Engineering Manager - Manufacturing

About the role

Zimmer Biomet is looking for an Engineering Manager responsible for manufacturing engineering improvement projects and the day-to-day engineering needs of its manufacturing centers. Direct reports may include principal engineers, senior engineers, engineers, technicians, CNC programmers and tool engineers.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and develop engineering teams supporting manufacturing operations, equipment, facilities and process improvement.
• Ensure manufacturing processes, equipment and changes comply with quality-system and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee qualification, validation, maintenance and lifecycle management of production equipment and utilities.
• Drive continuous-improvement initiatives to improve safety, quality, yield, capacity, cost and delivery.
• Review and approve engineering documentation such as specifications, drawings, protocols, reports and change-control records.
• Manage engineering projects, budgets, resources, contractors, schedules and technical risks.
• Partner with Quality, Operations, Regulatory, Supply Chain and R&D to investigate issues and implement corrective actions.
• Maintain a safe, compliant work environment and ensure engineering personnel are properly trained.
• Develop and maintain engineering budgets for capital projects and manufacturing costs.

Required profile

• B.S. in business administration, mechanical, industrial engineering or another engineering science.
• At least six years of related manufacturing experience.
• Management experience.
• Ability to lead an engineering team and a CAPA team.

Required skills

• Knowledge of manufacturing and new product processing, with proven development of processing on multiple new products.
• Advanced knowledge of control procedures such as Change Management and SOPs, and of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.
• Six Sigma and Lean training.
• Ability to run feasibility studies on advanced processes, estimate product cost and analyze capital equipment, capacity and capability.
• Ability to oversee equipment builds, process and continuous improvement efforts, and to support manufacturing from a process-owner perspective (SOPs, work instructions, non-conformance management).