Senior Manager, Quality Engineering - Manufacturing Operations (2nd Shift)
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- USA - Utah – Salt Lake City
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Not specified
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor’s degree with relevant Quality Engineering, Quality Management, or Manufacturing Quality experience within a highly regulated environment; or equivalent experience based on Edwards’ criteria.
- Demonstrated people leadership experience managing and developing engineers or other technical quality professionals.
- Experience deploying, implementing, or sustaining quality management systems within a regulated manufacturing environment, including working knowledge of ISO 13485 and 21 CFR Part 820 requirements.
- Strong experience leading CAPAs, nonconformance investigations, and structured root cause analysis, including evaluation of investigation quality and effectiveness.
- Ability to work onsite during the designated second-shift schedule, Monday through Thursday, 3:30 PM to 2:30 AM.
Full description
The Senior Manager, Quality Engineering (2nd Shift) is a people leadership and manufacturing quality role responsible for providing quality and compliance oversight across second-shift operations. This leader will manage and develop a team of Quality Engineers while partnering closely with Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Facilities, Maintenance, and Supply Chain to ensure manufacturing activities are performed safely, effectively, and in compliance with applicable quality system requirements.
The position will oversee quality and compliance activities supporting the plant’s major production areas, including THV manufacturing, TMTT manufacturing, advanced catheters, and metals. The successful candidate will strengthen NCR and CAPA execution, improve investigation quality, monitor operational quality metrics, and establish effective communication and continuity between first- and second-shift teams.
This position supports our 2nd-shift operation (Monday - Thursday, 3:30 PM - 2:30 AM).How You'll Make an Impact:
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of Quality Engineers supporting second-shift manufacturing operations, establishing clear expectations, accountability, and individual development plans.
- Provide quality and compliance oversight for second-shift manufacturing activities, ensuring operations are performed in accordance with approved procedures, quality system requirements, and applicable regulatory standards.
- Oversee the initiation, investigation, review, approval, and timely closure of nonconformance reports, including evaluating investigation quality, root cause determination, corrective actions, and product or process risk.
- Own and provide leadership for CAPAs, including investigation strategy, root cause analysis, action planning, implementation, effectiveness verification, and sustainable closure.
- Lead the deployment, implementation, and continuous improvement of quality management systems and manufacturing quality processes aligned with ISO 13485 and 21 CFR Part 820.
- Review and approve test method validations, measurement system analyses, and manufacturing process validations, including IQ, OQ, and PQ documentation.
- Monitor quality metrics, trends, investigation performance, and quality data reviews; identify emerging risks and provide actionable recommendations to Operations and Quality leadership.
- Support internal and external audits by ensuring second-shift operations remain inspection-ready, responding to auditor questions, and leading or supporting actions resulting from audit observations.
- Partner with Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing, Facilities, Maintenance, and Supply Chain to resolve quality issues, maintain compliant production, and strengthen operational controls.
- Establish effective shift-to-shift communication and escalation processes to ensure timely transfer of quality, production, and compliance information.