Senior Manufacturing Engineer

apartmentSTERIS placeChicago descriptionPermanent calendar_month 

Position Summary

The Sr. Manufacturing Engineer independently performs engineering work related to planning, devising, or adapting methods to improve manufacturing production. Examines equipment, processes, operations, and assembly to determine time or quality revisions and suggests improvements.
May be responsible for carrying out changes or monitoring operations standards. Evaluates vendor proposals for new equipment purchases. Serves as a subject matter expert in specific areas of expertise. May serve as project manager on projects which are large in scope.

This position is located in Des Plaines and will eventually move near O'Hare Airport.

Duties
  • Has oversight of specific manufacturing areas and processes.
  • Leads the design and fabrication of manufacturing process equipment and methods.
  • Leads the troubleshooting of systems and equipment.
  • Requisitions components and supplies for engineering projects, interacting with vendors to obtain price and product information.
  • Performs manufacturability studies on new product designs.
  • Works closely with Design Engineering during the manufacturability studies.
  • Conducts process validations and process risk management activities.
  • Prepares straightforward plans, designs, calculations, and analyses per established codes, standards, drawings, or specifications.
  • Create and maintain BOMs and routers following accepted standards and ensuring high accuracy.
  • Performs engineering calculations to solve routine engineering problems.
  • Participate as a member of the product development team; interact with interdisciplinary teams in various projects.
  • Assists in the development of engineering drawings and specifications.
Independence:
Works without detailed supervision. Receives broad project and technical guidelines, working within defined standards, and specifications. Interprets the guidelines.
Leadership Authority:

May give work assignments and review the work of a small number of technicians or assistants. May serve as project manager and direct the work of multi-disciplined team.

Required Experience

This position requires an individual with:
  • A master's degree in engineering with 5 years of related engineering experience OR a bachelor's degree in engineering with 8 years of related engineering experience.

=== Company description

STERIS is a leading provider of infection prevention and procedural products and services, focused primarily on the critical markets of healthcare, pharmaceutical and research and medical devices. Our mission is to help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.
We have 12,000 employees worldwide, with over 3,000 in Customer-facing sales and service roles. Founded as Innovative Medical Technologies in Ohio in 1985, the company was renamed STERIS in 1987. Many of the businesses that have been acquired and integrated into STERIS have much longer operating histories, notably the American Sterilizer Company founded in 1894.

The STERIS Vision is inspired by our Customers' efforts to create a healthier and safer world, and guided by our legacy of leadership and innovation; we strive to be a Great Company. To STERIS, this means we will make a difference by providing world-class product and service solutions for our Customers, safe and rewarding work for our People, and superior returns for our Shareholders.

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