Sr.Manufacturing Engineer

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Daily support to the manufacturing activities in order to meet established goals for safety, quality, cost and production.  
Based on key performance indicators data  such as yield, nonconforming material or leadtime, takes action to maintain  indicators under control. 
Uses statistical techniques to facilitate decision making and to draw conclusions from available data.  
Understands product cost components and its interactions, ie direct & indirect material costs, MUV, labor, overhead.  Uses product cost knowledge to identify risks and opportunities.
Prepares product and process reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
Performs installation/validation activities for new or existent production lines, meeting regulatory requirements.  That includes equipments,  process, product and test method  validations.  
Estimates  validation activities cost and assures it is budgeted withing financial cycle.
Identifies, selects, and purchases  equipment/fixtures according to production requirements, due to obsolescence, redundancy or line capacity expansion.  
Has direct relation with vendors to define equipment suitability.
Keeps equipment operational by coordinating calibration, maintenance and repair services.       Analyzes equipment data, trends, and performance to assure correct lifecycle management.  
Uses historical data to drive future equipment selection.  
Has knowledge and expertise on product requirements and specifications.  
Understands potential risks related to product malfunctions. 
Evaluates the  finantial , process or quality impact,  derived from product & process changes.
Uses statistical techniques to facilitate decision making and to draw conclusions from available data.
Assures that production lines output meet the specifications of the product. 
Has clear criteria of conforming/ non conforming product and the test methods used for verifying conformance.
Able to navigate and excecute activities on manufacturing systems for example, update routers, BOM's or to generate new part numbers and ZFINs.  
Coordinates the activities related to new ZFIN's implementation.
Maintains MP's current and compliant to regulations.  Ensures  practices at the manufacturing floor adhere to them.   
Supports DL's & IDL's training process.
Leads or supports local cross functional team activities. 
Participates with external cross functional teams(ie,  RA, R&D, QA)  representing the ME function.
Leads global initiatives with other functions and sites
Paticipates in the  identification and investigation of Non-conforming products.  
Uses Root cause problem solving techniques  to identify and eliminate causes, implements controls and define preventive activities.
Leads or supports CAPA investigation processes, or exception documents such as complaints investigations.
Identify and implement continuous improvement projects for any of the main key areas: safety, quality, production and cost, using the appropriate project management tools.
May supervise and provide technical assistance to exempt and non-exempt personnel, being accountable for their correct training and performance management.
Provides inputs for the departmental budget preparation.

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