Manufacturing Sr Engineer I

Zimmer Biomet

Birmingham, USonsitePosted Jul 7, 2026
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About the role

At Zimmer Biomet, we believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving our mission forward. As a global medical technology leader for nearly 100 years, a patient’s mobility is enhanced by a Zimmer Biomet product or technology every 8 seconds.

As a Zimmer Biomet team member, you will share in our commitment to providing mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talent team, we focus on development opportunities, robust employee resource groups (ERGs), a flexible working environment, location specific competitive total rewards, wellness incentives and a culture of recognition and performance awards. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels included, respected, empowered and recognised.

What You Can Expect

The senior manufacturing engineer is responsible for providing manufacturing

engineering services to support efficient manufacturing processes. Engineering services

may include cell management, process development, project management, process

validation, tool design, and trouble shooting.

How You'll Create Impact

Creating, maintaining, and improving controlled technical documents such as prints,

procedures, bill of materials and routers.

Supporting a wide variety of processing applications such as machining, finishing,

forging, casting, cleaning, heat treating, bonding, molding, etc.

Conducting feasibility study to estimate product cost and analyze capital equipment,

capacity, and capability requirements

Establishing and improving process methods which meet performance and quality

requirements

Developing and executing project plans and schedules for work activities

Communicate (written and verbal) direction and project plans with appropriate

personnel from other departments.

Evaluating multiple options to select the most appropriate processes and machining

methods

Execute equipment qualification or process validation project(s)

This is not an exhaustive list of duties or functions and might not necessarily comprise all of the essential functions for purposes of the Americans with Disabilities Act

What Makes You Stand Out

Skilled and knowledgeable in manufacturing and new product processing

Competence with drafting standards and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing

Ability to balance marketing, manufacturing, and design requirements to meet customer

requirements

Ability to lead and prioritize multiple medium complexity project assignments and

complete work in a timely manner

Good problem-solving skills through the use of quality and statistical tools

Ability to effectively work within a cross-functional team to complete critical project tasks

Demonstrates good written and verbal communication skills

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Experienced with control procedures, such as the Change Management System,

Nonconformance Reports, Engineering Specifications, Corrective and Preventive Action

(CAPA), and Work Instructions

Proficient with Statistical Process Control concepts, process development, CNC

programming terminology, and tooling design concepts

Microsoft Office Suite and Project

Creating, maintaining, and improving controlled technical documents such as

prints, procedures, bill of materials and routers.

Supporting a wide variety of processing applications such as machining, finishing,

forging, casting, cleaning, heat treating, bonding, molding, etc.

Support deployment of Operational Excellence/Process improvement initiatives in

the plant. Examples of these programs and initiatives are Cost Saving Program,

Class A, Workflow Lean Transformation, Quality Begins with Me, DMAIC

Problem Solving, Lean Six Sigma, Total Productive Maintenance, etc.

Assists site leadership team in selecting and prioritizing projects that align with

plant goals and strategies.

Responsible for the sustaining and execution of cost saving program, metric

tracking and reports within the site.

Responsible to manage and complete Six Sigma Green Belt projects.

Maintain Class A roadmap and timeline to incorporate into the overall

Operational Excellence Strategy.

Conducting feasibility study to estimate product cost and analyze capital

equipment, capacity, and capability requirements.

Establishing and improving process methods which meet performance and quality

requirements.

Developing and executing project plans and schedules for work activities

Lead engineers as Project lead on Process improvement initiatives.

Communicate (written and verbal) direction and project plans with appropriate

personnel from other departments.

Evaluating multiple options to select the most appropriate processes and

machining methods.

Execute equipment qualification or process validation project(s)

Your Background

B.S. in Engineering with a minimum of 3-5 years of manufacturing engineering

experience.

Knowledge in Lean Principles and or Six Sigma or other problem-solving

methodology is preferred.

Travel Expectations

Up to 10%

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disability

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