Senior Manufacturing Engineer Jobs in Amherst, NH

Job Title: Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Location: WMFTS - USA - Supply - Devens, MA
Location Type: On-Site
Website: https://www.wmfts.com/en/
Group: https://www.spiraxgroup.com/
When you join Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, a part of the Spirax Group, you will be integrated into a cooperative and encouraging team, participate in challenging yet critical work, and experience ongoing growth opportunities to help you achieve your full potential. Visit our website to learn more.
This role will focus on:
Who we are: Watson-Marlow is an industry-leadingtechnology organization dedicated to engineeringfluid management solutions for the life science and processindustries. We help our customers to supply critical productsand services that range from fresh drinking water and therapeuticmedicines to food products and paper. Throughour solutions we help companies to be more efficient, sustainable andprofitable.
Role Summary: Being a Senior. Manufacturing Engineer Manufacturing Engineer, you are an important part of our multifunctioning WM, AmericaManufacturing Inc. team. You will be driving the Manufacturing Engineer developmentof our assembly processes in Hose, Pumps, Extrusion, Injection Molding andsingle use assemblies to meet the future demands of our customers and enablethe achievement of Excellence in Manufacturing. Your focus will therefore be toexecute on performance improvements which will support volume growth andimprove KPIs critical to the manufacturing performance for existing and newproducts.
As an integral part of theEngineering team, you will initially be focused on:
Work with the local and global teams to duplicate and standardize the tooling, fixtures, processes and equipment to successfully deliver products that exceed our customers expectations.
Develop and execute capital requests as needed to support expansion of Deven Manufacturing site.
Work closely with Production to identify areas for improving product quality and productivity.
Development of process controls and documentation to minimize rework, scrap and other wastes
What you'll be doing: Our culture is precious to us; it is something special thatcan be felt from your first day with WMFTS and that is because we demonstrateour Values every day in what we do. The main responsibilities of the role, inline with our Values, are:

• Drive continuous improvement projects using appropriate tools and techniques to optimize productivity in collaboration with our global teams.
• Safe design including ergonomic attributes of the assembly equipment and cells
• Support NPD teams to ensure that all manufacturing requirements are satisfied in an efficient and capable process.
• Ensure compliance to regulatory procedures, which includes responsibility for safety and quality within the assembly and wider the WM, America Manufacturing Inc company.
• Arrange procurement of jigs and fixtures, and manufacture of assembly aids, as well as checking equipment for assembly, ensuring that it is safe and delivers the required performance and quality.
• Oversee the specifying and purchasing of tools and gauges.
• Provide front line fault-finding and diagnostics on assembly equipment and processes.
• Assist in the reporting and solving of production problems and customer complaints where applicable.
• Technical leader within your department.
• Specify and propose in collaboration with the sending sites cost justifications on new processes and equipment for improving productivity.
• Advise corrective actions to overcome problems, including visiting suppliers as required.
  Issue and ensure compliance with the ECO (Design Change) system.
• Produce and maintain the standard operating procedures, with the appropriate visual aids.
• Other duties as assigned.

This is what you'll need to be successful in this role

• B.S Degree in Engineering and/or equivalent US Military experience.
• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering or equivalent experience
• Comprehensive portfolio of experience within a Manufacturing environment preferably assembly and test utilizing SPC to maintain process consistency.
• Experience analyzing production assembly and test equipment and processes and documenting modifications.
• Experience with work flow optimization using lean transformation tools.
• Experience with 2D & 3D CAD.
• Proven FMEA, DFMA and RCA experience, Six Sigma Black or Green Belt preferred.
• Quality tool implementation and analysis.
• Participating in and leading Continuous Improvement activities.
• Ability to work unsupervised or as part of a team to maintain critical milestones and production up-time, whilst adhering to our values.

This position offers a salary range of (USD 101,166.00 - 151,749.00 Salaried). Final salary offers are determined by multiple factors, including education, experience, internal equity, geographic location, and the candidate's expertise, and therefore may vary from the range listed. For roles based outside Massachusetts, the applicable salary range may be lower.
At Watson-Marlow, we believe in taking care of our colleagues. We offer a generous benefits package, including:

• Robust Retirement Plan: Benefit from a 5% employer 401K contribution, plus a 50% match on up to 3% of your contributions for added financial security, 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 day, 9 observed holidays, 1 floating holiday day, up to 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: Such as an offering of 3 healthcare plans with HSA contributions along with other 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.

Everyone is Included at Spirax Group
We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone's contribution is valued across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.
We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. Learn more at Our Inclusion Commitments.
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.
Company Overview
At Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, we are driven by innovation and are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is empowered to make a difference. As a world leader in manufacturing peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies for the life sciences and process industries, we offer a wide range of products, including tubing, specialised filling systems and products for single-use applications.
Watson-Marlow is part of Spirax Group, a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.
Our purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 165 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!
Our inclusive culture and values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.