to improve work results, operating efficiency, effectiveness and
productivity to new requirements.
About Virtual Health
- Being recognized by the Philadelphia Business Journal as
"The Best Place to Work" 3 years in a row (2006, 2007, 2008) did not
happen by accident.
- We are always looking for ways to improve our processes and
stay on top as a Best-in-Class organization.
- We need an experience Management Engineer to share this same vision.
- This could be your chance share what over 8,000 employees are
feeling the Virtual Experience.
Educational Requirements
- MS in Industrial Engineering or another Engineering discipline and
- 2+ years of experience or BS with 5+ years of experience
Healthcare experience ideal, but not required.
Persons interested please submit resume to e-mail: jon.egbert@yahoo.com
*** Emory Eastside Medical Center: Director of Lean Healthcare ****
Position Summary
- Responsible for overall coordination of the hospital's Lean process
improvement program.
- Serves as the hospital's primary resource for expertise on Lean
principles and methodology. Prioritizes, directs,
and facilitates the hospital's Lean activities.
- Provides Lean education and training to support Lean culture change and
sustainability.
- Provides regular reports on outcomes to hospital and division
management, medical staff, governing board and employees.
- Serves as a resource and collaborates with others in the hospital and
HCA to advance the hospital and division process improvement goals.
- Participates in strategic planning for hospital and service-line
growth, efficiency, and effectiveness.
Position Requirements
Education: Bachelor's Degree, Master's Preferred (MSIE, MBA,
MHA, MSN)
Experience:
- 3+ years process improvement experience.
- Preferred background in industrial engineering, management engineering,
or hospital administration.
Special Qualifications:
- Seasoned leader who can assimilate new technologies and ideas,
manage learning and change, create a vision for a high performance,
team-based organization, now and in the future;
- Ability to understand clinical and non-clinical processes
within a healthcare setting; effective communication, collaboration
and interpersonal skills;
- Ability to appropriately confront and resolve issues;
- Ability to motivate individuals and groups at all levels of the
organization;
- Ability to prioritize, plan, and direct the activities of others;
Develop a working knowledge of the hospital's information systems
to support change and improvement;
- Previous experience in Lean or Six Sigma methodology a plus.
Persons interested please apply to position please at the
Emory Eastside Medical Center website at www.emoryeastside.com
Early Feb e-mail:
*** Denver, CO Metro Area: Quality Manager ****
General Purpose:
The QE Manager provides technical support, leadership, guidance,
and discipline to the Corporation New Product Development Center of
Excellence (COE) for Quality with specific emphasis in the areas of
Quality Assurance, Regulatory Compliance, Product Reliability, Design
Controls and other Quality Systems Requirements.
Organizational Chart/Reporting Relationship:
- Supervision Exercised:
Quality Engineers, Technicians and others as required.
- Supervision Received:
Works under the general direction of the Director-Quality Engineering
Essential Functions:
- The Voice of Quality in New Product Development.
- Engineering test management.
- Establishment and management of measurable goals and objectives
for an engineering staff.
- Leader, trainer, coach and mentor within the Quality Organization and
throughout the company. At this level, high expectations are placed
on leadership capacity and performance within that capacity.
- Understanding of food and drug laws, regulations, and practices, and
accurately transmit them into procedures, programs, and behaviors to
ensure that is at the forefront of regulatory compliance.
- Measurably and vigorously engage in making product quality better.
Duties/Responsibilities to accomplish Essential Functions:
Specific responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:
- Manage an engineering test team.
- Thorough understanding of FDA Design Controls.
- Thorough knowledge of FDA QSR requirements.
- Ability to write and execute effective and FDA compliant testing
protocols to ensure that the medical device or component under
test performs according to established specifications.
- Ability to manage the above.
- Have a thorough understanding of process validation.
- Have a thorough understanding of gauge R&R and measurement
capability methods.
- Have a thorough understanding of human factors engineering.
- Experience in evaluating risk through formal risk analysis,
PFMEA, FMEA, fault tree analysis, and other recognized tools.
- Understanding of microbial challenge testing methods.
- Ability to write and execute customer validation protocols.
- Ability to mange the above.
- Act as the voice of Quality on cross functional teams.
- Have a thorough understanding of failure analysis and destructive
testing.
- Act as a liaison between new designs and shop floor implementation.
- Promotes high standards of reliability in product offerings.
- Manage compliance to valid and robust statistical standards.
- Training (Technical).
- Provides leadership and guidance in the area of Design Control.
- Authors Quality System procedures used to run the company.
Job Qualifications - Knowledge, Skill and Ability:
- Strong management skills.
- Knowledge of medical device quality and regulatory needs and
requirements.
- Ability to work at a desk, in an office area, and in a light
manufacturing area.
- Knowledge of computer tools such as Microsoft products.
- Excellent understanding of FDA QSR requirements.
- Good understanding of European community requirements.
- Ability to create a positive team environment.
- Thorough understanding of the Corporation Quality System.
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Excellent leadership skills.
