Join Our Team at SS White Dental- HuFriedyGroup – Innovating Excellence in Dental Instrument Manufacturing
SS White® is a dental manufacturer that has always offered high quality dental products to market, to enable practitioners to work more accurately and precisely, and to maximize comfort and quality for every patient who enters a dental office. We believe that innovation and the creation of unique and differentiated products are the cornerstone of SS White®. Our footprint has been around for 180 years and makes us one of the most well recognized and trusted names in the industry today.
Join our team at SS White Dental in our Lakewood, New Jersey facility
Job Title: Manufacturing EngineerThe Manufacturing Engineer will provide manufacturing engineering support to operations through continuous improvement, capacity improvements, and new product transfers. You will improve the overall efficiency of the manufacturing operation while optimizing human work factors, quality control, material flow, etc. by identifying areas for improvement using statistics and root cause analysis tools.
Responsibilities:
- Planning layout for equipment, space requirements
- Provide technical support to maintenance, customer service, labels, sales & marketing
- Private Labeling and other miscellaneous label requests
- Participate in product / process development and ensure transition to the proper department within each phase
- Provide QA support in changeovers decision making
- Provide support in repairing machinery and printers
- Continuously seek out new manufacturing equipment trends
- Continuously improve current processes
- Provide technical support in endofile crimping
- Perform experiments as needed and generating result reports
- Programming new programs on the FANUC robots and Sylvac
- Working alongside vendors in obtaining blueprints, requesting parts for order, new machinery and upgrade discussion
- Collaborate with Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory Affairs, and Operations teams to implement process improvements and corrective actions.
- Process Validation Report Writing
- Sourcing New Technology
- Continuous improvement activities as required
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering
- AutoCAD 2D modeling
- SolidWorks 3D modeling or equivalent
- Ability to read and create technical drawings, blueprints, and engineering drawings
- Experience working in ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 environments
- Cutting tool manufacturing and CNC grinding experience
- Familiarity with packaging of medical devices
- Lean Six Sigma w/ Minitab experience
- Familiar with Good Manufacturing Practices
- Ability to handle several projects at once with limited resources
- Project Management skills
- Creativity; excellent written and verbal communication skills; strong analytical and problem-solving ability
- CNC machining and programming
- Strong technical writing skills
- Working Knowledge of ERP system
- Automated robotics programming experience is a plus
- Bilingual in Spanish is a plus
Equal Employment Opportunity & Accessibility Statement
HuFriedyGroup is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, age, gender, national origin, disability status, genetics, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
If you require reasonable accommodations to apply for a position, participate in the recruitment process, or perform essential job functions, please contact us at 773-868-5534. We are committed to supporting you throughout your journey with HuFriedyGroup!
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in engineering
- AutoCAD 2D modeling experience
- SolidWorks 3D modeling or equivalent experience
- Ability to read and create technical drawings, blueprints, and engineering drawings
- Experience working in ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 environments
- Cutting tool manufacturing and CNC grinding experience
- Familiarity with medical device packaging
- Lean Six Sigma and Minitab experience
- Familiarity with Good Manufacturing Practices
- Ability to handle several projects simultaneously with limited resources
- Project management skills
- Strong written and verbal communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- CNC machining and programming experience
- Strong technical writing skills
- Working knowledge of an ERP system
- Automated robotics programming experience
- Bilingual Spanish skills
What We Do
HuFriedyGroup is a global leader in dental instrument manufacturing, infection prevention and instrument reprocessing workflows. With over 200 years of collective experience in the dental industry, HuFriedyGroup helps dental professionals be the best in practice by providing a complete circle of protection in the dental suite, bringing together world class products, services, education, and communities that result in superior clinician performance, superior clinical outcomes, and safety for clinicians and patients. Headquartered in Chicago, HuFriedyGroup products are distributed in more than 100 countries, and the dental division maintains offices in Germany, Italy, China, Singapore, and Japan.
