Technical Supervisor

Job Description:

Technical Supervisor

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 Technology Supervisor, 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:

• Develop and execute a manufacturing technology roadmap that aligns with the manufacturing plants objectives
• Manage and direct manufacturing transformation activities and policies, including the leadership of a team focused on advancing the transformation and capabilities of the plant.
• Provide direct supervision to a highly technical team including Manufacturing Systems Engineers, Control Systems Engineers, and Automated Inspection Engineers
• Lead sites manufacturing technology advancement through data visualization, equipment and data automation
• Drive sustainable improvements in factory through digital transformation to increase plant productivity of new and existing products and processes.

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)
• Seven (7) years in one or more of the following areas: manufacturing technology, process engineering and/or manufacturing operations in a private, public, government, or military environment

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

• Demonstrated strong leadership ability, history of leading high-performance teams
• Experience with manufacturing equipment automation and data collection systems
• Expertise with the most current theories and practices in integration of data management systems (IT) with industrial operation systems (OT)
• Technology as well as overall operations optimization.
• Experience with robust system implementations
• Knowledge and certification in Lean Six Sigma/Lean Manufacturing methodologies

Work location:

• Menomonie, WI

Travel: May include up to 10% domestic

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 must assess employees' U.S. person status, as well as citizenship(s).

The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only. Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to consider you further for this particular position. The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at 3M Company's sole election.

Supporting Your Well-being 

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope. 

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