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Position: Project Lead (Hybrid)
Location: Cambridgeshire
Salary: £55,000 - £70,000 (Negotiable) + Excellent Benefits (15% Bonus, Car / Car Allowance, and many more)
If there’s something stopping you from achieving all you’re capable of, you’ll relish a role with a company that will positively encourage you to be pro-active – a real opportunity to release your true potential.
The Company: Our Client (An Independent) manufactures and sells a broad range of medical devices. They are a global medical technology company that has been built on a vision to provide high quality manufacturing services faster than industry options of the day.
The Role: Due to sustained continued expansion they now require a driven Project Lead to lead the management of cross functional project activities within a multi-disciplined engineering team to meet specified project objectives / deliverables.
The Person: Candidates suitable for consideration should be able to provide evidence of the following:

  • HNC / HND / Degree in Engineering or a Science related subject or be a Time-Served Engineer with relevant industrial experience.
  • Proven experience in NPI, product development, or manufacturing.
  • 3+ years’ experience within a Medical Device manufacturing environment
  • Experience working under the ISO13485 and GMP quality systems
    You will be self-motivated, have excellent communication skills both written and oral, be computer literate, and able to work as part of a team.
    The successful candidate will enjoy a basic salary of between £55,000 to £70,000 plus excellent prospects and an employment package that you would expect from a company that values its employees.
    Do you have the courage to take on this challenge?

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