Job Title:
Senior Staff Engineer – Industrial Engineering
Reports To:

Senior Manager, Engineering – AMagine

Position Summary:
The Senior Staff Engineer within the Industrialization team plays a critical role in leading transformational initiatives to reduce lead time and drive process improvements across all areas of the manufacturing process. This position emphasizes Lean Engineering, cross-functional collaboration, and a hands-on approach to implementing scalable, innovative solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as a technical leader promoting Lean Engineering principles and ensuring robust, scalable industrialization practices from early concept through to full production.

• Partner with manufacturing process owners across key areas, including:

  • Design for Additive Manufacturing (DFAM)

  • Additive Manufacturing

  • CNC

  • Finishing

  • Inspection

  • Cleaning

  • Packaging

  • Labelling

  • Sterilization

• Lead portfolio management efforts by anticipating the impact and integration of new products into the production system.

• Establish standard work and process times through direct observation, work content analysis, and engineering time studies.

• Conduct Takt Time and Capacity Analysis to define resource requirements and improve workflow efficiency.

• Identify and eliminate cycle time variation across workstations to increase throughput.

• Create and maintain current and future state value stream maps to analyze flow, identify bottlenecks, and uncover improvement opportunities.

• Monitor and improve Lean performance metrics such as lead time, changeover time, and inventory levels.

• Plan and lead Kaizen events focused on enhancing site performance and achieving key KPIs.

• Perform root cause analysis, develop potential solutions, and evaluate them against defined requirements.

• Develop a customer-focused continuous improvement framework for tracking and enhancing performance.

• Drive the development, assessment, and implementation of continuous improvement and process re-engineering initiatives to eliminate waste, simplify workflows, reduce risk, and enhance cost-efficiency.

• Coach, train, and mentor individuals and teams on Lean concepts to embed continuous improvement throughout the organization.

• Collaborate with leadership to define and monitor process KPIs, ensuring ownership and accountability for key inputs.

• Support the creation and maintenance of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

Qualifications, Knowledge, and Skills

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering or equivalent.

• 6+ years of engineering and Lean manufacturing experience.

• Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt.

• Demonstrated expertise in:

  • Value Stream Mapping

  • Time and motion studies

  • Work content graphs

  • Line balancing

  • Simulation modeling

  • Work measurement techniques

• Proficient in:

  • Excel, Minitab, Power BI, AutoCAD

• Strong track record of working in team-based environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Production System deployment.

• Background in highly regulated industries.

• Proficient with ERP systems (Oracle preferred) and Power BI.

• Knowledge of Industry 4.0 technologies and Smart Manufacturing concepts.

• Experience in Operations Engineering and New Product Introduction (NPI)—preferably in orthopaedics or medical devices.

• Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with the ability to manage concurrent tasks effectively.

• Excellent communication skills, capable of clearly conveying technical concepts to all levels of the organization.

• Prior experience in an FDA-regulated or equivalent regulated environment.

• Demonstrated financial acumen and cost-conscious decision-making.

• An innovative thinker with a proactive mindset and continuous improvement orientation.
  
  

  For further information on this role, please contact Diarmuid Lannon on +353 861287246 or email consulting@hero.ie Check out all our open jobs on our HERO Recruitment website – https://www.hero.ie/

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