<p>First Shift Monday - Friday 7:00 am - 3:30 pm</p> <p>PRIMARY PURPOSE:</p> <p>Supervises and leads assigned area of the operations section of Manufacturing and ensures safe and effective processing of human tissue grafts for transplantation.</p> <p>ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS</p> <ul> <li>Lead, promote and drive the safety culture and preventative activities. </li><li>Accountable for the quality of the product, paperwork, and procedures followed in all processing activities. </li><li>Promote leadership, mentoring, coaching and inclusion to all employees. </li><li>Ensure all activities honor The Gift by maximizing opportunities to make grafts transplantable. </li><li>Assist the Manager and Director in selection, training, orientation, supervision, evaluation, development, counseling, and accountability of employees. </li><li>Develop, implement and manage all relevant standard operation procedures, work instructions, job aids, and other procedures as needed for the uniformity and quality of operations. </li><li>Maintain regulated operations in keeping with all applicable standards of accreditation and all regulatory requirements. </li><li>Assist in budget development and ongoing monitoring of expenses. </li><li>Resolve, complete, and ensure corrective actions on all CARs and NCRs are complete and timely to prevent recurrence. </li><li>Approve employee paid time off, manage employee schedules. </li><li>Manage schedules of process suites and teams to meet the weekly and monthly processing requirements. </li><li>Lead team and mentors new Solvita employees through documented training. </li><li>Responsible for ensuring employees are following all applicable procedures, safety guidelines, training, policies and standards. </li><li>Ensure all allografts tissue are accurately processed, measured, labeled, packaged, and documented in a timely manner. </li><li>Inspect grafts for quality, packaging integrity, and accuracy of documentation. </li><li>In conjunction with Quality Control, responsible for operating and ensuring processing equipment is in good working order. Equipment includes, but is not limited to, band saws, drills, scissors, scalpels. </li><li>Participate on project, process improvement and product development teams. </li><li>Performs other duties as assigned. </li></ul> <p>MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS</p> <p>EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE</p> <ul> <li>High School diploma or equivalent required. </li><li>At least two years of experience of musculoskeletal allograft processing, or a minimum of one-year prior team lead or supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment. </li></ul> <p>WORK ENVIRONMENT and PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES</p> <ul> <li>Requires heavy lifting, continuous levels of standing and is physically demanding. </li><li>Some areas of Manufacturing may require the ability to work around high magnetic circuits or magnetic fields. </li><li>Requires good eye-hand coordination skills. </li><li>Must be able to meet the required physical demands with or without reasonable accommodation. </li></ul> <p>DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS</p> <ul> <li>Bachelor's Degree. </li><li>Certified Tissue Bank Specialist - CTBS certification. </li><li>Knowledge of processing anatomy, sterile techniques and medical terminology. </li><li>Demonstrated ability to work within a team setting and possess the ability to receive and follow directions. </li><li>Demonstrated ability to report numbers accurately and monitor error control. </li><li>Technical and professional expertise; solving problems analyzing issues and innovation. </li><li>Developing and coaching skills to help others develop to their fullest potential. </li><li>Six Sigma Green Belt Certified. </li></ul>