Senior Engineering Manager

Job Summary

Medline Industries has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Engineering Manager to join our team and lead our Advanced Design Center located in Eagan, MN. This is a great opportunity to advance your career with an innovative and high-growth global company committed to making healthcare run better. This leadership position supports the Microtek / OEM business unit of a globally diversified technology/service company, creating a dynamic, challenging, and varied work environment. Challenge yourself to create innovative custom solutions that suit our customer’s medical device and infection control needs.

This position will lead the Advanced Design Center, a key initiative to accelerate growth with better customer engagement, speed to market and first run quality. This role will require the ongoing management of the site including but not limited to; operating procedures, talent acquisition, maintain regulatory status with government and notifying bodies (TUV), and cross-functional coordination for new product introductions (NPI). You will lead / perform many engineering and management activities, including fostering a highly innovative cross-functional talent pool to effectively use cutting edge technologies that will deliver new products to the market in record time, increase manufacturability, align with automation / digital strategies, and that exceeds our customer expectations.

This position be located on-site in Eagan, MN.

Job Description

• Site leader with direct and indirect reports that are responsible for new product introduction into the Innovation Center as well as support the technical transfer to our Manufacturing plants.

• Support new businesses by creating customer engagement and showcase of site capabilities.

• Ensure financial attainment of the site operational budget, as well as completing planning and forecasting required activities.

• Fosters a strong quality culture as well as compliance with site and corporate procedures.

• Maintain a safe environment that meets the company standards, OSHA and local regulations.

• Support the digital / automation strategy to deliver a strong return on investment that will enable improved quality, lower inventory levels, improve output per square foot and shorten the supply chain.

• Seek out new opportunities that will advance our manufacturing capabilities to enhance our core competencies.

• Provides direction and guidance regarding manufacturing requirements during the product development process, assuring product compatibility for manufacturing operations with a strong focus on process safety.

• Develop cost estimates for manufacturing and assembly processes of NPI projects.

• Responsible for implementing capital investments with regards to advancements in manufacturing and NPI.

• Responsible for hitting new product introduction key performance metrics (quality and cost) and supporting the technical transfer to manufacturing sites.

• Develops solutions to complex problems that require the regular use of ingenuity, creativity; leveraging personal expertise and the expertise of internal and external resources to define and execute innovative solutions.

• Communicate and interact with others throughout the organization in a way that builds effective working relationships.

• Demonstrates ability to influence without direct authority to drive projects to completion.

• Able to clearly communicate ideas both orally and in writing including delivering presentations in a formal setting to executive management.

• Define, maintain, and communicate site metrics to support improvement initiatives.

Required Experience:

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (preferably Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing or Automation).

Work Experience

• At least 6 years of experience in a manufacturing environment (Engineering Management, Process Engineering, Manufacturing preferred)

• 5+ years of experience in project management successfully leading projects from concept to launch.

• At least 4 years of experience leading technical teams with a proven record of coaching, mentoring and developing junior engineers.

• Highly motivated to innovate manufacturing process with technologies and automation.

• Excellent analytical and decision making skills.

• Strong business and financial acumen, including business case development and capital management.

• Effective communication skills, organizational skills and attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in business administration, project management, engineering management or operations.

• Medical Device, GMP environment experience.

• Experience in operational roles in manufacturing environments.

• Experience with new product introduction.

• Working knowledge of ISO 13485 & ISO 9001.

• Knowledge of state of the art manufacturing technologies, including Manufacturing Executional Systems (MES) systems and automation.

Benefits - Medline is committed to offering competitive benefits and a variety of choices to best meet the needs of you and your family. For employees scheduled to work at least 30 hours per week, this includes health and well-being, financial fitness, career development, paid time off and more. Employees scheduled to work less than 30 hours per week can participate in the 401(k) plan, access the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Resource Groups (ERG) and Medline Service Corps. For a more comprehensive list of our benefits, please click here.

Every day, we’re focused on building a more diverse and inclusive company, one that recognizes, values and respects the differences we all bring to the workplace. From doing what’s right to delivering business results, together, we’re better. Explore our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion page here.

Medline Industries, LP is an equal opportunity employer. Medline evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.