2023-003 – Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Waterford Full Time

Purpose

The Senior Manufacturing Engineer role is a role within the Engineering group. It is a highly technical role required to support, debug and improve complex automation systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement process and equipment improvements with minimal impact to production operating under 24/7 environment.
• Identify and eliminate repetitious automated machine failures.
• Provide support to the Manufacturing, Maintenance, and Equipment Design groups.
• Utilise Lean Six Sigma tools along with data to drive continuous improvement. Objective to minimise scrap, increase yield, reduce turn-around-time, minimise manufacturing downtime and costs and ensuring quality manufacturing within given specifications.
• Developing a detailed understanding of the process and automation systems in the manufacturing process, and sharing technical expertise with colleagues.
• Fault-finding \ troubleshooting of equipment and process issues.
• Implement improvements under change control.
• Develop methods to ensure personnel engaged in maintenance activities have sufficient knowledge to perform their assigned tasks.
• Generate documentation and SOPs associated with each of the equipment or process systems as required.
• Present, where appropriate, technical data to internal/external audit and inspection groups.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s in engineering or related Technical Discipline preferred.
• A minimum of 3 years in technical role in high volume manufacturing environment preferred.
• Solidworks experience preferred
• Six sigma experience preferred
• Good problem-solving abilities – able to identify facts, consider alternative approaches and evaluate the most appropriate action
• Medical device and/or pharmaceutical industry experience preferred
• Experience working in a validated environment with strong discipline with regard to change control is preferred.