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Head of Global Recruitment at Advanced Medical Solutions
Who are Advanced Medical Solutions?
AMS is a world-leading independent developer and manufacturer of innovative tissue-healing technology, focused on quality outcomes for patients and value for payers. AMS has a wide range of surgical products including tissue adhesives, sutures, haemostats, internal fixation devices and internal sealants, which it markets under its brands LiquiBand, RESORBA, LiquiBandFix8, LIQUIFIX, Peters Surgical, Ifabond, Vitalitec and Seal-G. AMS also supplies wound care dressings such as silver alginates, alginates, and foams through its ActivHeal brand as well as under white label. Since 2019, the Group has made seven acquisitions: Sealantis, an Israeli developer of innovative internal sealants, Biomatlante, a French developer and manufacturer of surgical biomaterials, Raleigh, a leading UK coater and converter of woundcare and bio-diagnostics materials, AFS Medical, an Austrian specialist surgical business, Connexicon, an Irish tissue adhesives specialist, Syntacoll a German specialist in collagen-based absorbable surgical implants and Peters Surgical a global provider of specialty surgical sutures, mechanical haemostasis and internal cyanoacrylate devices. AMS's products, manufactured in the UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Thailand, India, the Czech Republic and Israel, are sold globally via a network of multinational or regional partners and distributors, as well as via AMS's own direct sales forces in the UK, Germany, Austria, France, Poland, Benelux, India, the Czech Republic and Russia. The Group has R&D innovation hubs in the UK, Ireland, Germany, France and Israel. Established in 1991, the Group has more than 1,500 employees. For more information, please see www.admedsol.com
AMS provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants. We highly value and encourage diversity across our workforce meaning that no one will be discriminated against because of their gender, race, age, nationality, disability, or any other protected characteristic as prohibited by law.
To lead and develop the plant engineering function to reach best in class standards of asset performance and reliability in manufacturing and facilities and to coach and support the development of a capability based proactive process of continuous improvement in all key operational areas underpinned by a strong lean manufacturing culture.
What will this role involve?
- Leadership of all engineering groups including: maintenance engineering, process engineering and facilities management.
- Development of all engineering personnel to continue to raise levels of skill, capability and professional competence through: structured coaching, experiential learning and training.
- Building engineering capability through effective performance management, recruitment and apprenticeship schemes.
- Driving best in class standards of asset maintenance, performance and reliability through reliability centred maintenance approaches.
- Building an operator up skilling programme which supports the principle of autonomous maintenance.
- Effectively managing annual budgets and demonstrating year on year improvement in real costs.
- Working effectively with group engineering on the development of all major capital projects ensuring that all key milestones are met and that benefits are delivered in line with commitments and business expectations.
- Developing and maintaining an effective computerised maintenance management system and ensuring that the use of that system’s functionality is maximised.
- Enhancing organisational culture and performance through effective management of change initiatives.
- Carrying out all activities in compliance with cGMP, FDA QSR 21CFR820, ISO13485 & MDD94/42/EEC.
- Holding the role of EHSEn representative for the Plymouth site and driving compliance to all relevant Health, Safety and Environmental Legislation.
Knowledge and Skills
- Bachelor of Science degree required in Mechanical, Biomedical, Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering.
- Substantial and extensive experience of working in plant engineering.
- Previous Leadership experience in a plant and maintenance engineering function essential.
- Can demonstrate an excellent experience based knowledge of quality management systems.
- Can demonstrate substantial achievements in the implementation and maintenance of best in class maintenance systems.
- Has worked in and is committed to the implementation and development of lean manufacturing principles.
- Can demonstrate prior achievement in the effective management of organisational change through building a culture in her/his organisation which supports that change.
Seniority level
- Seniority levelMid-Senior level
Employment type
Job function
- Job functionEngineering and Science
- IndustriesPharmaceutical Manufacturing
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