Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager
Location: Devens, MA
Website: https://www.wmfts.com/en/
Group: https://www.spiraxgroup.com/

We’re currently seeking a Engineering Manager to join our team. You’ll join a dynamic team of engineers, sales teams, marketers, administrators, designers, assemblers, chemists, web developers, accountants, analysts, programmers and many more. Globally we are united by our shared values that drive our culture. We want to be an employer where you make our difference.

Join Our Team and Enjoy Exceptional Benefits:

• Robust Retirement Plan: Benefit from a guaranteed 5% employer contribution to your 401K, plus an additional 3% employer match, empowering your financial security.

• Comprehensive and Supportive Parental Leave: Experience our inclusive, gender-neutral parental leave policy, offering 16 weeks at 100% pay. Upon your return, enjoy a gradual transition with a unique 80% work schedule while still receiving 100% of your pay for the first 6 months, ensuring a balanced reintegration into the workplace.

• Generous Time Off: Enjoy ample time off to recharge and attend to life's circumstances with generous vacation and well-being days, 11 observed holidays, 15 caregiver days, and 80 hours of annual sick leave.

• Community Engagement Opportunities: Make a difference with 3 paid volunteer days each year, encouraging you to give back to the community and causes you care about.

• And Many More Benefits: Discover a wide range of additional perks and benefits designed to support your well-being and professional growth. We invite you to explore all the ways we strive to create a fulfilling and rewarding work environment.

This role will focus on:
The Engineering Manager will lead and direct the Process and Manufacturing Engineering team at Watson-Marlow, covering all product lines, including hose assemblies, peristaltic pumps, tubing, gasket products, and ASEPCO valves. You will champion and lead site manufacturing and process engineering resources, oversee new product introductions from Global NPI (New Product Innovation) and ensure robust processes and products transition into production. You will lead process improvement projects in collaboration with the VSMs (Value Stream Managers) and CI (Continuous Improvement) Team, driving excellence in manufacturing.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead and manage the Process and Manufacturing Engineering team, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement
• Drive optimization of current processes and technology, exchanging best practices globally.
• Develop and implement best practices in Process and Manufacturing Engineering, including vision, strategy, policies, processes, and procedures.
• Ensure alignment with the Operational Excellence Strategy, WMFTS global standards, regulations, and technical assurance requirements.
• Lead and collaborate on continuous improvement projects using appropriate tools and techniques with the VSMs and CI Team.
• Work with NPI teams to ensure efficient handover to WMAMI and that all manufacturing requirements are met.
• Lead site validation efforts for NPI, product transfer, and engineering changes.
• Design, develop, and deploy manufacturing cells to optimize production efficiency and workflow.
• Provide Manufacturing Engineering support and advice for regional factories and global Key Initiatives.
• Collaborate with VSMs and Finance to develop and forecast P&L and CapEx budgets.
• Develop and maintain project plans and budget profiles to ensure delivery of milestones to agreed cost targets and timescales
• Collaborate with EHS & VSMs to improve work cells and processes to increase safety and enhance ergonomics.
• Manage, organize, and develop the WMAMI Engineering Team, including recruitment, development, and mentoring.
• Set department objectives/KPIs and review and assess ongoing performance of direct reports.
• Ensure the Manufacturing Engineering team consistently delivers high standards of excellence.

To be successful in this role, you will need

• Proven experience in engineering leadership within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience working within a highly regulated environment.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, manufacturing, or a related discipline (or equivalent qualification/experience).
• Strong problem-solving and project management expertise, including experience with FMEA or DFMA.
• Demonstrated success in achieving LEAN, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement objectives.
• Experience working with ISO 9001/13485 and ISO 14644 for Class 7 cleanrooms
• Advantageous - Proficiency in 2D & 3D CAD, with experience working within PLM systems.
  
  As a growing and ambitious organization with a presence in over 60 global locations and across multiple markets, we can offer you the working environment and support needed to be successful. We are committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, or religious belief.
  
  About Watson-Marlow
  Watson Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions is a part of SSE PLC Group, (https://www.spiraxgroup.com/) a global engineering solutions provider with 10,300 employees and 130 units. We provide fluid handling solutions for biotech and industrial markets. We help companies worldwide to improve their efficiency and sustainability. Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions (WMFTS) leads the niche market of peristaltic pumps and related fluid path technologies. We have ten brands that specialize in different areas, but together we offer our customers the best solutions for their pumping and fluid transfer needs. We are proud to belong to the FTSE 50 company Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc.
  
  Equal Opportunity Employer
  Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or other protected characteristics as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.