Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Collaboration drives Nordson’s success as a market leader in Industrial Precision Solutions and Advanced Technology. Our employees thrive in an environment where we help each other reach our personal best and enable our company to continuously improve and grow, and our customers to succeed.

You will find Nordson employees sharing our success by giving back in the communities around the world where we live and work.

Nordson MEDICAL designs, engineers and manufactures complex devices and components with applications in wound healing, surgical and minimally invasive, fluid management, pulmonology and interventional and structural heart.

Our pioneering Advanced Polymers team was the first to manufacture and supply medical balloons to the medical device industry.

Nordson MEDICAL works with doctors, start-ups and large medical companies around the world at any point in the product lifecycle, from concept to launch and beyond.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serves as the client’s primary point of contact into Nordson MEDICAL for all project-related matters.
• Responsible for timely and effective communication to clients about ongoing project matters
• Writes and reviews customer proposals, assists in business development activities and client relationship management.
• Prepares project plans that specify project phases, tasks, task interdependencies, durations, resource assignments, and costs.
• Sets project budgets, tracks cost to budget and manages budget for on-cost delivery. Reviews and approves invoices and assesses Nordson MEDICAL financial exposure throughout project.
• Ensures project targets are consistently monitored and communicated to ensure project success
• Manages multiple concurrent projects of varying size, scope, and complexity.
• Responsible for leading cross-functional teams to support projects from Research & Development and into New Product Introduction
• Responsible for the technical engineering support for New Products at the Chattanooga site.
• Vital team member in driving the ultimate results of project team performance meeting customer expectations.
• Responsible for driving team to deliver projects on time, on budget, in scope, and compliant to all known internal or external requirements.
• Coordinates activities with outside suppliers and consultants to ensure the delivery of supplies or services needed to meet scheduled timelines.
• Maintains detailed documentation throughout all phases of research and development, including management of scope / scope changes and adherence to quality system documentation requirements.
• Makes final decisions on administrative or operational matters as it pertains to projects or escalates as appropriate.
• Uses PM best practices tools (e.g., Timelines, Project schedules, RAID documents, meeting minutes, 4-panels, etc.) to facilitate information flow between team members, the project leader, management, and the client.
• Support efforts to analyze current project operations, makes recommendations for improvement and supports implementation of changes.
• Interacts internally and externally with senior management.
• Facilitates Design and Phase Reviews to report on status to client companies and / or internal management.
• Participates in continuous improvement for projects or systems.
• All other duties as assigned

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree required, Master’s degree preferred, Degree focus in Mechanical or Biomedical Engineering is desired.
• Minimum of 5 years of post-college experience is required in medical device or other regulated industry.
• Experience in technical leadership and / or management of projects required.
• Familiarity with FDA QSR and ISO 13485 medical device regulations
• Experience with catheters, delivery systems, film cast, or braided shafts desired
• Knowledge of probability and statistics.
• Familiarity with one or more clinical areas preferred.
• Familiarity with one or more product areas preferred.

SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Demonstrated professional communication skills through both verbal and written means regarding project and technical matters.
• Ability to interact with client companies in a professional manner.
• Demonstrated ability to problem solve and manage in situations of ambiguity and technical uncertainty.
• Ability to negotiate.
• Motivate and engage team members.
• Excellent time-management and organization skills
• Manage cross-functional team in a matrix organization with multiple stakeholders.
• Flexibility, persistence, resourcefulness, a drive to succeed, and an entrepreneurial spirit

WORKING CONDITIONS & PHYSICAL DEMANDS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

TRAVEL REQUIRED

Minimal

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Nordson Corporation provides equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees. No person is to be discriminated against in any aspect of the employment relationship due to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, citizenship status, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

All employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of our pre-employment drug screening and background / criminal check, consistent with applicable laws.

Third party recruiters and agencies should not contact employees of Nordson or its subsidiaries directly. Any resumes sent to a hiring manager or submitted to Nordson employees are considered unsolicited and property of Nordson.

Nordson will not pay a placement fee unless the agency or recruiter has a signed contract with Nordson’s Human Resources department in advance of submitting a candidate for consideration.

Verbal and written approvals will not be considered a valid contract for service.