Sr Manager Manufacturing Engineering, Bioproduction (Onsite)

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Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team youll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the worlds toughest challenges like protecting the environment making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Location:

This is an onsite position in Santa Clara CA. Residecy near the location is required. Relocation assistance is not provided.

How You Will Make an Impact:

The Sr. Manager Manufacturing Engineering leads the engineering function within the site providing technical leadership across mechanical electrical automation and NPI engineering teams. This role drives business performance by improving manufacturing processes enabling new product introductions and increasing capacity quality and efficiency. The position ensures compliance with GMP regulatory and quality standards while leading engineering strategy innovation and continuous improvement initiatives across the site.

What will you do:

Mentoring engineers delivering feedback and defining roles / responsibilities to drive ownership and accountability

Crafting personalized career development plans for each team member and finding opportunities and individual goals to support these development plans

Provide innovative technical support and solutions to products and processes

Support NPI and Life Cycle Management

Support mechanical design and implementation on the manufacturing floor

Perform failure investigations and CAPAs

Provide frontline engineering support and first rate technical response to manufacturing

Identify and implement methods to reduce cost reduce scrap and increase capacity

Improve safety quality and production efficiency

Engage across functions to share and implement the best manufacturing and procedural practices

Generate manufacturing procedures and test documents for new equipment and processes

Support customer and regulatory audits

Work with and across all functions

Education & Experience:

Advanced Degree in an Engineering or Technical field with 10 years of experience in Manufacturing Engineering in a production environment and 6 years of leadership experience OR

Bachelors degree in and Engineering or Technical field with 12 years of experience in Manufacturing Engineering in a production environment and 6 years of leadership experience OR

Associates Degree in in an Engineering or Technical field with 14 years of experience in Manufacturing Engineering in a production environment and 6 years of leadership experience OR

High School Diploma with 16 years of experience in Manufacturing Engineering in a production environment and 6 years of leadership experience.

Extensive experience in manufacturing/process engineering.

Experience leading engineering teams in production environments

Experience supporting NPI process optimization and CAPA

Experience with various statistical analysis tools and methods

Experience in biopharmaceutical or regulated manufacturing (GMP FDA ISO) preferred

Experience with automation and advanced manufacturing technologies preferred

Knowledge Skills Abilities:

Strong knowledge of manufacturing engineering principles and process optimization

Expertise in root cause analysis CAPA and problem-solving methodologies

Strong leadership and team development capability

Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders

Strong project and program management skills

Experience with lean manufacturing and continuous improvement methods and philosophies

Experience with engineering standards testing SPC and FMEAs

Strong communication and technical writing skills

Proficiency in DOE and FEA and associated software tools.

Experience in GMP/FSA/ISO regulated environments

Willingness to travel as required (<10% anticipated)

Physical Requirements and Work Environment:

Combination of office lab and manufacturing floor environment

Frequent walking and interaction with production and engineering teams

Occasional standing during testing validation and floor support activities

Ability to lift up to 40 lbs occasionally

Exposure to cleanroom lab and production environments requiring PPE

Use of engineering tools equipment and computer systems

Occasional travel (<10%) as required

Compensation and Benefits

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company team and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on which includes:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans and a national vision plan including health incentive programs

• Employee assistance and family support programs including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO) 10 paid holidays annually paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave) accident and life insurance and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

• Retirement and savings programs such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

• Employees Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

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