Project Engineer

**Location**:
Cartago, Costa Rica, CR

**Job Family**: Quality Assurance

**Country/Region**: Costa Rica

Job function summary

SVS Project Manager is responsible for ensuring completion of projects according to scope, plan, budget, and relevant instructions within the following categories:
Material and design change on existing products
Optimization or troubleshooting of production related initiatives or critical production errors and high complaint levels resulting from raw materials
Cost reduction projects due to financial reasons or to mitigate risk at current supplier second source projects
Local related projects requested by Management

SVS Project Manager shall manage projects with a global mind-set and with holistic thinking - respect to the cultural differences and local production set up. SVS Project Coordinator shall take part in the global SVS Project Management organization setup and represent SVS Project Management in the Quality Department.

Major areas of responsibilities
- Coordinating and managing local projects
- Responsibility for analysing, scoping and mobilising projects within Global Quality
- Ensuring successful completion of project within scope, schedule, and budget
- Ensuring project documentation meets regulatory requirements and Coloplast guidelines.
- Ensuring project status and relevant decision within the project are communicated to all team members and stakeholders
- Coordinating the project team deliverables during the project
- Ensuring flow and momentum in projects, which optimizes value for the business
- Responsibility for reporting status, KPIs, risks and issues to Head of SVS Project Management and Steering Committee
- Have focus on material shortage during the entire project lifetime
- Contributing to general competence development and knowledge sharing in the department
- Participating in development and maintenance of procedures and instructions relevant to SVS Project Management
- Achieving the indicators set by the management
- Responsible and obliged to follow the safety, fire protection and other company regulations
- Responsible and obliged to follow the rules concerning production in cleanroom
- Obliged to do every other task asked only by the immediate superior of the company in relation with the corporate activities
- Performing their job in compliance with the guidelines given
- Drawing attention to the manager to any difficulties in understanding or following the guidelines
- Drawing attention to inefficiency of the system
- Take responsibility for those safety aspects identified for the given position

Essential qualifications
- BSc. In Engineering, Supply Chain (or other relevant Master degree)
- Fluent English skills (both verbal and written)
- Able to travel approximately 20-25 days yearly

Responsible for
- Performing their job in compliance with the guidelines given
- Drawing attention to the manager to any difficulties in understanding or following the guidelines
- Drawing attention to inefficiency of the system

Preferred qualifications
- Knowledge of Excel, Word, Power Point
- Knowledge of MS Project or other tools necessary for Project Management

Why Coloplast?

Coloplast develops products and services that make life easier for people with personal and private medical conditions. Working closely with the people who use our products, we create solutions that are sensitive to their special needs. We call this Intimate healthcare.

We are guided by three values

**Closeness**: we work closely with our customers to find solutions that meet their specific needs.

**Passion**: we work passionately to create new and innovative products that improve the quality of life for our customers.

**Respect**: and responsibility we have deep respect for the private nature of the condition our customers face.

Therefore, it’s our responsibility to find not only medical solutions, but also ways to minimize the trauma and taboo associated with these conditions.

Our business includes Ostomy Care, Continence Care, Urology Care, and Wound and Skin Care

Pursuing an ambitious growth agenda, Coloplast develops and markets products and services that make life easier for people with intimate healthcare needs. Employing about 14.000 people and with products available in more than 143 countries, we are one of the world´s leading medical device companies. We are constantly growing our business and always looking for new ways to move forward - we explore, learn and look for new ways of doing things.

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