Change Management Engineer

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Change Management Engineer 

Portage, MI

Stryker is seeking to hire a Change Management Engineer to Orthopedic Instruments and the Shared Service Change Management Team within Stryker Instruments.

Work Flexibility: Hybrid.

This role requires reasonable proximity to our Stryker facility. You should be comfortable working 3 days onsite.

Who we want:

• Collaborative partners. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, data, and insights to drive continuous improvement in functions.
• Goal-oriented developers. Keeping the customer and system requirements squarely in focus, people who deliver safe and robust solutions.
• Dedicated achievers. People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and meets regulations and expectations. 
• Curious learners. Individuals who seek out practical methods and information to expand and enhance their ability.

What you will do:

As a Change Management Engineer, you will manage and execute complex Engineering Change Notices (ECNs) in our PLM System for Orthopedic Instruments  to support various business and engineering activities.

You will also:

• Create complex changes within the PLM System to ensure data, documents, content and information submitted in the change is accurate and compliant.
• Collaborates with the necessary stakeholders as needed to build, complete and monitor the Implementation Plan as well as the ECN.
• Facilitate and organize the Change Implementation Board (CIB) when required.
• Act as a subject matter expert in the Change Management/Change Control process as well as the onePLM system.
• Responsible for following the Change Management/Change Control process and procedures effectively within our Quality System.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across several business functions providing excellent customer service while creating and routing complex changes in our Quality System.
• Collaborate with relevant functional groups to mentor and coach teams and stakeholders through the change control process and the workflow within onePLM.
• Under minimal supervision, works with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Clinical, Marketing, and Project Management to ensure project success.
• May act as the Change Owner as well as the Change Analyst II on changes.
• Additional projects related to the Change Management Engineer role as needed.
• May support and participate in audits.
• Identifies complex PLM/CAII problems, applying engineering experience and learnings for improvements and risk mitigation.

What you will need:

Required:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or in a related engineering discipline .
• PLM Knowledge.

Preferred:

• Experience in quality and/or engineering
• Experience with New Product Development
• Experience working Engineer, Designer, Project Manager.
• Experience in the Medical Device Industry.
• Windchill, OnePLM, Teamcenter, or other PLM experience.
• General understanding of basic engineering principles
• Must possess attention to detail.
• The ability to understand the products and processes involved in the change.
• Must possess strong communication, project management and influencing skills as well as successfully manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• The ability to problem-solve complex situations by filtering, prioritizing, and analyzing complex and dynamic material.

About Stryker

Our benefits:

• 12 paid holidays annually

• Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program.

• Financial benefits include Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance.

For a more detailed overview of our benefits or time off, please follow this link to learn more:  US Stryker employee benefits

About Stryker
Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 130 million patients annually. More information is available at  stryker.com.

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