Reliability Engineering Manager

Company: Waters
Location: Milford
Posted on: January 24, 2023

Job Description:

Waters Corporation is currently seeking a highly energetic and team-oriented candidate to manage our Reliability Engineering group. This position will lead an evaluation team that provide support for Engineering, Quality and Production. This includes but not limited to proof-of-concept testing, verification of designs during new product development, performing failure analysis and scrutinizing product enhancements. In addition, this organization supports cost reduction and supplier changes to ensure product integrity is not hindered. The product family consists of analytical laboratory / medical device instrumentation used in Liquid Chromatography. Responsibility will begin during product introduction via very close interaction with our development and operations functions and continue through product end of product life. The role will be exposed to multi-disciplined engineering principles and technologies in a dynamic and fast paced environment. This hands-on position requires dynamic leadership, excellent, interpersonal skills, problem solving, critical thinking, as well as a compelling initiative to see his/her organization and organizations around him/her succeed. This is an on-site position.Perks of working for us!

• State of the art manufacturing facility
• EAP, Physical Therapist, and a clinic with a dedicated nurse practitioner is onsite
• Paid vacation time, paid sick time, and paid holidays
• All benefits begin day 1
• Tuition reimbursement
• Team environment
• Eligible for overtime
• Competitive pay
• Provide leadership and effectively manage resources to meet our corporate goals.
• Develop departmental strategies and maintain alignment with corporate strategy, budgets, policies, and procedures
• Responsible for establishing standard and meaningful objectives for the department.
• Ensure the proper use of resources, project prioritization, and drive continuous improvement activities
• Influence earlier involvement with the product design team and advocate DFx best practices
• Coach and develop technical staff and promote life-long learning
• Deploy new, or changes to existing, policies and procedures to ensure the highest level of support and to improve overall product and process quality, efficiency, and compliance
• Provide technical expertise and leadership to ensure that problems are resolved based on sound engineering concepts and risk assessment
• Monitor, evaluate and report project and department progress and results
• Bachelors degree in technical discipline. Advanced degree preferred
• Minimum 7 years experience supporting new products activities
• Minimum 3 years related management experience
• Experience with medical device manufacturing is highly desired
• Sound understanding of Statistics, Design for Excellence (DFx) and Six Sigma tools and principles
• Strong leadership skills, self-directed and the ability to make independent decisions
• Established project management skills
• Excellent interpersonal and written / verbal communication skills
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and drive corrective actions and continuous improvements effortsWaters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world's leading specialty measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food sciences for more than 60 years. With more than 7,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, with products available in more than 100 countries. Our team focuses on creating business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality. Working at Waters enables our employees to unlock the potential of their careers. Our global team is driven by purpose. We strive to be better, learn and improve every day in everything we do. Were the problem solvers and innovators that arent afraid to take risks to transform the world of human health and well-being. Were all in it together delivering benefit as one to provide the insights needed today in order to solve the challenges of tomorrow. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It is our responsibility to actively implement programs and practices to drive inclusive behavior and increase diversity across the organization. We are united by diversity and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or protected Veteran status. Reliability EngineeringEvaluationVerificationNew Products Product DevelopmentHALT HASSStatistics Weibull Life Cycle Preventative MaintenancePMMedical DevicesLI-ML1Company Name: Waters Division External Company URL: www.waters.com Street: 34 Maple Street Telecommute: Negotiable - Flexwise Key Words: Reliability EngineeringEvaluationVerificationNew ProductsProduct DevelopmentHALTHASSStatisticsWeibullLife CyclePreventative MaintenancePMMedical DevicesLI-ML1

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