Project Engineer

Working at Freudenberg: "We will wow your world" This is our promise. As a global technology group, we not only make the world cleaner, healthier and more comfortable, but also offer our 52,000 employees a networked and diverse environment where everyone can thrive individually. Be surprised and experience your own wow moments.

Freudenberg Medical is a trusted Contract Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) partner, delivering high-quality solutions from ideation and market launch to volume production for medical device and pharmaceutical companies. With proven expertise in materials and technologies, Freudenberg Medical offers an extensive range of vertically integrated capabilities: precision molding and extrusions, complex catheters, hypotubes, and coatings.

Some of your Benefits
Health Insurance:
Rely on comprehensive services whenever you need it.

On-site Medical Service:
Our on-site medical service can handle a variety of medical needs.

Cafeteria/ Canteen:
We offer fresh food on-site, both hot and cold.

Diversity & Inclusion:
We focus on providing an inclusive environment and recognize our diversity contributes to our success.

Personal Development:
We offer a variety of trainings to ensure you can develop in your career.

Alajuela

On-Site

Freudenberg Medical srl.

You support our team as

Project Engineer
Responsibilities

• Drive product across multiple projects and development phases ensure solutions are aligned with product objectives.
• Direct responsibility for project activities including product development, product launch, tooling design, equipment, processes, and manufacturing methods.
• Create and enforce structured efforts in problem solving, project management and the establishment of procedures.
• Effectively manage collaborators to achieve project objectives.
• Develop and implement standard Engineering practices and processes.
• Employ DFM practices to influence that designs and processes are reliable and robust.
• Communicate both internally and externally to ensure that projects are running per specifications in terms of product cost and product quality while meeting deadlines.
• Identify and recommend appropriate resource allocations to support the project requirements and departmental resource needs.
• Partner with all relevant departments to ensure cross-departmental transparency, buy in, and support to allocate resources effectively and efficiently.
• Manage the financial topics into the department: Track and manage department resource budget. Identify and improve processes to reduce costs. Review resource needs for functional group and hire accordingly.
• Ensure manufacturing validations to include IQ/OQ/PQ are performed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing or related field.
• A minimum of 5 years of project management experience or equivalent in regulated industry such as medical device and/or healthcare products manufacturing in an engineering and molding/assembly environment.
• Experience in a metric driven culture specific experience in LEAN principles with an ability to be White and Green Belt certified within 12 months of start date (GROWTTH Methodology). Understanding of use of lean principles.
• Strong team oriented professional with good interpersonal skills who is hands-on with a high energy approach to work.
• Trustworthy, discrete and a high degree of personal integrity to maintain sensitive and confidential information.
• Accurate and attention to detail.
• Leadership ability and organizational skills.
• Proficiency in the use of PC and programs, particularly Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• Ability to communicate ideas and information clearly, effectively, and frequently (oral and written) both to senior management, customers and associates
• Ability to travel as required.

The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.