What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manufacturing Sr Engineer II position at Zimmer Biomet?
At Zimmer Biomet, we believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving our mission forward. As a global medical technology leader for nearly 100 years, a patient’s mobility is enhanced by a Zimmer Biomet product or technology every 8 seconds.
As a Zimmer Biomet team member, you will share in our commitment to providing mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talented team, we focus on development opportunities, robust employee resource groups (ERGs), a flexible working environment, location specific competitive total rewards, wellness incentives and a culture of recognition and performance awards. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels inspired, invested, cared for, valued, and have a strong sense of belonging.
What You Can Expect
The Manufacturing Sr. Engineer II is responsible for providing manufacturing engineering services to support Zimmer Biomet's precision investment-casting foundry. Engineering services may include cell management, process development, project management, process validation execution, and troubleshooting.
How You'll Create Impact
What Makes You Stand Out
As a Zimmer Biomet team member, you will share in our commitment to providing mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talented team, we focus on development opportunities, robust employee resource groups (ERGs), a flexible working environment, location specific competitive total rewards, wellness incentives and a culture of recognition and performance awards. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels inspired, invested, cared for, valued, and have a strong sense of belonging.
What You Can Expect
The Manufacturing Sr. Engineer II is responsible for providing manufacturing engineering services to support Zimmer Biomet's precision investment-casting foundry. Engineering services may include cell management, process development, project management, process validation execution, and troubleshooting.
How You'll Create Impact
- Developing and supporting a wide variety of foundry processes such as wax tree assembly, shell building, dewaxing, preheating, pouring, shell removal, and finishing.
- Creating, maintaining, and improving controlled technical documents such as prints, procedures, bill of materials (BOMs), and routers.
- Conducting feasability studies on advanced processes to estimate product cost and analyze capital equipment, capacity, and capability requirements.
- Establishing and improving process methods which meet performance and quality requirements.
- Developing, leading, and executing project plans and schedules for work activities.
- Communication (written and verbal) direction and project plans with appropriate personnel from other departments.
- Evaluating multiple options and selecting the most appropriate processes and machining methods.
- Leading equipment qualifications (EQs) and process validation projects.
- Solving a variety of complex product and/ or process performance issues.
- Developing rationale to set new process performance and quality standards.
What Makes You Stand Out
- Thorough understanding of investment casting (lost-wax) manufacturing processes from start to finish.
- Full working knowledge of all supporting department needs and capabilities, including the ability to discern when inaccurate information is supplied and offer ideas for how to correct it.
- Extensive knowledge of mechanisms required to implement processes and manage product flow.
- Full working knowledge of the development process and procedures.
- Competence with drafting standards and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.
- Ability to balance marketing, manufacturing, and design requirements to meet customer requirements.
- Ability to lead and prioritize complex projects assignments and complete work in a timely manner.
- Good Problem-solving skills through the use of quality and statistical tools.
- Ability to effectively work and communicate within a cross-functional team to complete critical project tasks.
- Demonstrates good written and verbal communication skills.
- Microsoft Office Suite and Project.
- Minitab knowledge is preferred.
- B.S. in Engineering with a minimum of 5-7 years of investment casting engineering experience.
- Knowledge in Lean Principles and/ or Six Sigma or other problem-solving methodology is preferred.
- Knowledge on how to conduct investigations and root cause analysis is preferred.
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