Sr. Quality Engineer

Job Title

Location: Alachua, FL

About Evergen

Evergen is a global industry-leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) in regenerative medicine. As the only regenerative medicine company that offers a differentiated portfolio of allograft and xenograft biomaterials at scale, Evergen is headquartered in Alachua, FL, and has manufacturing facilities in West Lafayette, IN, Eden Prairie and Glencoe, MN, Neunkirchen, DE, Glasgow, UK, and Marton, NZ.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a lead core team member of cross functional project teams whose responsibilities include coordinating deliverables for the improvement of processes across the manufacturing facility
• Supervises the Quality Assurance Engineering team including performance management, corrective action, hiring and selection, and allocation of engineering support as it relates to quality assurance initiatives
• Reviews quality Key Performance Indicator (KPI) data and actions to ensure continuous improvement in collaboration with various operations value streams
• Reviews validations and risk management activities to support regulatory submissions, sustaining activities, and product launches are on time and have a high level of customer and patient focus
• Leads and conducts problem solving through change management, nonconformance workflows, and continuous improvement or new product development initiatives
• Reviews and edits nonconformance investigation and disposition phases for team members and assists in the preparation and presentation of materials for quality initiatives
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's degree in relevant technical discipline

Experience

• 6+ years of relevant medical device, pharmaceutical, or other regulated industry experience.
• *Combination of advanced degree and experience may be considered.

Certification

• AATB or CTBS Certification, preferred
• Lead Auditor Certification, preferred
• ASQ – CQE, CBA, or CQA, preferred

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Technical writing
• Problem solving methodologies
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Quality Management System software
• Investigations
• Statistical techniques

Travel

• N/A

Safety

Physical Requirement

• Move or lift objects up to 25 pounds
• Frequent (>75%) stationary position (standing or sitting) while utilizing digital displays
• Frequent (>75%) fine manipulation using hands and fingers (typing, opening, writing, clicking, paper sorting, etc.)

Working Environment

• Onsite: Office environment with assigned workstation
• Remote positions only: Home office environment with minimum distractions

More About Evergen

Evergen provides customers across a diverse set of market segments with leading-edge expertise, scale, and flexibility across end-to-end services including design, development, regulatory support, verification and validation, manufacturing, and supply chain management.

Evergen is rooted in a steadfast commitment to quality, integrity, and patient safety with a focus on five key values:

• Accountable: We own our actions and decisions.
• Agile: We embrace change to stay ahead of the curve and evolve to drive innovation and growth.
• Growth Mindset: We embrace challenges as opportunities for continuous learning.
• Customer-Centric: We prioritize customers at every touch point.
• Inclusive: We thrive on the richness of our diversity and ensure every voice is heard, respected, and celebrated.

At Evergen, we are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where we embrace the richness of our diversity and ensure that every voice is heard, respected, and celebrated. We believe that by embracing diversity and promoting inclusivity, we not only uphold our values but also strengthen our position as the CDMO of Choice in regenerative medicine solutions. We recognize that cultivating a growth mindset is essential to our success, and we are dedicated to continuous learning and improvement in our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Through accountability and action, we strive to create an environment where individuals can thrive, innovate, and contribute their unique perspectives to drive our collective success.

Montagu Private Equity ("Montagu"), a leading European private equity firm, acquired RTI in 2020 and has supported the transformation of the company to its next level of potential.