Process Engineering Manager
Beckman Coulter Diagnostics

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Process Engineering Manager

Wondering what's within Beckman Coulter Diagnostics? Take a closer look.

At first glance, you'll see that for more than 80 years, we've been dedicated to advancing and optimizing the laboratory to move science and healthcare forward. Join a team where you can be heard, be supported, and always be yourself. We're building a culture that celebrates backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives of all our associates. Look again, and you'll see we are invested in you, providing the opportunity to build a meaningful career, be creative, and try new things with the support you need to be successful.

Beckman Coulter Diagnostics is proud to work alongside a community of six fellow Diagnostics Companies at Danaher. Together, we're working at the pace of change to improve patient lives with diagnostic tools that address the world's biggest health challenges.

The Process Engineering Manager for Beckman Coulter Diagnostics is responsible for the for Reagent Operations Process Engineering team of engineers and line support technicians. The site manufactures highly technical consumables essential to Beckman Coulter Diagnostics. As a Process Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for multiple filling lines, leading continuous improvement projects to improve equipment performance including TPM program, maximizing output, and reducing downtime. You will also be responsible for leading new equipment introduction, and recommending improvements designed to optimize our manufacturing processes.

This position is part of the Reagent Operations team in Chaska, MN, and will be an onsite role. At Beckman Coulter, our vision is to relentlessly reimagine healthcare, one diagnosis at a time.

You will be a part of the operations and plant management team and report to the Director of Production Operations. If you thrive in a leadership, fast-paced role and want to work to build a world-class reagent manufacturing organization-read on!

Your specific duties as a Process Engineering Manager will include:

• Process Optimization: Analyze and improve manufacturing processes to increase efficiency, reduce waste, and lower costs while maintaining high-quality standards.
• Team Leadership: Manage, mentor, and develop a team of manufacturing engineers and technicians, providing guidance and support to achieve departmental and company goals.
• Project Management: Lead and manage engineering projects from concept through implementation, ensuring timely delivery within budget.
• Continuous Improvement: Implement Lean manufacturing principles and Six Sigma methodologies to drive continuous improvement initiatives. Manage daily, weekly and monthly KPI reporting.
• Equipment Management: Oversee the selection, installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of manufacturing equipment.
• Quality Assurance: Work closely with the Quality Assurance team to ensure all manufacturing processes comply with industry standards and regulations; lead risk mitigation, validation and design change processes in a regulated environment
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with other departments, including design, procurement, and production, to ensure seamless integration of new products and processes.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (e.g., Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Biomechanical Engineering) and 9+ years of relevant experience, or Master's Degree with 7+ years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated ability to run site daily management meetings and set daily priorities
• Continuous improvement mindset.
• Demonstrated ability to provide constructive performance coaching to individual contributors and supervisors.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Basic DBS Tools experience, including all or some: TPM, SMED, Lean Conversions, 5S, Kaizen Basics, Problem Solving Process, Standard Work, Transactional Process Improvement, Value Stream Mapping and Daily Management.
• Strong teamwork, innovation, willing to take risks and comfortable with ambiguity

Beckman Coulter, a Danaher company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to associates' and their families' lives. Whether it's a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job.

Danaher is committed to a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone feels they belong and all voices are heard. We believe in our associates and the unique perspectives they bring to every challenge, which is why we'll empower you to push the boundaries of what's possible.

When you join us, you'll also be joining Danaher's global organization, where 69,000 people wake up every day determined to help our customers win. As an associate, you'll try new things, work hard, and advance your skills with guidance from dedicated leaders, all with the support of powerful Danaher Business System tools and the stability of a tested organization.

Danaher Corporation and all Danaher Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

The EEO posters are available here.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at applyassistance@danaher.com to request accommodation.

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Join our winning team today. Together, we'll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow's science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com.

Danaher Corporation and all Danaher Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

The EEO posters are available here.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at applyassistance@danaher.com to request accommodation.

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