Innovation & Quality manager

Location: Turnhout, BE

Are you a quality engineer looking to broaden your experience towards production planning and project management? OR - Are you an engineer who doesn’t want to work in a silo but want a hands-on job with lots of variation?

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Position Description

Are you a quality engineer looking to broaden your experience towards production planning and project management? OR Are you an engineer who doesn’t want to work in a silo but want a hands-on job with lots of variation?

Ergotrics is a dynamic and innovative medical device company founded in 2014. We are looking for an Innovation & Quality manager to strengthen our team.

Ergotrics specializes in positioning and moving patients with compressed air. We design and produce inflatable positioning devices, which tilt and lift patients quickly, easily, ergonomically, hygienically and safely. Additional information on Ergotrics and its product launches on: https://ergotrics.com/

What is the job about?

  • You develop our new ideas into concrete products.
  • You manage and lead R&D projects from the design table to the factory floor, while you take concrete responsibility for the technical tasks in the project
  • You solve the technical issues from production and customer complaints
  • You are the first contact point for our subcontractors. You follow-up inventory levels and organizes production planning and component purchasing.
  • You complete and update technical drawings
  • You develop and maintain our ISO 13485 quality management system and improve in close cooperation with the process owners continuously our quality procedures
  • You organize change management control and management reviews
  • You develop the technical test protocols to ensure that our products meet quality specification. You execute and organize the tests
  • You work closely with our suppliers and subcontractors for new product innovation, production improvement and quality compliance

What are we looking for?

  • Master’s degree in industrial sciences OR Master Electro-Mechanics in combination of at least 5 years of experience in engineering or quality
  • Experience/knowledge of CAD (computer-aided design), e.g. SolidWorks, is a must
  • Experience/knowledge of ISO standards (13485/9001), ErP systems (e.g. Exact Online) and/or CE labelling of devices is a plus.
  • Experience with high frequency welding or developing medical devices is a plus.
  • Project management and good communication skills
  • Team player, enthusiastic (can do mentality), entrepreneurial and self-managing
  • Excellent knowledge of English and Dutch.

What do we offer?

  • Become part of a growing start-up company with international ambitions in the Turnhout region
  • A hands-on job where you are not setting all days behind your desk and in meetings
  • Choose for a job with lots of variation. Wide range of activities and learning opportunities in innovation, quality and engineering
  • Small team, non-hierarchical, no politics.
  • Contribute to products that make a world of difference for nurses and patients
  • Join a team with experience and curiosity. Growth opportunities to quality or R&D careers and team leader positions in health industry.
  • Competitive salary and fringe benefits