Graduate Manufacturing Engineer in Taunton

Our mission

At Corza Medical, our mission is to champion surgical providers with remarkable service and exceptional products that save time, money, and effort.

We are a passionate team guided by our core belief that you should never have to choose between performance, value, and a quality customer experience.

We are here to support you every step of the way.

Our brand promise

We deliver a collaborative experience by working directly with the surgical community to ensure you get the exact surgical tools you need at the right time and the right price.

• Remarkable service: A seamless, personal process designed around you and your needs.
• Trusted performance: Our product family is the result of years of experience championing surgeons and listening to their expertise.
• Outstanding value: No matter the surgical specialty , we deliver quality products for all markets.
• Our people promise

Excellence is our Specialty and what makes us successful is our people.

We are committed to fostering a positive, empowering and growth-oriented environment where all team members are encouraged to share their opinions and ideas.

That means you will work alongside an accomplished and highly collaborative team that inspires commitment to our goal in attaining excellence in everything they do.

Job Purpose Summary

The Graduate Manufacturing Engineer supports the validation, optimisation, and continuous improvement of manufacturing processes, products, and equipment.

Working within a regulated medical device environment (ISO 13485 and FDA), the role provides hands‑on engineering support to ensure products are manufactured safely, efficiently, and in compliance with quality standards.

The role also provides an opportunity to develop practical engineering experience through structured guidance while progressively taking ownership of assigned engineering tasks and projects.

What You Will Do

Process

• Evaluate chemical equipment and processes to identify ways to optimize performance or to ensure compliance with customer requirements, safety and environmental regulations.
• Conduct research to develop new and improved manufacturing processes.
• Design and plan layout of equipment and operations.
• Develop safety procedures to be employed by workers operating equipment or working in close proximity to on‑going hazardous environments.
• Assess Chemical hazard posed by production materials for impact to final product.
• Perform laboratory studies of steps in manufacture of new product and test proposed process in small scale operation such as a pilot plant.
• Design measurement and control systems for chemical plants based on data collected in laboratory experiments and in pilot plant operations.
• Risk manage and evaluate existing manufacturing processes and workflows to identify areas for change and improvement.

Troubleshoot and refine manufacturing processes and equipment where issues are identified and make recommendations for continuous improvement.

• Prepare estimate of project/production costs and progress reports, documenting work via reports, technology notebooks and design file entries for management.
• Perform tests and monitor performance of processes throughout stages of production to determine degree of control over variables.
• Assist in the validation of Operations, equipment and instrumentation in accordance with ISO 14385 requirements.
• Put Customer Complaints into a product/production capability context to establish a feasible direction to take matters of Product Quality.
• Present changes to operations or materials to customers to satisfy regulation/Quality/Sales considerations and to manage the projects in a manner that will align with customer orders/stock management.
• To investigate non-conformances from a technical standpoint.
• Work to the Health and Safety guidelines, good practice and Company procedures at all times.

Validation

• Design and implement a site validation strategy and system to ensure the appropriate validation policies, design control and procedures are in place within the Quality Management system.
• Take responsibility for ensuring the equipment, manufacturing and testing facilities and utilities serving the facilities are validated and any revalidation studies are performed.
• Provide technical support and expertise of product validation processes, in order to demonstrate that new products are safe and fit for purpose.
• Undertake improvement projects and participate in team projects as requested.
• Provide technical support on analysing failures and providing estimates of life expectancy and reliability.
• Conduct DQ, IQ, OQ and PQ on all machinery and processes.
• Produce validation plans and protocol documentation for existing products and processes.
• Coordinate the validation process across all relevant functions throughout the business.
• Work with other engineers to ensure all product and system requirements are taken into account from the initial product conception to the finished result.
• Undertake any other task that is reasonably expected within the post holder’s ability.
• What You Will Need
• Engineering degree or equivalent
• Knowledge of engineering principles related to manufacturing processes
• Understanding of statistical process control and data analysis
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to prepare and interpret technical documentation
• Problem-solving and root cause analysis skills
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritise workload effectively
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies
• Awareness of regulatory and quality standards such as ISO 13485
• Competence with standard IT tools such as Microsoft Office
• Ability to work independently and collaborate within cross‑functional teams
• In return we offer
• Flexi-time
• Starting salary dependent on experience
• 33 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
• Pension - Company contributing 7%
• Discretionary yearly bonus
• Healthcare cash plan
• Company sick pay
• Group Life Assurance
• Group Income Protection
• Training and development opportunities
• What We Value
• Customer First - We deliver extraordinary experiences.
• Accountability - We do what we say.
• Integrity - We do what is right.
• Inspired - We love what we do.
• One Global Team -We before me, always.

Corza Medical is an equal opportunity employer.

Corza Medical evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, marital status, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, veteran status or other protected characteristics.

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