What is a Senior Manufacturing Engineer?
A Senior Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for high-level plant and production operations of a company. They often mentor less experienced engineers and guide them in their work. This person will conduct advanced manufacturing plans to optimize operations, startup a new production line, commission a new plant and introduce new products into manufacturing operations.
What does a Senior Manufacturing Engineer typically do?
- Conducts advanced engineering studies with significant output improvements
- Champions Kaizen, LEAN and other improvement initiatives
- Leads less experienced engineers and technicians in training and daily tasks
- Works closely with executives to implement manufacturing strategy and metrics
Career Track for an Senior Manufacturing Engineer
A Manufacturing Engineer possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical or Manufacturing from an ABET-accredited university with seven or more years of increasing responsibilities. A normal career progression includes an internship, Manufacturing Engineer I, II and III before being promoted to Senior Mechanical Engineer. Other job functions include Process Engineer, Quality Engineer or Mechanical Engineer.
Once the professional masters the Senior Manufacturing Engineer job function, they will have options of move into Manufacturing Engineering Manager or Supervisor roles, or become a deep subject matter expert in a specific area or industry. Having a well-rounded career, seasoned Manufacturing Engineers can move into senior leadership roles including VP, Manufacturing, Engineering Director other roles.
What Makes a Senior Manufacturing Engineer Successful
- A strong passion and interest in production operations and process improvement
- Exceptional analytical, math and mechanical aptitude
- Natural communication abilities to showcase new ideas, engineering data and conceptual designs
- Ability to learn new software tools for CAD design, analysis and advanced calculations
Senior Manufacturing Engineer Compensation
Senior Manufacturing Engineer Job Description
Do you take pride in solving advanced medical device assembly problems?
Are you a champion of transferring medical R&D projects into scalable manufacturing operations?
An advanced medical device manufacturer in the southwest metro is seeking an experienced Senior Manufacturing Engineer to join their brilliant team.
As a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, you’ll be trusted to:
- Developing internal and external manufacturing processes for life-saving medical products.
- Lead and collaborate in designing, implementing, validating, and supporting manufacturing equipment, fixtures, tools, and processes.
If you are a collaborative engineer with experience developing manufacturing processes in a highly regulated environment seeking a technically challenging opportunity in a growing company, you will love working here!
You’re the type of person who enjoys:
- Collaborating with product development on device designs to ensure superior manufacturability
- Translating design requirements into process and equipment requirements
- Collaborating on risk management activities such as FMEAs and process FMEAs
- Developing, executing, and documenting equipment qualifications and process validations, including IQ/OQ/PQ plans and reports
- Performing Measurement system analysis (MSA) Gage repeatability and reproducibility (GRR), design of experiments (DOE), statistical process control (SPC), and capability analysis to develop, troubleshoot, and control processes
- Supporting test method and inspection method development and validation used during design verification, process validation, and commercial manufacturing
- Developing, implementing, and supporting production documentation, including manufacturing procedures, routers, and bill of materials (BOM)
- Utilizing tools including value stream mapping, overall equipment effectiveness, and 5S to understand and improve quality, labor efficiency, throughput, and cycle time
- Providing engineering support to customers, equipment suppliers, and contract manufacturers
- Providing project communication to team members, customers, contract manufacturers, and stakeholders
- Supporting product complaint investigations and reports
- Supporting CAPA/NCR/SCAR investigations and reports
More about our client:
Our client is a growing med device company developing hand-held therapeutic and critical care innovations worldwide. They value teamwork, independent problem-solving, and employee empowerment!
- Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or equivalent; Master’s degree preferred
- 7+ years of accomplishments in the medical device, pharmaceutical, or related industry required
- Six sigma black belt preferred
- Experience in plastic injection molding, automated assembly processes, and equipment specifications
- Knowledge of GMP, CFR, ISO, QSR, and other regulations
- Experience creating, writing, and executing process/equipment IQ/OQ/PQ validations, including test method validations