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.  

The role is to drive the integration and manage the end-to-end implementation of process and equipment at BD appointed production sites working in partnership with the sites for a seamless transition and rapid startup.

Develops Strategies, Collaborates and Communicates with:

• Program Managers: To ensure that the integrated equipment and processes are delivered on time, within budget and to required quality standards.

• Quality Team: To ensure that the integrated equipment and processes meet necessary quality and regulatory standards.

• Manufacturing & Operations Team: To ensure that the integrated equipment and processes are easy to operate, maintain, reliable and that equipment is operating efficiently / effectively from handover / hyper care to meet production targets.      

• Suppliers and Vendors: To source and integrate equipment technologies while ensuring project milestones are met.

• Equipment Design Team: To ensure that equipment is designed, built, and tested to meet production requirements

• Finance team: For CapEx spending reporting.

General Process

• Participate at FAT and SAT with EDE team.

• Prepare an installation plan and full validation of equipment.​

• Manage the integration of new equipment validation, and vertical start-up into the existing manufacturing process ensuring the training plan and competence assessments are completed.

• Ensure minimal disruption to ongoing operations during equipment or software integration, addressing any issues or roadblocks.

• Support the documentation of equipment instruction and process parameters and support the site for training on the new equipment and application.

• Provide ongoing technical assistance during the ramp up phase to support maintaining long term capability, OEE target, and CI initiatives.

• Facilitate opportunities identification to improve integration processes, tools methodologies, staying current with industry best practices and emerging technologies.

• Ensure equipment and installation conforms to Environmental Health and Safety, international standards and company policies to include lock-out tag-out, controls, guarding, etc.

• Measure and  oversee performance on the operability of the equipment, ensuring optimal performance, minimizing downtime.  

• Oversee existing tools and resources needed to support equipment maintenance programs, center lining procedures, and to ensure reliability and up-time.                          

• Coordinate the handover to other departments (i.e. operations/maintenance/quality) to ensure smooth production ramp-up / alignment with overall company objectives.

• Manage adherence to production ramp-up plans to ensure that newly installed equipment meets performance targets.

• Ensure all gaps between expected and actual performance of new CapEx integration during the ramp up phase.

• Resolve integration plans and schedules which covered of resources, timeline, and key milestones.

• Develop test plans to verify functionality, process windows, performance, and reliability of equipment (i.e. FAT, SAT, Validation, Commissioning, etc.)

• Develop center lining of equipment to optimize the equipment performance.

• Perform the diagnoses and resolution of integration issues, working closely with respective engineering teams or vendors to identify root causes a