Lead Manufacturing Engineer Supervisor

Fresenius Kabi; Melrose Park (IL); On-site; USD 133,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401K with company contribution

Wellness program

Job summary

Fresenius Kabi in Melrose Park, IL, seeks an experienced Manufacturing Engineer Supervisor to lead a team on daily engineering issues across formulated manufacturing lines.

You will drive continuous improvement, manage capital projects, ensure cGMP compliance, and collaborate with QA, Supply Chain and R&D to transfer new products and technologies into production while mentoring junior engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field.
• Five years of experience in plant manufacturing within a regulated cGMP environment.
• Experience with Siemens or Allen-Bradley control systems and PLC programming.
• Experience reading P&ID drawings, wiring diagrams, architectural drawings.
• Experience ensuring pharma manufacturing standards (cGMP, FDA) for process and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a team of Manufacturing Engineers in troubleshooting daily engineering issues on assigned manufacturing lines and serve as first level escalation (20%).
• Provide ideas for continuous improvement initiatives to optimize manufacturing processes, reduce costs, and improve product quality (15%).
• Drive improvement projects, including funding requests, acquisition, installation, startup, documentation, and vendor communication with Sr. Manager, Production (15%).
• Rebuild and upgrade site utility systems and production equipment for formulation, filling/capping, lyophilization, packaging, and warehousing areas (10%).
• Ensure validated state of equipment and systems and compliance with cGMP, OSHA, DEC, EPA, ISO, and local regs on assigned lines (10%).
• Ensure successful transfer of new products/technologies to manufacturing by collaborating with QA, Supply Chain, and R&D (8%).
• Lead investigations into deviations, non-conformances, and other issues, implementing CAPAs (5%).
• Mentor junior engineers and train them on engineering systems (10%).
• Assist in funding requests per corporate guidelines with detailed project documentation (5%).
• Ensure compliance with Health, Safety, Environment, Energy, and Quality Management Systems (2%).

Skills

Engineering leadership

PLC programming

Industrial automation

Root cause analysis

cGMP compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

Siemens PLC

Allen-Bradley PLC

Job description

Fresenius Kabi in Melrose Park, IL, seeks an experienced Manufacturing Engineer Supervisor to lead a team on daily engineering issues across formulated manufacturing lines.

You will drive continuous improvement, manage capital projects, ensure cGMP compliance, and collaborate with QA, Supply Chain and R&D to transfer new products and technologies into production while mentoring junior engineers.