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Job Description:
Quality Engineer (Solventum)
3M Health Care is now Solventum
At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients’ lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue.
We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you.
The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
As a Quality Engineer, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:
- Leading Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) projects
- Representing the customer and help to drive and foster a quality environment and mindset throughout the plant
- Interact globally with 3M Health Care facilities for quality improvement or localization efforts
- Lead and oversee change management as it relates to design changes driven by quality improvement, source of supply changes, or cost reduction efforts
- Lead plant level Supplier Quality program including but not limited to Supplier Corrective Action Requests, TQRDC, Supplier Audits and Supplier Change notifications.
- Lead continual improvement activities with Suppliers ensuring accurate specifications and acceptance criteria id defined and understood.
Your Skills and Expertise
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher from an accredited institution: AND one (1) year of experience in one or more of the following environments: quality, technical, lab, engineering, manufacturing and/or plant (course work and internships considered)
OR
- High School Diploma/GED and a Completed Technical Diploma from an accredited institution AND four (4) years of experience in one or more of the following environments: quality, technical, lab, engineering, manufacturing and/or plant
OR
- High School Diploma/GED from an accredited institution AND five (5) years of experience in one or more of the following environments: quality, technical, lab, engineering, manufacturing and/or plant
Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:
- Degree in Material Science, Mechanical Engineering, or Chemical Engineering from an accredited institution
- Three (3) years combined work experience in a Quality Engineering, Product Engineering, Six Sigma and/or Manufacturing environment
- Five (5) years of medical device experience in a private, public, government or military environment
- Familiarity with manufacturing processes
- Demonstrated experience conducting quality systems audits
- Statistical knowledge and practice with Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility (R&R) studies, Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Process Capability, Sampling Plans, Design of Experiments (DOE), Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Regression, Process and Product Understanding (PPU), and Lean Manufacturing
- Strong customer focus and consultative skills, with a proven ability to develop solutions to difficult problems.
- Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills
- Strong analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills
Work location: On-site in Morden, MB
Travel: May include up to 10% domestic/international
Relocation Assistance: Not authorized
Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).
Supporting Your Well-being
Solventum offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, Solventum regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.
Solventum Canada welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
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