Title: Production Engineering Associate

Location: Lake Zurich

Employment Type: Full-Time

About Us

Founded in 1996, Medical Murray is a privately owned medical device company specializing in the development, testing, and manufacturing of finished devices, components, and subassemblies. We partner with clients ranging from innovative startups to the world’s largest OEMs. Our expertise includes permanent implants, delivery systems, and complex catheters for vascular, gastrointestinal, urologic, and other interventional markets.

Our culture is driven by five core values: Helpful, Happy, Personal Responsibility, Trustworthy and Clever & Skillful. These principles guide our work, our relationships, and our commitment to improving patient outcomes worldwide.

Benefits Summary

We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, including medical (BCBS) and dental coverage, company-paid vision and life insurance, short- and long-term disability, HSA-eligible plans, a 401(k) Safe Harbor retirement plan, 18 days of PTO, TeleDoc access, identity protection, tuition reimbursement, voluntary life insurance, and paid time off for community volunteering.

Why You’ll Love This Role

If you are detail-oriented, analytically minded, and thrive in structured manufacturing environments where quality and compliance matter, this role offers meaningful impact.

As a Production Engineering Associate, you will be a key operational partner to Production, Engineering, and Quality — ensuring documentation accuracy, supporting material flow, reinforcing cleanroom readiness, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. Your work directly supports compliant production execution and protects product integrity in a regulated manufacturing environment.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys connecting data, documentation, and process execution to improve performance and ensure operational excellence.

What You’ll Do

Support Daily Production Operations

• Monitor material availability and proactively communicate shortages to Production and Engineering teams.
• Provide material delivery support (water spider activities) to ensure timely component availability.
• Track and maintain employee training records within the learning management system.
• Review and validate production time entries and assist with job closures.

Strengthen Documentation & Quality Systems

• Initiate, track, and manage Production-related Nonconformance Reports (NCRs), ensuring accurate documentation and timely follow-up prior to Quality submission.
• Execute and track Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) activities to closure.
• Perform Lot History Record (LHR) reviews to confirm completeness and accuracy.
• Identify and segregate nonconforming products; escalate issues appropriately.
• Assist supervisors with training certifications and document revision alignment.
• Conduct training and retraining online clearance procedures.
• Serve as backup for line clearance verification as assigned.
• Scan, file, and maintain production documentation within SharePoint and controlled repositories.
• Enter, control, and report production data through ERP/MRP systems.

Maintain Label, Material & Equipment Control

• Serve as a trained Label Receiver, ensuring proper issuance, traceability, reconciliation, and disposal of labels.
• Verify label accuracy prior to distribution to production.
• Assist with organization and verification of tooling, fixtures, and production equipment.

Drive Continuous Improvement & Compliance

• Collect and compile KPI data including Quality, Safety, Attendance, Productivity, and Scrap metrics.
• Support visual management and best-practice implementation on the manufacturing floor.
• Participate in audits, investigations, root cause analyses, and improvement initiatives.
• Maintain oversight of Preventive Maintenance schedules and verify completion of required activities.
• Perform additional duties in support of manufacturing operations as needed.

What You’ll Bring

Education

Experience

Technical & Professional Skills

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office and general computer systems.
• Excellent attention to detail with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to interpret manufacturing and quality data to support decision-making.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to follow SOPs and work effectively within a quality management system.
• Familiarity with lean manufacturing principles is a plus.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Medical Murray is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.