Staff Industrial Engineer – Contract Manufacturing & Operational Excellence - Corporate

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Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

The successful candidate will serve as a technical leader, partnering with Engineering, Operations, Procurement, Supply Chain, Quality, and Contract Manufacturing partners to identify and execute high-impact improvement initiatives while supporting strategic sourcing and footprint optimization programs.

Main Key Responsibilities

• Process Modeling & Manufacturing Optimization
  • Develop and maintain end-to-end manufacturing process models to evaluate capacity, throughput, bottlenecks, labor utilization, and operational performance.
  • Apply simulation, value stream mapping (VSM), digital process modeling, and analytical tools to optimize manufacturing flows and improve productivity.
  • Conduct manufacturing network assessments and support strategic footprint optimization initiatives.
  • Identify and quantify cost reduction opportunities through process redesign, automation, and operational improvements.
• Lean Manufacturing & Continuous Improvement
  • Lead Lean transformation initiatives across internal operations and Contract Manufacturers.
  • Lead supplier workshops focused on productivity, capacity optimization, cost reduction, and operational maturity.
  • Facilitate Kaizen events, Value Stream Mapping workshops, and operational excellence assessments.
  • Utilize statistical analysis and process capability methodologies to drive continuous improvement.
  • Implement Lean tools including:
    • Standard Work
    • Visual Management
    • 5S
    • SMED
    • Line Balancing
    • Pull Systems
    • Root Cause Analysis
    • Problem Solving (A3, DMAIC)
  • Drive sustainable productivity improvements through data-driven decision making.
  • Develop Industrial Engineering standards and support deployment across Thermo Fisher sites and operation teams.

Other Responsibilities

• Contract Manufacturing & Supply Chain Excellence
  • Support Contract Manufacturing strategy and operational performance improvement initiatives.
  • Evaluate manufacturing readiness, process capability, and scalability of Contract Manufacturing partners.

• Support assessment of manufacturing processes, tooling strategies, automation opportunities, and product transfer feasibility.
• Support New Product Introduction (NPI), manufacturing transfers, and process industrialization activities.
• Use of Data Analytics & Performance Management to Establish and track operational KPIs including:
  • Productivity
  • Cycle Time
  • OEE
  • Yield
  • Throughput
  • Cost Savings
  • Capacity Utilization

• Develop executive-level dashboards and performance reporting.
• Influence senior stakeholders and executive leadership through fact-based recommendations and business cases.
• Mentor engineers and operational teams on Lean methodologies and industrial engineering best practices.
• Support strategic initiatives focused on cost optimization, resilience, quality improvement, and operational scalability.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in:
  • Industrial and/or Mechanical Engineering or related technical discipline
  • 10+ years of manufacturing, industrial engineering, operational excellence, or supply chain experience.
• Demonstrated experience in:
  • Process modeling and simulation
  • Lean Manufacturing deployment
  • Electronics manufacturing (PCBA)
  • Mechanical and electromechanical assembly operations
  • Contract Manufacturing exposure (Mech/EMS)
  • Cost reduction and productivity improvement initiatives

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in engineering, Operations, or Business.
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or Master Black Belt certification.
• Experience within regulated industries:
  • Life Sciences and/or Medical Devices Diagnostics
  • Complex mechanical assembly (High Mix/Low volume)
• Experience with:
  • Witness Simulation, FlexSim and/or any similar tools.
  • Power BI
  • Microsoft tools
  • Minitab
  • SAP
• Experience leading global manufacturing transformation programs.
• Critical Competencies
  • Technical Leadership
  • Process Modeling & Simulation
  • Operational Excellence
  • Capacity Planning
  • Cost Modeling
  • Lean & Continuous Improvement
  • Value Stream Mapping
  • Kaizen Facilitation and Problem Solving
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Contract Manufacturing Operations
  • Manufacturing Transfer & Industrialization
  • Strategic Thinking
  • Executive Communication
  • Cross-Functional Influence
  • Change Management

Position Impact

This role will be instrumental in enabling Thermo Fisher Scientific's manufacturing network to achieve world-class operational performance through advanced industrial engineering, Lean excellence, process modeling, and strategic manufacturing optimization.