Job Qualifications - Education or Formal Training:
- Bachelors Degree required
- ME,EE or equivalent preferred
Persons interested please contact:
Rod Brylawski, Associate Partner for Technology Search
at Lucas Group http://www.lucasgroup.com/
e-mail: rbrylawski@lucasgroup.com
Lucas Group, In Partnership With The Wall Street Journal
3505 East Frontage Road, Suite 100
Tampa, Florida 33607
813-200-5712 Direct
813-200-5700 Main
813-505-1782 Cell
813-286-7600 Fax
800-836-5439 x 5712 Toll Free
*** HCA, Denver, CO: Director Management Engineering ****
Title: Director Management Engineering Continental Division
Information:
- HCA, the nation's largest for-profit healthcare provider, has an
immediate opening for a Director of Management Engineering in the
Continental Division.
- Based in Denver, this Division consists of ten hospitals and
associated ASCs and Imaging centers.
- As a member of the Division's Senior Management Team,
the Director identifies process and productivity improvement
opportunities and works with Division, hospital senior executive teams,
and department managers to achieve improved results.
- The Director also participates on company-wide improvement initiatives.
Minimum requirements include:
- B.S. in Industrial Engineering
- Least seven years of management engineering leadership
responsibility, preferably in a multi-hospital system.
Persons interested that meet the minimum qualifications,
please submit resume to e-mail: Roger.Hendry@HCAHealthcare.com
Roger Hendry
Management Engineering
HCA
One Park Plaza CS-6
Nashville TN 37203
Office: 615-236-3672
Mobile: 615-293-2456
e-mail: Roger.Hendry@HCAHealthcare.com
Jan 2009 - Jobs Postings
None
Dec 2008 - Jobs Postings
None
Nov 2008 - Jobs Postings
*** Salisbury, MD: PENINSULA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: Quality Jobs ****
- The nationally recognized PENINSULA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER invites
you to discover how "Our Experience Makes Your Experience Better."
- In the field of medicine on the Delmarva Peninsula, it has always been
essential to successful outcomes and partnerships that have grown strong
and continue to shape the future of health care in the region where our
3,300 physicians, nurses, health care professionals and volunteers live
and raise their families.
- Since 1897, the 362 bed Peninsula Regional Medical Center team has been
focused on providing our region with compassionate care and successful
outcomes, dedicated to the complete satisfaction and safety of our
patients and devoted to ensuring that everyone has access to cost-
effective, high-quality care.
- Medical Center leaders have spent nearly $150 million dollars in just
the past decade on state-of-the-art clinical, surgical, medication
dispensing, pharmaceutical, diagnostic imaging and information
technologies. Most recently, we added the Peninisula's first
daVinci Surgical System for prostate and cardiac surgery.
- We were among the first 5% of all United States hospitals to pioneer
bedside medication scanning for patient safety, installed one of the
nation's first automated drug dispensing robots and electronic physician
order entry to close the loop on medication and patient safety.
- The region's most experienced health care team also delivers over 2,200
babies, treats over 75,000 patients in the Emergency/Trauma Center,
performs more than 500 joint replacements and touches the lives of
nearly 500,000 of our friends and neighbors each year through inpatient
and outpatient services.
- PRMC currently has two opportunities in the department of
Operational Performance Improvement:
- Improvement Consultant
- Job Details: While under direction of the Manager of Operational
- Performance Improvement, this position will be responsible for leading
Performance Improvement teams using tools from Six Sigma, Lean, and
other contemporary performance improvement methodologies, performing
systems design and reengineering, leverage benchmarking and best
practices to improve labor, supply and space utilization, as well as
provide educational support to PI based content.
- At least five years of experience with Bachelors degree in Industrial
Engineering or Business Administration with concentration in Finance,
Management, or Operations, or two years with Master's degree performing
cost reduction/process improvement/systems engineering activities.
- Persons interested please apply at:
https://www.healthcaresource.com/peninsula/index.cfm?fuseaction=search.jobDetails&template=dsp_job_details.cfm&cJobId=309687
- Analyst - Operational Performance Improvement
- Job Details: While under direction of the Manager of Operational
- Performance Improvement this position will be responsible for providing
analytical support in the Operational Performance Improvement
department. The focus of this work will be in both clinical and
operational areas of resource management and performance improvement.
This position will utilize various internal and external hospital
systems to assist in the assessment of personnel productivity, supply
utilization, and space utilization.
- Persons interested please apply at:
https://www.healthcaresource.com/peninsula/index.cfm?fuseaction=search.jobDetails&template=dsp_job_details.cfm&cJobId=440571
Oct 2008 - Jobs Postings
*** Orlando, FL : Manager, Quality Engineering ****
Job Title: Manager, Quality Engineering
Function: Quality
Reports to: Director, Quality Engineering
Direct Reports: Yes, 1 analyst
Job Location: Orlando, FL
POSITION QUALIFICATION SUMMARY
- Ensure organization-wide operations conform to the highest quality
standards through implementation control programs. Establish robust
SOP retention and communication process, work with Quality Training
Manager to develop and roll-out training content.
Key Accountabilities
- Develop and document all quality organization Standard Operating
Procedures (SOPs).
