Senior Project Lead - Manufacturing

As a Senior Project Lead at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you will be responsible for the manufacturing execution of customer-specific XRF and OES automation systems. You will manage projects from order release through assembly, FAT (Factory Acceptance Testing), shipment coordination, and installation support (as required). 

This role focuses on the daily coordination of production activities to ensure that each system is built, tested, and delivered on time, in line with technical specifications and customer requirements. You will proactively resolve shop floor issues (technical, material, capacity) and collaborate closely with engineering, logistics, sourcing, and service teams to ensure timely delivery, effective risk mitigation, and strong stakeholder alignment. 

You will act as the bridge between engineering and production, focusing on clarifying drawings, BOMs, and assembly instructions, and validating key components before integration (fit and function). 

Responsibilities: 

Your expertise will be instrumental in implementing process improvements, new technologies, and transformational changes that enhance operational efficiency and customer success. 

Requirements: 

• Excellent organizational skills, with a proven ability to coordinate cross-functional activities and deliver complex projects
• Minimum 5 years of experience leading cross-functional industrial or automation projects
• Strong technical background (Engineering degree or equivalent experience)
• Hands-on experience in manufacturing or assembly of complex systems (e.g., automation, robotics, capital equipment), with a track record of delivering projects on time, within budget, and meeting customer expectations
• Experience in project-based production (low volume, high mix), preferably in a global, matrix organization
• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment while maintaining focus on objectives
• Basic understanding of PLC-controlled systems and industrial system integration (mechanical, electrical, software)
• Demonstrated experience with Lean manufacturing principles
• Fluency in English required; additional languages are an advantage
• Willingness to travel up to 25% 

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 day—enabling 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 taking science a step beyond by developing solutions to some of the world’s toughest challenges, such as protecting the environment, ensuring food safety, and helping to find cures for cancer.