Sr. Manufacturing Engineer

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The Position

A healthier future. It’s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come.

Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love.

That’s what makes us Roche. 

Join our dynamic team as a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, where you will plan and manage activities that shape the future of our production processes.

In this vital role, you will:

• Define precise specifications for new equipment and packaging components, aligning manufacturing capabilities with marketing objectives.

• Apply your expertise in engineering principles and financial acumen to enhance diagnostic manufacturing performance, champion cost reductions, and achieve the highest levels of quality and efficiency.

You will lead initiatives aimed at:

• Reducing equipment downtime

• Decreasing mean time to repair

• Improving throughput yield

Your work will ensure optimal manufacturing efficiency and propel our company towards operational excellence. If you're passionate about driving innovation and efficiency in manufacturing, we invite you to apply and become an integral part of our success story.

The Opportunity

• Plans and manages project activities for projects within filling, packaging and manufacturing streams. Defines specifications for new equipment and packaging components in accordance with manufacturing capabilities and marketing objectives.  Applies engineering principles and financial expertise to improve diagnostic manufacturing performance, promote cost reductions and achieve optimum level of quality and efficiency.  

• Drive initiatives aimed at reducing equipment downtime, decreasing mean time to repair, and improving throughput yield, ensuring optimal manufacturing efficiency.

• Establish New Equipment and Processes - Uses technical and business knowledge and expertise to support Operations in the design, maintenance, scale-up, optimization, automation, trouble shooting and validation of manufacturing processes or equipment.  Prepares user requirements, bid package, capital justification, and acceptance testing strategy for all new filling, packaging and manufacturing equipment.

• Package Development - Changes primary container, closure systems and secondary packaging to maximize quality, throughput and minimize cost.  Develops package components and materials according to market requirements and manufacturing capabilities.  Investigates and resolves problems related to packaging component materials.

• Assess production processes for quality improvement opportunities, ensuring compliance with cGMP and ISO standards.

• Manufacturing Documentation - Creation of a variety of documentation used to support product launches and manufacturing, including but not limited to filling records, packaging records, manufacturing records, packaging development purchasing specifications and SOP’s. Initiate and oversee change requests and design change requests as needed.

• Leads a cross-functional project team for complex projects within operations.  Monitors, facilitates and prioritizes activities to meet project schedules.  Activities include: communicating project status and critical path items to Operations’ Management, develop and implement timeline plans, convening periodic meetings, issuing meeting agendas and minutes, monitoring team performance goals, and assisting in resolution of problems/critical issues.  Works with and leads cross-functional team consisting of 5-10 people.

Who you are  

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical discipline with 5-6 years of related experience, background and industry, or M.S degree with 4+ years of related experience, background and industry.

Preferred experience:

• ​Prior experience in drafting and executing equipment qualification protocols (IQ/OQ/PQ) and test method validations preferred.

• Experience with surface t