Manager, Instrumentation Manufacturing

STU STEMCELL Technologies UK Ltd.; Cambridge, Waterbeach; On-site; GBP 62,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Total rewards package

Job summary

STEMCELL Technologies UK Ltd. is seeking a Manager, Instrumentation Manufacturing to lead the UK production team responsible for cell sorting instruments and consumables. You will oversee assembly, test, and delivery while ensuring regulatory compliance and production readiness for new products.

You will collaborate with Supply Chain, Procurement, Engineering and Quality to optimize processes, implement improvements, and scale operations to meet demand in a fast-paced life sciences environment.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Manufacturing Engineering or a related discipline; 10+ years in regulated manufacturing management.
• Experience with high-precision electro-mechanical assembly, test and calibration techniques.
• Experience enabling new product introductions and transfers from development to manufacture.
• Experience managing multiple product lines and providing production planning.
• Proficiency with ERP/MRP systems; SAP or SyteLine advantageous.
• Experience in ISO 13485, GMP or cleanroom environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the UK Instrumentation manufacturing team with resource allocation, training, and career development.
• Oversee manufacture, assembly, test, and delivery of cell sorting instruments and cartridges.
• Manage the manufacturing facility, including equipment, parts storage and material flow.
• Ensure health and safety and compliance with Quality Management System, ISO, GMP.
• Support transfer of new products and changes into routine manufacture; ensure readiness and scale-up.
• Drive continuous improvement of manufacturing processes focusing on quality, efficiency, yield, and cost.

Skills

Leadership

Production planning

Quality systems

New product introduction

Education

Advanced degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Manufacturing Engineering or related

Tools

SyteLine (Infor)

SAP

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Job Description Summary

As a global leader in life sciences research support, STEMCELL Technologies is looking to expand our UK Instrumentation team with a Manager, Instrumentation Manufacturing. In this role, you will support the manufacture and delivery of innovative cell sorting instruments and consumables that combine complex electro-mechanical systems with precision fluidics and optics to enable cutting-edge life sciences research. As the Manager, Instrumentation Manufacturing, you will lead production operations and support our team of technicians to ensure the safe, efficient and compliant manufacture, test and delivery of our instrumentation products. You will also play an important role in introducing new products and product changes into production, ensuring manufacturing processes, documentation, equipment and training are ready for routine manufacture. This is a highly collaborative role, working closely with Supply Chain Operations, Procurement, Engineering and Quality to ensure manufacturing capability supports both current production and future product introductions.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage the UK Instrumentation manufacturing team, including resource allocation, training, performance and career development to ensure production demands are met
• Oversee the manufacture, assembly, test and delivery of cell sorting instruments and associated single-use cartridges
• Oversee the manufacturing facility, including workspace allocation, production equipment, parts storage and material flow
• Ensure health and safety procedures are followed and manufacturing activities remain compliant with the Quality Management System, ISO standards and applicable GMP requirements
• Support the transfer of new products and product changes from development into routine manufacture, including process readiness, documentation, training and production scale-up
• Drive continuous improvement of manufacturing processes with a focus on product quality, efficiency, yield and cost

Knowledge and Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Manufacturing Engineering or a related discipline, with 10+ years of production or manufacturing management experience in a regulated environment
• Knowledge and experience of high-precision electro-mechanical assembly systems, including mechanical, electrical, fluidic and optical assembly, test and calibration techniques
• Demonstrated experience supporting new product introduction and transfer of products from development into manufacture
• Demonstrated manufacturing management and planning experience with multiple product lines
• Proficiency with common ERP/MRP systems; SyteLine or SAP experience is advantageous
• Experience working within ISO 13485, GMP and/or cleanroom manufacturing environments is an asset
• Previous experience in life sciences instrumentation, biological manufacturing or medical devices is an asset

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STEMCELL Technologies is a privately owned, Vancouver-based biotechnology company that helps power leading-edge life science research around the world. Driven by our love of science and passion for quality, we are a company of Scientists Helping Scientists-standing by our customers to provide the outstanding products, technical support, and training they need to advance their research.

Scientists performing stem cell, immunology, cancer, regenerative medicine, and cellular therapy research are among those who rely on our cell culture media, cell separation products, instruments, accessory products, and services. Through our many regional offices, as well as our distribution centers in Vancouver, Seattle, Grenoble, and Singapore, we deliver our innovative, specialized products to more than 100 countries. With over 1,800 employees globally, most with scientific or engineering degrees, STEMCELL is proud to be the largest biotechnology employer in Canada. This is an opportunity to work with highly motivated colleagues in a science-oriented, creative, and dynamic environment.

We offer a competitive salary, excellent benefits, and meaningful career development opportunities. STEMCELL is well recognized for exceptional leadership and business practices.

We are one of Canada's Best Managed Companies and operate an ISO 14001-certified environmental management system to measure and reduce our environmental impact.

As an equal opportunity employer, STEMCELL is dedicated to ensuring that every employee feels safe, valued, and respected for who they are. We know that scientific progress and innovation occur when diverse, creative minds come together and we are committed to nurturing a culture of inclusivity and belonging. STEMCELL enforces a zero-tolerance policy for any form of discrimination. Selection decisions are solely based on job-related factors.

The annual salary for this job ranges from: £61,500.00 - £92,300.00. STEMCELL determines an individual’s pay within the range based on multiple factors including experience, education, job-related skills, and equity within the team or organization. For jobs that are eligible for sales incentives, the range noted above is inclusive of target incentives; actual incentives are based on individual performance results in accordance with company policy.

In addition to base salary, STEMCELL offers a comprehensive total rewards package that may include health benefits, retirement savings, and more (depending on region).

We all begin our lives curious about the world around us, the way it works and our place in it. At STEMCELL Technologies, we never lose that curiosity. It inspires and motivates us to discover and innovate. It drives us to develop technologies, create products, and offer services that will help scientists around the world do research that progresses scientific knowledge and supports breakthroughs.

In the field of biotechnology, there is no better company in which to find inspiration, fulfill your potential and define your success with like-minded people. We specialize in the development of specialty cell culture media and cell isolation systems. Our products are used to drive the fields of stem cell, immunology, cancer, regenerative medicine and cellular therapy research forward. We are Scientists Helping Scientists.