Manufacturing Engineer III - Bio Production Group -

Job Description

Position Objective:

The objective of this role is to assist in delivering all engineering key initiatives on time and within scope. The Manufacturing Engineer will work closely with the manufacturing, QA & EHS departments to deliver projects to enhance quality, productivity, safety and cost. The primary function of the manufacturing is to ensure that manufacturing process continues to deliver premier products as efficiently as possible through continuous improvement initiatives within the manufacturing areas.

Essential Functions:

The role of the manufacturing engineer is to drive continuous improvement initiatives using PPI methodology and other Process excellence techniques.

• Required to participate as a team member in complex multi-functional projects taking the lead role when required on engineering actions and sub projects.
• Lead Kaizen events and short to medium projects to completion ensuring all works are delivered on time and on cost
• Ensure day to day manufacturing issues are resolved and actioned in a timely manner
• Mentoring of other team members within engineering if required to develop skill and improve interpersonal skills
• Collaborate and share standard methodology and knowledge across functions and if required across other sites in the Thermo Fisher Scientific Network
• Analyse daily metrics and use data driven decision to improve processes and generate reports to document
• Ability to write and perform validation of process and equipment
• Work with other departments to develop and improve current process equipment and systems to deliver change and improve key performance indicators.

• Experience working within a medical device manufacturing environment or cGMP manufacturing environment.
• Previous experience of working within team and delivering projects results essential
• Proven technical knowledge of Process and Equipment in a Manufacturing Environment
• Excellent knowledge of manufacturing processes and practices and the scientific rationale supporting these.
• Duties are performed independently with minimal instruction given on new projects or assignments.
• The position encounters problems of diverse scope and complexity.
• Results driven
• Knowledge of process excellence techniques including Lean , Six sigma and SPC
• Good working knowledge of validation lifecycle of medical devices (IQ/OQ/PQ)

• Excellent interpersonal skills - works across functions
• Team Player and Self Starter
• Ability to learn and develop current skills and behaviors to progress within the function and lead by example.
• Ability to set up relationships with current and new vendors to develop processes and system to drive continuous improvement within manufacturing process.