Job Description Summary

The Sr. Engineer provides leadership and resources to explore, develop & bring new products to the Holdrege facility and works and in partnership with the team to improve existing processes and operations. The Sr. Engineer is responsible for the repair and maintenance of the automated material handling equipment as well as the sterilization vault. Must be able to troubleshoot and diagnose robotics and material handling equipment malfunctions and make necessary repairs and/or improvements. Responsible for department process and system design, capital equipment acquisition, installation of equipment and validation support for projects. Provides leadership and training to less senior technical personnel involved in the support of the automated equipment. Sr. Engineer will also provide oversight and support for the Facilities Team.

Job Description

We are the makers of possible 

 

BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities. 

 

We believe that the human element, across our global teams, is what allows us to continually evolve. Join us and discover an environment in which you’ll be supported to learn, grow and become your best self. Become a maker of possible with us. 

Essential functions include, but are not limited to, the following:

Project Management:

• Lead projects to reduce cost, increase efficiency, improve safety, or improve machine capabilities from conception through to completion.

• Manage and coordinate project timelines, team meetings, project reviews, project budgets, equipment installations and validations.

• Effectively communicate project requirements, goals and timelines to plant management

• Act as a vendor liaison for the purchase, design, fabrication, installation, and validation of custom high speed automation equipment.

• Provide problem solving, cost analysis, testing, validation, design, and equipment repair support.

• Work closely with the Sterilization Team Leader to coordinate work activities of the technical associates and relay any performance issues of the technical associates who have a solid reporting line to the team lead.

• Coordination of source loading and unloading.

• Assist in writing capital requests and developing departmental budgets Support department and plant validation leads in department validations including FAT, IQ, OQ and PQ.

• Develop recommendations for process optimization, cycle time reduction and lead time reductions Apply principles and theories of electronics, electrical circuitry, engineering mathematics, electronic and electrical testing.

• Coordinate maintenance activities including emergency maintenance, preventative maintenance, total productive maintenance, time-based maintenance and any other projects to ensure the sterilizer and automated equipment is in good operating condition.

• Minimize quality risks due to mechanical malfunctions. This includes maintaining systems so that substandard product is not processed.

Engineering Support:

• Brainstorm, research, design and test new processes, technologies and equipment.

• Collaborate on equipment designs with outside vendors and other BD engineers.

• Produce CAD models and prints using AutoCAD, Inventor, and/or SolidWorks software.

• Prepare comprehensive machine specifications for use in the fabrication and purchase of new equipment.

• Ensure equipment is delivered within specification and on schedule and coordinate installation and start up.

• Create work instructions and quality documentation for new processes and equipment.

• Provide engineering support through cost analysis, testing, equipment design, equipment repair and problem solving.

• Perform acceptance testing for newly purchased equipment.

• Develop/maintain/read electrical and mechanical schematics to resolve both electronic and mechanical issues.

General:

• Support the control of the Radiation Safety Program as a Radiation Safety Officer (RSO).

• Support compliance to Nebraska Title 180 Control on Ionizing Radiation.

• Assist with FDA, ISO and NRC audits. In the event of prolonged downtime or a radiation emergency, be able to a