Global Manufacturing Engineering Specialist*

Job Description:

Job Title

Global Manufacturing Engineering Specialist

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a diversity of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
As a Global Manufacturing Engineering Specialist supporting Commercial Branding and Transportation Division (CBTD), you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Leading process development and process validation, developing cost estimates and manufacturing plans, and leading manufacturing scale-up for new product introductions.
• Lead and support Continual Improvement efforts aligned to CBTD strategies, improving Supply Chain Architecture and Value Stream Execution for assigned value streams.
• Identifying, justifying, and implementing technology advancements for new and existing products to improve process capability, value stream performance, and total product cost.
• Identifying and leading cost reduction projects requiring cross functional teamwork and global manufacturing site collaboration.
• Willingness to maintain flexible hours and travel to support manufacturing and value stream improvement activities across global manufacturing operations.

Your Skills and Expertise 
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution?
• Three (3) years or more of combined experience in one or more of the following: process engineering, product engineering, manufacturing engineering, or capital engineering in a private, public, government or military environment
• Current, valid Driver’s License

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Eight (8) or more years of experience at manufacturing sites in process, product, manufacturing, or capital engineering roles
• Experience in nonwovens development and/or manufacturing
• Experience with products with liners and processing film
• Experience in coating, extrusion, and web handling technologies
• Experience in chemical mixing technologies
• Experience in leading and supporting global teams
• Proficient in continual improvement problem solving methodologies
• Ability to energize teams and promote teamwork
• Demonstrated project management, facilitation, communication, influencing, teaching and coaching skills
• Ability to find and implement creative solutions
• Master's degree or higher in a science or engineering discipline, or technology management from an accredited institution

Work location:

• Primary Location: MAPLEWOOD-3MUS-MN 3M CENTER 01J9C020
• Additional Locations:  Other 3M locations will be considered

Travel: May include up to 25% domestic/international

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.

U.S. Export Control laws and U.S. Government Department of Defense contracts and sub-contracts impose certain restrictions on companies and their ability to share export-controlled and other technology and services with certain "non-U.S. persons" (persons who are not U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., refugees, "Temporary Residents" (granted Amnesty or Special Agricultural Worker provisions), or persons granted asylum (but excluding persons in nonimmigrant status such as H-1B, L-1, F-1, etc.) or non-U.S. citizens.

To comply with these laws, and in conjunction with the review of candidates for those positions within 3M that may present access to export controlled technical data, 3M