Senior Manufacturing Engineer

PROMED MOLDED PRODUCTS INC•Plymouth, MN

4d•$99,155 - $136,835•Onsite

About The Position

As a ProMed employee, you will contribute to the manufacture of products that have a significant impact on people’s lives. Through honesty, integrity, and collaboration, we strive to be the very best as we hire the very best. ProMed was founded in 1989 addressing an industry need for cleanroom manufacturing of silicone components, specifically those having a medical application. We treat every component and finished device as though it will be used by a beloved family member or friend. We are dedicated to our customers and to our employees while helping to improve the health and well-being of people around the world. Working as one to help many. POSITION SUMMARY Under minimal supervisory direction, take a leading role in the development of capable processes and ensures efficient and effective transfer of product into production. Responsible for initiating and conducting defined technical tasks associated within a manufacturing environment. Usually reports to a supervisor or senior technical individual but work direction may come from other sources including cross-functional teams. May also have junior technical individuals (such as technicians) reporting to them. The Senior Manufacturing Engineer ensures ProMed’s brand, philosophy, systems, policies, and procedures are properly implemented and observed.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or related field with a minimum of 7 years of applicable engineering experience or 15 years of engineering experience in a similar field.

Nice To Haves

Experience with hands-on technical work
Demonstrated interest in the medical device and pharmaceutical industry
Experience with MS Office
Problem-solving and critical thinking skills
Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
Clearly conveys ideas and receives information effectively
Self-starter with a proven ability to successfully work with minimal supervision
Professional, courteous, and friendly personality
Working knowledge of English (verbal and written)
Injection molding experience (Silicone LSR & HCR, Thermoplastics)
Robotics and End of Arm Tooling Experience (De-molding experience preferred)
Leadership experience with technicians or mentoring engineers

Responsibilities

Assess process capabilities, prioritizes process improvement opportunities, and innovates and implements process improvements on multiple and moderately complex processes.
Execute the functional deliverables associated with tool design, Project Management, and Quality Systems.
Creates technical reports, validations, and qualifications by capturing experimental results.
Applies technical knowledge to innovate, design, and develop processes, procedures, tooling and/or automation.
Apply internal and external customer requirements in process development.
Provide Design for Manufacturability input to the tool design.
Ensure proper documentation has been written to meet quality systems requirements.
Using design for manufacturing practices and an understanding of current manufacturing capabilities, translate customer requirements into reasonable product specifications.
Interacts and collaborates with customers to effectively support and recommend appropriate studies for their products or technology.
Oversee development builds associated with the project.
Based on knowledge and understanding of the manufacturing process predict technical interactions and provide contingency plans to mitigate project and manufacturing risks.
Trains and/or provides work direction to technicians and may train manufacturing operators when required.
Identifies and implements a comprehensive education plan to continually advance technical skills and personal development as well as enhancing organizational effectiveness.
Establishes and cultivates a network of support (laboratory, quality, manufacturing, engineering, sales, and marketing) to facilitate completion of assignments.
The employee is expected to develop acceptable work habits, skills, knowledge, and contributions consistent with the Senior Manufacturing Engineer position level.
This job also requires performing other duties as assigned.