Job Description

Manager, Manufacturing Engineering

Department: Manufacturing Engineering

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Gainesville, FL

Reporting To: Sr Director Operations and Engineering

Responsible for leading and managing the manufacturing engineering team. This role involves overseeing manufacturing engineering activities that support sustaining, new product development, and continuous improvement projects and initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• · Overall responsibility for the Manufacturing Engineering organization.
• · Leading the activities of manufacturing techs and process engineers to ensure that we are continuously improving and maintaining compliance.
• · Work cross functionally to integrate existing and/or new products into the manufacturing operation and supply chain. Utilize Design Assurance process to ensure process changes do not impact the design requirements.
• Responsible for all tooling evaluation and production integration.
• Demonstrate a proficiency in project management, including obtaining up-front agreement on project definitions and priorities, and ensuring that resources, capabilities and processes are in place.
• Establish written team and individual goals and insure they are aligned with operational goals.
• Ensure metrics for engineering performance are met and plans are in place to provide continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with Quality, Production, and E & D departments to improve the process quality, reduce cycle time and determine cost effectiveness through design for manufacturability team project meetings.
• Develop and monitor systems to ensure all Manufacturing Engineering SOP’s, test methods, machine programs files and verification / validation documents are current and accurate.
• Work closely with manufacturing operations to address CAPAs, improve productivity and upgrade operator skills.
• Responsible for developing and executing the Manufacturing Engineering budgets.
• Responsible for the development and execution of cost reduction projects.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution required or equivalent experience; Master’s Degree preferred

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years technical experience, preferably in the orthopedic, medical device or related field.
• A minimum of 1-3 years’ experience managing engineers or other technical personnel is required.
• Project management experience with demonstrated ability to align multi-functional teams is required.
• Experience with developing manufacturing processes and process improvement is required.

Functional/Technical Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Assertive influencing and collaboration/team building skills
• Has a track record of tangible process improvements
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong decision making and problem-solving skills