Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Overview

As a Manufacturing Engineer at Cytiva, you will drive day-to-day manufacturing improvements, leading equipment and process upgrades to deliver high-quality products for life sciences customers. You’ll support New Product Development transfers and ensure compliance with safety, quality, and regulatory standards. You’ll work within a cross-functional Operations & Supply Chain team on on-site manufacturing activities in Stevenage. This role offers the chance to apply continuous improvement and Lean methods to deliver tangible impact in a regulated industry.

Pay / Benefits

• remote work arrangement eligibility
• comprehensive benefit programs
• healthcare program
• paid time off
• flexible work arrangements
• growth and development opportunities

Responsibilities

• Identify and lead projects that improve safety, quality, delivery and cost
• Solve process issues and product non-conformances using data-driven analysis
• Support transfer of new products from development into production (NPD transfer)
• Create and maintain process and validation documentation to meet quality specifications
• Maintain regulatory compliance with EHS, quality and legal requirements

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing or Process Engineering (or related field)
• >5 years of relevant experience
• Experience applying lean manufacturing tools (Daily Management, Standard Work, Lean Conversion)
• Equipment and process design and improvement in a regulated industry
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to interact across all levels of the organization
• Ability to work independently and collaborate across diverse functions in a matrix organization
• Willingness to travel within UK/Europe (~10%); valid driver’s license with acceptable record

• Excellent communicator (written & verbal)
• Independent and collaborative working style
• Cross-functional collaboration in a matrix environment
• Lean manufacturing tools: Daily Management, Standard Work, Lean Conversion
• Equipment and process design/improvement in regulated industries
• New Product Development transfer and process validation

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