Job Description Summary

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, Reagent MFG Technical Engineering

Leading multi-functional technical engineering Core team(s) and Project team(s) within a matrix and, FDA and ISO compliant organization, responsible for managing multiple technical manufacturing engineering projects which heavily interfaces with site manufacturing, scienctiifc/technical, quality and R&D teams. The role will manage a high volume of projects by working closely with all team corporate and site resources to execute projects based on need and timeline.

The Director, Reagent MFG Technical 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:

• Manufacturing and Supply Chain Assurance

  • Provide end ot end support for 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 manufacturing output, efficiency, quality, and cost objectives 

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

  • 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 reagent 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

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

• Support and Product Lifecycle Governance

  • 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

• Engineering Leadership

  • Identify and resolve gaps in key competencies, leadership, skillsets and succession depth to meet business need

  • Lead technical engineering to provide technical product line support to ensure quality, delivery, and cost goals. Identify and help drive implementation of continuous improvement projects such as, first pass yield, cycle time reduction, product reliability, customer complaints and cost reduction.

  • Helps develop and maintains capital and financial budgets for assigned departments

  • Responsible for establishing overall strategy and execution performance levels for Operations technical engineering leadership.

  • Assess project resource skill, loading, and time allocation requirements and assure the appropriate allocation of a b