Job Description Summary

This role is responsible for leading the plant Asset Care team composed of Facilities, Planned Maintenance,

Reliability Engineering, and Automation/Controls. This role is also responsible for driving plant-wide maintenance

activities required to maintain site assets and sustain overall plant operations and infrastructure. This includes

developing a structured maintenance program that ensures assets are available as needed with a high level of

uptime, maintenance costs are reasonable, and site assets are performing safely and reliably.

Ensures compliance with BD quality systems, policies, procedures and best practices, and all local, state, federal

and BD safety regulations, policies and procedures. Regular, punctual attendance is an essential job function.

Ability to read and write and converse in English. Willing and able to uphold BD Values.

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. 

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

1. Responsible for site-wide planned maintenance strategy and execution. Proactively manage all elements of preventative maintenance spend (including spare parts, labor, and services) to budgeted objectives. Ensure no overspending without proper approvals.

2. Build a high performing technical team that helps meet or exceed operational objectives (Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost).

3. Ensure that equipment is running efficiently and effectively by confirming Preventative Maintenance (PM’s) are completed thoroughly and on time.

4. Provide leadership over Tool Crib operations, ensuring targeted inventory levels for spare parts are well maintained. Plan for timely requisition and acquisition of needed spare parts, with diligence to keep inventory levels to a minimum.

5. Actively drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance quality and performance and help achieve plant objectives for change to win (C2W) savings.

6. Monitor and control site Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF), failure trends and maintenance costs to identify priorities, possible asset modification or decommissioning required.

7. Achieve a high level of PM compliance as per targeted objectives.

8. Effectively partner with Manufacturing Unit technical teams to address manufacturing process issues and target the elimination of repetitive breakdowns.

9. Take leadership role in driving change management for the engineering and maintenance department related to people, structure, technology enhancement, regulatory and company initiatives on productivity.

10. Effectively communicate to management any critical actions needed to restore and maintain the basic conditions of the equipment to 100% reliability.

11. Ensures harmonization of processes, promotes, and enforces technical standards maintaining up-to-date knowledge and awareness of improvement methodologies and new techniques in maintenance.

12. Benchmark engineering and maintenance best practices against other BD sites and external references.

13. Other duties as required to support the needs of the business.

Minimum Requirement:

• BA/ BS degree in mechanical engineering or related discipline

• 3 – 5 years supervisor experience.

At BD, we prioritize on-site collaboration because we believe it fosters creativity, innovation, and effective problem-solving, which are essential in the fast-paced healthcare industry. For most roles, we require a minimum of 4 days of in-office presence per week to maintain our culture of excellence and ensure smooth operations, while also recognizing the importance of flexibility and work-life balance. Remote or field-based positions will have different workplace arrangements which will be indicated in the job posting.

For certain roles at BD, employment is contingent upon the Company’s receipt of sufficient proof that you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. I