Senior Sustainment Engineer – Advanced Additive Manufacturing

Smith+Nephew; Memphis (TN); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k Matching

401k Plus Program

Discounted Stock Purchase Plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Flexible Personal/Vacation Time Off

Paid Holidays

Flex Holidays

Paid Community Service Day

Medical, Dental, Vision

Health Savings Account

Employee Assistance Program

Parental Leave

Job summary

Smith+Nephew is seeking a Senior Sustainment Engineer to serve as the technical owner for metal additive manufacturing processes. The role focuses on stabilizing production, improving yield and throughput, and ensuring compliance across QA, regulatory, and maintenance activities.

Leading preventive maintenance and cross-functional collaboration, you will drive data-driven improvements, schedule builds, support validations, and mentor engineers to sustain manufacturing excellence and growth.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical owner for metal additive manufacturing production processes, ensuring process stability, repeatability, and compliance.
• Drive initiatives to reduce scrap, improve yield, increase throughput, and enhance overall equipment effectiveness.
• Analyze production data to identify trends, opportunities, and sustainable process improvements.
• Develop and manage preventive maintenance strategies while partnering with Maintenance teams to improve equipment reliability and minimize downtime.
• Lead troubleshooting efforts, root cause investigations, and corrective and preventive actions related to process and equipment performance.
• Manage additive manufacturing build schedules and collaborate with Operations and Production Planning to maximize capacity utilization.
• Support validation activities including IQ, OQ, PQ, process qualifications, and revalidation efforts.
• Maintain manufacturing documentation, support audit readiness, and ensure compliance with quality and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with cross functional teams including Quality, Regulatory, Maintenance, Operations, and Supply Chain to support manufacturing excellence and business growth.
• Mentor engineers and technical staff while promoting knowledge sharing and technical excellence.

Job description

Life. Unlimited.

At Smith+Neo we design and manufacture technology that takes the limits off living.

Are you passionate about advanced manufacturing and continuous improvement? Join Smith+Neo as a Senior Sustainment Engineer and become the technical leader responsible for sustaining and optimizing our metal additive manufacturing production processes. In this highly visible role, you will drive operational excellence, improve process capability, enhance equipment reliability, and support the production of innovative medical technologies that help improve patients' lives around the world.

What will you be doing?

• Serve as the technical owner for metal additive manufacturing production processes, ensuring process stability, repeatability, and compliance.
• Drive initiatives to reduce scrap, improve yield, increase throughput, and enhance overall equipment effectiveness.
• Analyze production data to identify trends, opportunities, and sustainable process improvements.
• Develop and manage preventive maintenance strategies while partnering with Maintenance teams to improve equipment reliability and minimize downtime.
• Lead troubleshooting efforts, root cause investigations, and corrective and preventive actions related to process and equipment performance.
• Manage additive manufacturing build schedules and collaborate with Operations and Production Planning to maximize capacity utilization.
• Support validation activities including IQ, OQ, PQ, process qualifications, and revalidation efforts.
• Maintain manufacturing documentation, support audit readiness, and ensure compliance with quality and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with cross functional teams including Quality, Regulatory, Maintenance, Operations, and Supply Chain to support manufacturing excellence and business growth.
• Mentor engineers and technical staff while promoting knowledge sharing and technical excellence.

You. Unlimited.

We believe in creating the greatest good for society. Our strongest investments are in our people and the patients we serve.

• Inclusion and Belonging: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Inclusion and Belonging.
• Your Future: 401k Matching Program, 401k Plus Program, Discounted Stock Purchase Plan, Tuition Reimbursement.
• Work/Life Balance: Flexible Personal/Vacation Time Off, Paid Holidays, Flex Holidays, Paid Community Service Day.
• Your Wellbeing: Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave, Fertility and Adoption Assistance Program. Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model (for most professional roles).
• Training: Hands On, Team Customized, Mentorship.
• Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more!

Smith+ Nephew provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.

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