Life. Unlimited. At Smith+Nephew we design and manufacture technology that takes the limits off living.
Join us at Smith+Nephew as a Senior Manufacturing Engineer - CMO and help shape the future of medical device manufacturing. This is your opportunity to lead strategies and projects that protect and enhance our Advanced Wound Management franchise through our Contract Manufacturing Organisation, ensuring our products and processes stand strong against disruption.
What will you be doing?
This role will be part of our Contract Manufacturing Operations team and will look to deliver key strategic initiatives across our Advanced Wound Management portfolio; you will lead complex change initiatives, collaborate and guide cross-functional teams and our external partners to deliver results and quality - the role will focus on driving product sustainment, value creation for the business and manufacturing resilience.
1. Leading the development and implementation of key strategic projects across our CMO portfolio of products & manufacturing sites.
2. Managing complex changes through the change control process while ensuring regulatory compliance and documentation quality.
3. Providing cross discipline engineering support across the CMO network, developing and driving engineering ownership with key suppliers to sustain challenges and negate impact to customers.
4. Develop a robust platform to deliver product value, executing projects to achieve business benefit.
5. Delivering key project updates to senior stakeholders to ensure our CMO roadmap is delivered.
What will you need to be successful?
Success in this role means being a strategic thinker and a hands-on problem solver. You’ll need to bring deep expertise in engineering and a passion for continuous improvement. You’ll be confident managing large-scale projects and inspiring others to deliver excellence.
6. Proven experience in engineering within a regulated manufacturing environment.
7. Advanced degree in engineering or science, or equivalent experience.
8. Strong skills in process validation, problem solving/root cause, change control and project planning tools.
9. Ability to lead cross-functional teams and work independently with a strategic mindset.
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Your Future: Generous annual bonus and pension Schemes, Save As You Earn share options.
Work/Life Balance: Flexible Vacation and Time Off, Paid Holidays and Paid Volunteering Hours, so we can give back to our communities!
Your Wellbeing: Private Health and Dental plans, Healthcare Cash Plans, Income Protection, Life Assurance and much more.
Flexibility: Hybrid Working Model (For most professional roles).
Training: Hands-On, Team-Customised, Mentorship.
Extra Perks: Discounts on Gyms and fitness clubs, Salary Sacrifice Bicycle and Car Schemes and many other Employee discounts.