Team Lead - Medical Device Manufacturing, Peregrine Surgical, a division of DORC International

Are you ready for the next step in your career? Would you like to join a fast-growing and international company? Do you have experience within the Medical Device industry? Then Peregrine Surgical, a division of Dutch Ophthalmic Research Center - A Zeiss , is the place for you!

As a medical device manufacturing Team Lead you will be responsible for building and maintaining a strong team of well-trained, productive, and committed employees, working together to produce medical devices according to regulations, planning, and standards, within set safety, quality, and quantity requirements.

This position is full-time in-person at our New Britain, Pennsylvania location. Relocation not available.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Lead and coach employees and ensure optimal staffing in a qualitative and quantitative sense.
• Ensures a well-functioning team, conducts individual (assessment) interviews, (preventive) absenteeism counseling and ensures a pleasant working environment where the core values of DORC are observed.
• Together with the department, realizes the planned production according to the required qualitative and quantitative standards, within the budget and (annual) plan for the department and makes proposals for this.
• Ensures a culture of continuous improvement, makes proposals from the department, takes care of implementation.
• Registering deviations in products, processes and systems and taking measures to prevent recurrence.
• Ensures the correct use and maintenance of tools, measuring instruments and equipment and gives advice for improvement.
• Reporting, analyzing various production KPIs and adjusting the process where necessary.
• Takes care of the final inspection of finished products and sub-assemblies and is authorized to approve production orders.
• Responsible for compliancy within the department by implementing company and work regulations for safety, quality, training (up-to-date training files) and environment.
• Works side by side with team to meet production goals and deadlines.

To be successful in this role, you have:

• Bachelor's degree in related field preferred
• 2-5 work experience as a supervisor or team lead in manufacturing environment
• Result-oriented and gives others a clear direction
• Strong people management skills
• Excellent communication skills in English, both oral and written
• Ethical, supports company values; demonstrates integrity
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Adaptable, flexible and productive leader
• Bi-lingual in Russian or Ukrainian a huge plus

What does DORC International have to offer you?


At DORC International, we value our employees and provide top tier benefits. You can expect the following:

• 3 weeks of vacation (accrued)
• 10 sick days annually (this prorated during the year for all new hires)
• 10 US holidays
• 90% of Health Insurance premiums are paid by the company
• Dental & Vision coverage
• 401k plan with company match
• Paid short term, long term & basic life insurance paid by the company
• Bonus program

Did you know ...?


DORC, short for Dutch Ophthalmic Research Center, manufactures equipment, instruments and liquids used in eye surgery.

DORC is a ZEISS company, an internationally leading technology enterprise that develops, manufactures and sells highly innovative products and solutions in a variety of business fields, such as medical technology. As a company wholly owned by a foundation, ZEISS is rooted in and committed to responsibility in all its activities.

Will you be our new Manufacturing Team Lead?


Are you up for this? Then apply today! Do you still have questions? Then contact Monique Christy, Human Resources: [email protected].

DORC International B.V. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.