Supervisor, Engineering - AME

JOB DESCRIPTION

Responsible for leading and managing Automation/Engineering teams within the Advanced Manufacturing Engineering group. Interacts with management and key site stakeholders to develop and define requirements for assigned automation engineering projects. Manages activities, resource capabilities, schedules, budgets, and provides engineering expertise to ensure project completion is on schedule and within budget.

Develops and deploys automation and assembly best practices and shares these details with all sites for consistency. Works with little or no supervision, applying engineering knowledge to complete large‑size, highly complex site‑wide projects from concept through project closure across areas and locations.

Identifies deliverables for approved projects and details these in approved workshops. Encourages a collaborative engineering culture that aligns with company values.

Leads multi‑function teams driving the engineering development and implementation process for production semi‑automation to support operations. Directs development of requirements, schedules, critical deliverables, budgets, and resource allocation plans for assigned projects.

Manages activities of supporting project teams and internal development partners, ensuring progress against the established plan and making determinations based on business analysis to adjust schedule and resources as needed.

Communicates program progress, escalations, and issue analysis to product stakeholders or project supervisors; collaborates with management and manufacturing and development partners to recommend and implement changes to product or process issues, produce solutions, and ensure adherence to budgets, product roadmaps, and schedules.

Drives innovation and integration of new technologies and quality initiatives into projects and activities in the manufacturing and/or engineering organization.

Provides guidance and mentoring to less experienced staff members, leads breakout teams during and after strategic planning workshops, and trains new employees in the use of equipment, system documentation, and department procedures.

Conducts independent analysis and develops solutions to problems, including analysis of performance data such as downtime, efficiency, and scrap rates to identify, evaluate, and implement continuous improvements.

Assists team members with complex, cross‑functional projects, uses creative approaches to solving problems, and integrates subsystems and components into total system designs. Supervises others during project‑specific activities and trains new/current employees on documentation, equipment use, and laboratory techniques.

* Work from home is permitted. When not working from home, must report to Salt Lake City, UT office. *< 50 % domestic and/or international travel required per year.

Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Industrial Engineering or a closely related field plus two (2) years of experience in the job offered or a closely related occupation.

Must possess expertise and knowledge sufficient to adequately perform the duties of the job, which may be gained through employment experience or education. Such expertise/knowledge cannot be “quantified” by “time.”

Experience in a regulated medical device environment; management of all aspects of programs, directing matrixed teams and resources, communicating program plans, proposals, and results, and negotiating options at senior management levels; handling multiple projects simultaneously, assigning priorities to the team, and sharing deadlines and expectations with stakeholders; using project and program planning tools and software packages to create, manage, and track project results;

technical understanding and analysis of mechanical machine construction and debugging, software programming and logical steps; product and machine design, process establishment; understanding of product drawings, tolerance stack‑up, molding processing documents, data collection and analysis, and standard work development; training personnel on machine development (design, construction, assembly, software development, and debugging); equipment…