Manager, Manufacturing Engineering

Responsibilities

• Responsible for outcome of work performed by engineering direct reports within respective department; may manage lower-level supervisors.
• Develops and communicates engineering priorities to meet department objectives.
• Establishes department's processes and procedures, with majority of time focused on management responsibilities.
• Mentors others within respective department outside of immediate team.
• Understands how team / work area relates to other areas; uses knowledge to improve efficiency and produce high-quality work with impact on respective business unit segment.
• Identifies and resolves technical, operational, and/or organizational problems.
• Understands team and department's contribution to business objectives.
• Proactively addresses challenges and fosters change to engage team and drive success in respective department activities.
• Broadens technical means to solve for issues in area of expertise, focusing on innovative approaches to cross-disciplinary and department processes.
• Influences a prompt and constructive response of multiple teams and department when change is encountered or necessary.
• Interacts with senior level department managers.
• Builds collaborative networks that span across multiple areas and departments; may begin to include internal global networks.
• Begins to adapt style and message based on global awareness.
• Works on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
• Decisions have medium to high impact on area and business unit's short-term results, begins to impact long term objectives; informs and influences decision-making at the management level.
• Inability to achieve results will add to costs and may impact the short-term goals of the product development or department overall.
• Exercises judgment in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for solving problems and obtaining results for development and process improvement plans.

Required Qualifications

• Possesses specialized and broad knowledge of interdependent activities impacting multiple areas and/or department.
• Highly skilled specialist in engineering discipline; identifies complex technical concepts and techniques for the respective area of engineering discipline.
• Developing knowledge of engineering tools, processes, methodologies, and concepts, including lean and six sigma concepts and tools.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational, collaboration and presentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with QSR or ISO 13485.
• Prior experience or exposure to Lean/CI Principles, Systems and common tools including: Line Balancing, Equipment Capacity modeling, 5S, 8 forms of waste, Value Stream Maps, Kaizen, WIP optimization, manufacturing cell-line-facility layout design & optimization, and data analysis highly desirable.
• Prior experience or exposure to the Medical Device Industry and/or contract manufacturing highly desirable.
• Prior knowledge, experience or exposure to Process Development & Validation highly desirable.