Job Description:

Overview

GCE is the leading manufacturer of gas control equipment.Driven by innovation, we strive to deliver the highest quality gas products and services to businesses across the globe. With manufacturing, sales and supply companies located all over the world, we ensure customers can always access the world's leading innovative gas control equipment.

Specializing in five business areas, GCE Group focuses its expertise across cutting & welding technologies, valves, healthcare, homecare, and specialty gas systems.

Employing more than 1,000 employees around the world and with customers in more than 120 countries, our product portfolio helps support diverse sectors including the food, electronics and medical industries.

Originally formed in 1987 through the merging of two world leading businesses in gas equipment, the GCE Group has rapidly evolved since its foundation. Through industry mergers and acquisitions, the GCE group now paves the way for high quality gas equipment under three brands:GCE, GCE HealthcareandGCE Druva.

With over 100 years' experience handling high pressure gases, we are now proudlypart of ESAB corporation, a world leader in fabrication and specialty gas control technology. ESAB Corporation provides partners with advanced equipment, consumables, automation, robotics, and digital solutions which enable the everyday and extraordinary work that shapes our world.

The Manager of Quality and Safety is responsible for all aspects of the Quality Management System and its adherence to global standards in addition responsible for employee health and safety.

• Responsible for providing both strategic and day to day leadership for the promotion of a "Culture of Quality and Safety" establishing and maintaining a high degree of quality and safety awareness and continuous improvement throughout the organization.
• Manages all aspects of the Quality/Safety Management System for the corporation and ensures the company complies with all applicable standards, regulations, and customer requirements including but not limited to FDA, ISO 13485, ISO 9001, MDD/MDR, MDSAP and Health Canada, OSHA and ESAB Life Critical Standards.
• Leads the company's efforts for GMP including their implementation and auditing to ensure the company is always compliant and continually improving.
• Manages and leads a team of exempt and non-exempt employees and ensures that all direct reports are familiar with, trained on and follow all job related Quality System procedures.
• Sets clear quality standards for Suppliers and works closely and collaboratively with the internal organization and external suppliers to ensure incoming parts and components meet and/or exceed our expectations.
• Ensures that the Quality team is appropriately staffed, trained, and motivated to excel at their jobs.
• Success and results driven; ask's "what else can I do" to move a process along thoroughly and quickly. Equally comfortable with "the way we do things" as well as promoting new ideas.
• Conduct safety risk assessments and enforce preventive measures.
• Implement and maintain health and safety standards.
• Create and track safety-related objectives, metrics, and goals for the organization.

• Minimum of 5+ years of progressive Quality experience in various sized medical device organizations
• Minimum 2 years Management experience with direct reports
• Minimum 2 years Safety leadership experience
• Bachelor's Degree Required (Life Sciences, Engineering or Business)
• Master's Degree a plus
• English
• Spanish a plus
• Ability to travel domestically approximately 5%
• Experience with implementation of a Quality Management System or management of a transformation of a quality management system.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, and the ability to interface effectively with internal departments; engineering, manufacturing, sales and marketing, administration and external customers and suppliers
• Excellent at moving from conceptual, analytical, and problem solving, to execution and deliverables
• A "hands-on" highly accountable individual who enjoys challenge and is capable and dedicated to getting the job done
• A proactive, results driven leader with a positive "can do" attitude and a sense of urgency to getting things done
• Well-organized, detail oriented and accustomed to maintaining excellent records

Brand, Purpose, and Values

At ESAB Corporation, the belief is that the progress made today makes the world imagined possible. Its purpose is Shaping the world we imagine.

Shaping the world begins with shaping the culture. And shaping the culture begins with defining company values that can be put into practice each day at ESAB. This isn't simply what ESAB believes. It's how ESAB brings its purpose to life.

The values that help guide every action as a company include:

• Shared Success. We are there with solutions for our customers' triumphs and challenges, knowing our success is fueled by theirs.
• Help Each Other Win. We collaborate as a team to achieve our shared vision - bringing the best people together to explore creative solutions, drive innovation, build on each other's ideas, and hold ourselves accountable until the work is done. This allows us to achieve the best outcomes for our customers and stakeholders.
• Always Improving. Continuous improvement is at the core of our business management system, EBX (ESAB Business Excellence). We relentlessly pursue innovative solutions and constantly seek new ways to raise the bar of our performance.
• Purposeful Leadership. We build strong leaders who meet challenges head on, celebrate wins, and learn from every obstacle - so our associates, our customers, and the industry can imagine and achieve new possibilities.
• Every Voice Valued. We are committed to creating an inclusive, welcoming culture that values every perspective - because real progress depends on diversity, empathy, and mutual respect.

The ESAB Group Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.