Creoptix is an innovative, fast-growing brand of Malvern Panalytical located in Wädenswil near Zurich (Switzerland). Our mission is to enable life scientists to accelerate discovery by providing innovative tools for molecular interaction analysis. Our instruments are used in life science research labs within academia and industry.
To strengthen our team, we are looking for a Manufacturing Engineer to join our team at Creoptix to help us make a significant difference in how we make the tools that measure the small things.
Position: Manufacturing Engineer 100%
Department: Supply Chain and Operations
Location: Wädenswil, Switzerland
Do you enjoy unravelling problems and making life more efficient? Are you looking for a role where you can own and improve production processes to make life easier for those who do them? Do you want to do this in an ambitious, fast-growing, international company with a friendly and inclusive culture? Then this is the job you are looking for!
Responsibilities?
Your Task will be
- Resolve engineering challenges to production targets using structured problem-solving tools like A3PS, 8D and DMAIC in collaboration with various key stakeholders.
- Maintain and control manufacturing processes using lean tools including Standard Operating Procedures, Bills of Materials (BOMs), Control Plans, Value Stream Maps, Kanban, and Process Failure Mode Effect Analyses (PFMEAs).
- Drive, validate and implement changes to product design with a focus on quality and manufacturability, to make sure that both new and existing products can be made, assembled and tested to the right specifications.
- Improve Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in your technology through targeted projects and communicate project progress to key stakeholders in production and the wider business.
- Work with cross functional teams across the business to improve safety, quality and delivery of our market leading products.
- Complete sustaining activities to mitigate risks, manage costs, improve efficiencies, ensure our products remain relevant with regards to technological advancements and always continue to satisfy our customers needs.
- Support other operational teams to ensure that we can get the parts we need to make our products to the standard our customers want.
- Liaise with suppliers and our supplier quality team to resolve quality or delivery issues, as well as support supplier validation and reallocation processes.
- Own and develop cell and line layout and workstation design to make our processes the best and easiest they can be.
What we expect
To be successful in this role, you have:
- Engineering or Manufacturing degree.
- 3 years plus experience in a similar role.
- Good understanding of electrical and mechanical engineering principles
- An enthusiasm for manufacturing processes
- A hands-on approach to solving challenging engineering/manufacturing problems
- Fluent English; excellent communication and presentation skills; an ability to influence at all levels of the organisation.
- Ability to manage your own time and workload to be able to balance responding quickly to immediate production issues with longer term improvement opportunities
- A collaborative mindset to be able to contribute to and pull together with different teams across the business
Great to have:
- Experience in a high technology manufacturing or assembly business.
- Proficient level of German (spoken and written).
- Six sigma toolset and experience to tackle problems in a data driven way
- A vision for how modern manufacturing should be.
- Ability to analyse mechanical/electronic designs to suggest improvements to performance or manufacturability.
- Ability to gather and interpret information from multiple database sources, to analyse data and present conclusions.
- SAP or a similar ERP system experience.
- PLM and ECN system experience.
- 3D Mechanical CAD or PCB design abilities.
- Experience of manufacturing transfer.
- Driven both to deliver results for our customers and to develop yourself.
- Quality informed decision-making skills.
What we offer
- Creatively innovative, supportive, and collaborative team.
- A fast-learning curve in an exciting, challenging, and open environment, where you will work within an interdisciplinary team
- First-hand exposure to the life science industries, including pharma and biotechnology To be part of Malvern Brand that is steadily disrupting an industry that is experiencing exponential growth.
- An opportunity to be part in developing the next generations of products that will be used for accelerating design of novel medicines.
- Potential for professional development in line with the growth of the company
- Comprehensive and competitive package, commensurate with background and experience.
- A great atmosphere, modern offices, lots of green and the lake nearby
- When you join? We value entrepreneurship and commitment by offering real career possibilities.
- You become part of a growing company where you can shape the future of our work processes.
- Occasional travel.
- By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.
Creoptix is committed to diversity and inclusion. We are dedicated in providing a safe and healthy working environment where employees succeed. We prohibit discrimination and harassment against staff and applicants and do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age or belief.
