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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.

Descriptions Director, MFG Sustaining Engineering

Leading multi-functional Sustaining Core team(s) and Project team(s) within a matrix and, FDA and ISO compliant organization, responsible for managing multiple sustaining manufacturing engineering projects which heavily interfaces with site manufacturing, scientific/technical, quality and R&D teams role will manage a high volume of projects by implementing a structured sustaining process and ensures timely completion.

The Director, MFG Reagent Sustaining Engineering is accountable for leveraging new and diverse approaches resulting in optimized solutions by leading the team through technical, quality, regulatory, manufacturing, and commercial problem solving and decision making, ensuring that the functional experts are held accountable.

Job Responsibilities:

• Supply Chain Assurance

  • Provide support for new or replacement supplier selection, qualification and resolution of quality issues, including the definition of incorporation of critical feature inspection and test points in the manufacturing and QC process.

  • Accountable for engineering support and technology aspects of BDB reagent manufacturing processes required to meet long-term manufacturing output, efficiency, quality, and cost objectives.

  • Provide industry standard expertise for process automation and engineering to help improve process capacity, cost and unit volumes.

  • Works with BDB Reagent Plant Managers world-wide to provide engineering support and systems to meet long-term production goals.

  • Works with corporate level functions driving cross business efforts in BDB reagent Manufacturing for best practices with NPI, and the implementation of cost-reduction, re-design and PPV efforts

  • Maintains connections with industry and professional organizations.  Stays informed of and sources new technology as required to meet manufacturing objectives.

  • Leverages process and system uniformity across multiple manufacturing sites

  • Responsible for development and implementation of a manufacturing engineering strategy and programs to the support BDB manufacturing plants and operations

• Sustaining Engineering

  • Participate on the Executive Sustaining Governance Committee meetings, providing strategic guidance and recommendations as it pertains to decisions on Sustaining Engineering Process and Programs or Projects

  • Employ disciplined value engineering processes to gather information, identify alternatives, analyze the cost/benefit, and select the best opportunities to execute

  • Ensures that the portfolio of Sustaining Engineering Projects is prioritized and executed in accordance with overall business objectives

  • Accountable for driving CI/PPV/Re-design elements while working collaboratively with plant leadership, supply chain, quality, regulatory, R&D and business/platform leadership

• Support and Product Lifecycle Governance

  • Accountable to establish a Product Lifecycle Engineering governance body and process to effectively manage the portfolio for cost effective product end of life.

  • Actively participates in new project proposal review, valuation, classification and platform prioritization.

  • Partners with NPI team and Production Manager Teams to be efficiently implement new products and acquisitions into manufacturing internally or to transfer to a CM in a global manufacturing environment.

  • Works closely with R&D developing effective technology transfer processes and plans for new and existing reagent platforms.  Implements manufacturing systems fo