Senior Sustainment Engineer
Smith+Nephew
Summary
Join Smith+Nephew as a Senior Sustainment Engineer and become the technical leader responsible for sustaining and optimizing our metal additive manufacturing production processes. In this highly visible role, you will drive operational excellence, improve process capability, enhance equipment reliability, and support the production of innovative medical technologies that help improve patients' lives around the world.
Job description
What will you be doing?
- Serve as the technical owner for metal additive manufacturing production processes, ensuring process stability, repeatability, and compliance.
- Drive initiatives to reduce scrap, improve yield, increase throughput, and enhance overall equipment effectiveness.
- Analyze production data to identify trends, opportunities, and sustainable process improvements.
- Develop and manage preventive maintenance strategies while partnering with Maintenance teams to improve equipment reliability and minimize downtime.
- Lead troubleshooting efforts, root cause investigations, and corrective and preventive actions related to process and equipment performance.
- Manage additive manufacturing build schedules and collaborate with Operations and Production Planning to maximize capacity utilization.
- Support validation activities including IQ, OQ, PQ, process qualifications, and revalidation efforts.
- Maintain manufacturing documentation, support audit readiness, and ensure compliance with quality and regulatory requirements.
- Partner with cross functional teams including Quality, Regulatory, Maintenance, Operations, and Supply Chain to support manufacturing excellence and business growth.
- Mentor engineers and technical staff while promoting knowledge sharing and technical excellence.
Requirements
- Expertise in metal additive manufacturing processes
- Strong background in process validation and quality compliance
- Capable of leading cross-functional teams
- Capable of mentoring technical staff
- Experience with IQ, OQ, PQ, process qualifications, and revalidation
- Experience with root cause investigations and corrective/preventive actions
- Experience with preventive maintenance strategies
- Experience analyzing production data for process improvements
- Knowledge of quality and regulatory requirements in manufacturing
- Experience managing manufacturing build schedules and capacity utilization
Benefits
- 401(k) Matching
- 401(k) Plus
- Discounted Stock Purchase
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Flexible Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Flex Holidays
- Paid Community Service Day
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Health Savings Account
- Employee Assistance Program
- Parental Leave
- Fertility & Adoption Assistance
- Hybrid Work Model
- Fitness Club Discounts
- Travel Discounts
Company overview
Smith+Nephew is a global portfolio medical technology company with a rich history dating back to 1856, originally founded as a chemist shop in Hull, UK. The company specializes in the repair, regeneration, and replacement of soft and hard tissue through innovative medical devices and technologies. Operating through three core business units—Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine & ENT, and Advanced Wound Management—Smith+Nephew serves healthcare professionals and patients in over 100 countries worldwide. With approximately 18,000 employees, the company generated annual sales of $5.5 billion in 2023 and is listed on both the London Stock Exchange (FTSE100) and New York Stock Exchange. Their product portfolio includes joint replacement systems, robotics-assisted surgical platforms, sports medicine implants, advanced wound care solutions, and ENT technologies. The company is pioneering new frontiers in medical technology, including Spatial Surgery systems that integrate augmented reality and real-time data processing for enhanced surgical precision. Smith+Nephew's mission centers on their "Life Unlimited" purpose, aiming to restore patients' bodies and self-belief through technological innovation that removes limitations on living.