Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Productivity

By joining Bio-Techne youll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne and all of its brands provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.

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Position Summary:

The Bio-Techne Minneapolis site is the companys largest Reagent Operations Capability Center and Focused Factory manufacturing and shipping recombinant proteins antibodies ELISA kits Luminex assays cell culture media protein analysis instrument reagents and other products used in academic research biopharma drug discovery quality control and related applications.

The Senior Manufacturing Engineer Productivity leads hands-on productivity improvement across Minneapolis manufacturing processes spanning upstream cell culture and laboratory-based production downstream purification and filling and kitting packaging and shipping. The role may also support other site operational functions based on the opportunities and priorities of the site.

Reporting through site operations leadership this role works closely with frontline employees and leaders to understand how work is performed identify waste bottlenecks workload imbalance and other constraints and turn those observations into practical improvements.

The role applies manufacturing engineering Lean Manufacturing and data-based problem solving to improve throughput labor efficiency cycle time capacity utilization equipment effectiveness scrap rework yield material utilization and operating cost while protecting safety quality compliance customer requirements and operational continuity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain a strong presence in manufacturing and operational areas working directly with frontline employees and leaders to observe work understand process challenges and identify waste bottlenecks workload imbalance waiting unnecessary movement rework and ineffective handoffs.
• Proactively identify and prioritize productivity opportunities using floor observations operational data employee input and alignment with site operations leaders.
• Use time studies standard-labor analysis line balancing workload and capacity analysis process mapping and material-flow assessments to understand current performance and identify improvement opportunities.
• Lead and implement high-impact process improvements that increase throughput improve labor efficiency reduce cycle time eliminate bottlenecks balance capacity and workload improve equipment utilization and OEE where applicable and reduce scrap rework yield loss material loss and operating cost.
• Drive continuous improvement using Lean Manufacturing principles and tools including Value Stream Mapping Kaizen 5S Standard Work visual management root-cause analysis and Six Sigma methodologies to achieve measurable and sustainable results.
• Lead focused Kaizens and productivity-improvement projects from problem definition and current-state analysis through solution development implementation performance measurement and sustainment.
• Partner with Operations Quality Supply Chain Planning Maintenance Engineering and other functions to optimize manufacturing processes improve flow balance capacity strengthen process and equipment performance and resolve cross-functional barriers.
• Support frontline leaders and teams in consistently applying standard work visual controls workplace-organization practices and daily-management routines. Partner with process owners to incorporate implemented improvements into applicable process documentation.
• Coach frontline employees and leaders in waste identification structured problem solving Lean principles and improvement sustainment. Establish clear performance baselines measure results and support effective handoff and sustained ownership within the operating team.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience:

• Bachelors degree in engineering manufacturing operations or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and relevant manufacturing experience.
• Five or more years of experience driving manufacturing productivity improvement process optimization manufacturing engineering or operational-excellence initiatives in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated success implementing measurable improvements in throughput labor efficiency cycle time capacity process flow equipment effectiveness scrap rework yield material utilization or operating cost.
• Hands-on experience with time studies standard labor line balancing capacity and workload analysis process mapping material flow standard work and other manufacturing-productivity methods.
• Experience leading cross-functional improvement projects and working directly with operators technicians supervisors and operations leaders to implement and sustain process changes.
• Experience in biotechnology life sciences or regulated manufacturing preferred but not required.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification preferred. Black Belt certification Lean certification or equivalent continuous-improvement experience is a plus.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Strong knowledge of Lean Manufacturing continuous improvement work design process flow and manufacturing-productivity principles.
• Strong shop-floor orientation with the ability to engage employees understand how work is performed and translate observations into practical improvements.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to combine operational data direct observation and employee knowledge to identify root causes and improvement opportunities.
• Ability to independently lead improvement projects while aligning priorities decisions and implementation plans with site operations leaders.
• Ability to influence without direct authority and work effectively with frontline employees supervisors functional leaders and cross-functional partners.
• Strong facilitation coaching communication and organizational skills with consistent follow-through on actions and commitments.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other standard business applications. Experience with statistical-analysis data-visualization or manufacturing-performance systems is preferred.

Working Conditions:

• Onsite role supporting multiple Minneapolis manufacturing and operational areas.
• Requires regular presence in manufacturing laboratory filling kitting packaging warehouse shipping and related operational environments.
• Must follow all applicable safety quality documentation PPE gowning and site requirements.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to stand walk and move through manufacturing laboratory warehouse and other operational areas for extended periods.
• Ability to observe work at production benches equipment filling lines kitting and packaging areas shipping areas and material-storage locations.
• Ability to comply with required PPE gowning safety and ergonomic practices.

Why Join Bio-Techne:

• We offer competitive insurance benefits starting on day one: medical dental vision life short-term disability long-term disability pet and legal and ID shield.
• We invest in our employees financial futures through 401k plans an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) Health Saving Account (HSA) Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Dependent Care FSA.
• We empower our employees develop their careers through mentorship promotional opportunities training and development tuition reimbursement internship programs and more.
• We offer employee resource groups volunteer paid time off employee events and charity drives to build a culture of caring and belonging.
• We offer an accrued leave policy with paid holidays paid time off and paid parental leave.
• We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.

Bio-Techne is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran.

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