Senior Manufacturing Engineer: Lean-Driven Productivity

Research & Diagnostic Systems, Inc.

Minneapolis (MN)

On-site

USD 101,000 - 166,000

Full time

7 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits
401k with ESPP
Tuition reimbursement
Mentorship & development
Paid leave

Job summary

Bio-Techne's Minneapolis site is a leading Reagent Operations Center, manufacturing proteins, antibodies, ELISA kits, and related products for academic research and biopharma. The Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Productivity drives hands-on productivity improvements across upstream to packing, partnering with frontline teams to reduce waste and improve throughput.

The role applies Lean, Six Sigma, and data-based problem solving to boost labor efficiency, cycle time, capacity, and operating cost

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, manufacturing, operations, or related field with 5+ years of productivity-improvement experience.

Responsibilities

  • Observe work on the shop floor to identify waste, bottlenecks, and workload imbalance.
  • Lead high-impact process improvements to increase throughput and efficiency.
  • Apply time studies, standard labor, line balancing, and capacity analysis.
  • Partner with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Engineering to sustain improvements.
  • Establish baselines, measure results, and ensure sustained ownership.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing
Continuous Improvement
Value Stream Mapping
Kaizen
5S
Standard Work
Root Cause Analysis
Problem Solving
Excel
Data Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

Bio-Techne's Minneapolis site is a leading Reagent Operations Center, manufacturing proteins, antibodies, ELISA kits, and related products for academic research and biopharma. The Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Productivity drives hands-on productivity improvements across upstream to packing, partnering with frontline teams to reduce waste and improve throughput.

The role applies Lean, Six Sigma, and data-based problem solving to boost labor efficiency, cycle time, capacity, and operating cost

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