- Maintain on an on-going basis ensuring SOPs are kept consistent,
up to date and meet all publication requirements.
- Develop and implement a consistent transferable approach to
customer quality audit requirements.
- Serve as the main point of contact for all customer quality
audits ensuring appropriate resources are in place for all quality
audit requirement. Maintain audit results, coordinate action planning
and drive issue resolution for all identified needs identified by
quality audits.
- Strategically deploy resources ensuring sales needs are taken into
consideration.
- Translate issue resolution into best practice implementation throughout
network.
- Provide overall ownership of technical solution development throughout
network.
Mandatory Qualifications
- Quality Process Engineering Experience.
- Experience with quality systems management and the application
of statistical tracking tools.
- BS degree in Quality Systems or manufacturing engineering.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills.
- Experience in the creation, implementation and execution of a
quality operating system.
- 3 to 5 years working experience as a quality engineer/quality manager
- Experience writing quality specifications.
- Experience in the creation and implementation of quality standards
and tracking methods.
- Database management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Certification in ISO 9001, Certified Quality Systems Auditor.
- Masters in engineering or business administration
- 3 to 5years of project management experience
- Experience working in a matrix organization
- Solid public speaking and ability to teach others.
Persons interested please contact:
Evette Thomas, Specialist, Talent Acquisition
US-Mail:
CHEP, Human Resources
8517 South Park Circle
Orlando, FL 32819
Phone: 1-407-355-7069
E-mail: evette.thomas@chep.com
Aug to Sep 2008 - Jobs Postings
None
Jul 2008 - Jobs Postings
Early Jul e-mail
*** Advanced Energy, Fort Collins, CO: Senior Reliability Engineering ***
Advanced Energy is a global leader in innovative power and control
technologies for high-growth, thin-film manufacturing and solar power
generation. Specifically, AE targets semiconductors, solar cells, flat
panel displays, data storage products, architectural glass,
solar grid-tie inverters and other advanced applications.
They are seeking a senior member of technical staff in our Reliability
Engineering group. This position requires performing engineering work in
applied research, design, development, testing, manufacturing, and
documentation of products or systems. You will work with customers to
understand equipment/system requirements and to ensure that the
product(s) work in the application(s). You must use research techniques
to analyze and validate design or theory concepts. You will provide
direction and leadership to engineers and engineering technicians related
to program specific work. You will also interact with senior level
professionals both internal and external to AE.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the design and analysis of systems, products, and
subsystems/circuits to specification, cost, budget, schedule,
and quality goals.
- Responsible to diagnose issues of diverse scope with design,
field performance, reliability and test yields of products and
recommend/implement corrective actions to address
- Assumes responsibility for the success of the product/system in the
customers' applications and recommend/implement corrective actions
as needed
- Follows key engineering procedures including the Product
Development Process and ECO process
Skills:
- Ability to demonstrate good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions
- Proven professional skills as an experienced engineer with a full
understanding of industry practices and company policies/procedures
- Able to receive less instruction on day-to-day work, general instructions
on new assignments.
- Ability to solve complex technical problems independently
- Ability to manage multiple projects at one time
- Good verbal, written communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to lead team members
- Experience with influencing and negotiating in complex situations
- Must be able to travel 10% of the time. Travel involves international
and domestic travel to remote sites, customers and vendors.
Experience:
- Seven years of engineering experience
Education:
- Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering
- CRE Preferred
Persons interested please submit your resume via email
with " Senior Reliability Engineering " in the subject line to
e-mail: advancedenergycareers@aei.com
*** Northern New England: Senior Electromechanical Engineer ****
Background desired:
- At least 10 years experience in manufacturing engineering,
working with both electrical and mechanical issues
- Experience with fluids would be a big plus
- Project Management / Project Lead Experience
- Experience in developing and documenting manufacturing processes
- Background in specifying or designing test and manufacturing equipment
- Quality systems implementation experience
- Experience mentoring junior engineers and techs
- 6-Sigma or experience with a similar program is strongly preferred.
- A BS in Electrical Engineering is strongly preferred.
- The position will pay in the $80,000 to $100,000 range,
plus a bonus of about 7%.
The company is a free-standing, fast-growing $100-million division of an
internationally-branded multi-billion company, and manufactures cutting-
edge printing-related products and printing systems used in specialty
industrial applications.
Customers range from makers of industrial equipment to Procter & Gamble.
This division employs about 300 people, and has grown by over 20%
each year for the past five years.
Location:
Stunningly gorgeous Northern New England community of 30,000 people,
home to a nationally-prominent college.
About our firm:
Consulting firm operates on a retained basis only, which means they are
retained as a consultant by the client to conduct this assignment.
They are paid a portion of our fee upfront, and are paid our full fee
even if you or no one else is hired.
They do not present any candidate information to the client until after
they have met with you personally and obtained your permission to do so.
Persons interested please submit contact
Alan Darling, Principal
Alan Darling Consulting
374 Dover Road
South Newfane, Vermont 05351
Phone: (802) 348-6365
Fax: (802) 348-7826
e-mail: alandarlingconsulting@netzero.net
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