Sr. Manager, Manufacturing Engineering

ZEISS Group•Dublin, CA

6d•$174,000 - $217,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The XRM Sr. Manager, Manufacturing Engineering manages all aspects related to the product quality and business process excellence development. This role involves consulting with the Management team and employees to ensure processes are developed, implemented, realized, and sustained. It also includes periodically reviewing applicable laws, regulations, and standards for compliance, controlling local process documents and records, and coordinating the continuous improvement process (CIP) at XRM. The position requires escalation of deviations to management and collaboration with project engineering on product reliability, maintainability, acceptance tests, and inspection criteria. It also involves developing engineering solutions for repetitive failures, coordinating supplier management, and providing technical support to production and maintenance. The role analyzes business processes to identify inefficiencies and improvement opportunities, supports the development of methods and procedures, and advises cross-functional teams. Leading cross-functional team meetings, creating business process flows, defining process metrics, and establishing training are also key responsibilities. The Sr. Manager applies Data Analysis techniques such as Statistical Process Control, Reliability modeling, Fault tree analysis, Six Sigma, Lean & PDCA, Root cause failure analysis, and FRACAS.

Requirements

Bachelor or Master’s degree in Engineering/Quality/Mathematics
7 + yrs. experience in industry
Experience with Quality Management systems
Experience with quality control methodologies and tools (JMP)
Lean & Six Sigma knowledge
Experience with audits
Evidence for structure and reliable work habits
Excellent communication skills.
A leader who develops leaders

Responsibilities

Consulting with the Management team and the employees to ensure all processes, which are an essential part of the management system are developed, implemented, realized and sustained.
Periodically review applicable laws, regulations, and standards to ensure continued compliance.
Control of documents and records of local processes (participation to approval, release management thru ECO process, communication of approved documents, administration of process information center.)
Coordination of the continuous improvement process (CIP) at XRM.
Duty and right for escalation to the General Manager and to the Management of the Research Microscopy Solutions (RMS) Board in case of deviations on the products and processes.
Works with project engineering to ensure the reliability and maintainability of new and modified products.
Collaborates in the development of acceptance tests and inspection criteria and procedures with project and systems engineering.
Develops engineering solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect plant operations. The problems include capacity, quality, cost or regulatory compliance issues.
Coordinate supplier management process with the purchasing department to ensure qualified suppliers are selected, approved, and monitored.
Guides efforts to ensure reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, controls and safety/security systems.
Provides input to a risk management plan that will anticipate reliability-related and non-reliability-related risks that could adversely impact plant operations.
Provides technical support to production, maintenance management and technical personnel.
Applies value analysis to repair/replace, repair/redesign and make/buy decisions.
Analyze existing business processes together with business process owners to evaluate current capabilities and identify inefficiencies and improvement opportunities.
Support the development of detailed methods and procedures and job aids for new processes
Understand business processes in detail, be willing & able to advise and train cross functional teams.
Leading cross functional team meetings with focus on the process improvement.
Create business process flows and activity diagrams utilizing value stream mapping tools
Define process metrics and performance goals together with business process owners.
Measure the performance of new processes and systems through metrics collection and analysis
Establishing training of processes and sub processes throughout the organization.
Support the development project plans to track the deliverables of process improvement teams across functions and initiatives
Shepherds the methodology, assist process users, and ensures continued use and improvement of the process.
Applies Data Analysis techniques that can include: Statistical Process Control, Reliability modeling and prediction, Fault tree analysis, Six Sigma, Lean & PDCA Tools & Methodology, Root cause failure analysis (RDFA/FMEA/5WHY/FISHBONE/8D, ETC), Failure reporting, analysis and corrective action systems (FRACAS).