Equipment Reliability Engineer

We are the people who give possibilities purpose

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.

Job Description

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Provides expertise in investment projects in the areas of plant infrastructure, manufacturing equipment, and reliability management systems.
• Facilitates criticality evaluation of the site assets.
• Develops and enforces the maintenance strategy aligned with BD Excellence.
• Uses the appropriate tools and processes for criticality assessment, risk base analysis, maintenance plan development, diagnosis, and root cause analysis.
• Develops and enforces the site technical standards. Analyzes maintenance data to trigger improvement projects and improve the life cycle of site assets.

Accountability:

• Support the maintaining of up-to-date knowledge and awareness of improvement methodologies and new techniques in maintenance engineering and their relevance to the site operations, including safety requirements, recommendations to ensure continuous improvements in equipment performance and availability as well as integration of maintenance best practices for BD equipment reliability for asset utilization.
• Facilitate the definition of site maintenance strategies, procedures, and methods, aligning with maintenance budget and assets criticality.
• Verify the application of criteria for developing and accepting new or modified assets and ensures optimal availability, maintainability, and reliability of new equipment as well as assets documentation, including manuals, schemes and other related documents, maintenance plans.
• Coordinate the development and update of maintenance plans and spare part classification including the upload on the CMMS, providing the support for maintenance planning/scheduling and spare part management.
• Enlist support from the Process Engineer to diagnose high-complexity breakdown issues.
• Coach the Maintenance Team and other related roles to investigate all significant and repetitive failures to identify causes and initiate corrective actions as well as other reliability tools.
• Promote BD Best Practice Networks, DPM and Asset Care culture
• Participates in staff development, defining training and skill development.
• Train and support staff on maintenance and reliability tools.
• Ensure failure analysis results with optimization of the maintenance plans.
• Monitor and control nonvalue added, MTTR, MTBF, failure trends and maintenance costs to identify priorities, trigger re-evaluation of criticality, possible asset modification or decommissioning required. Ensure up to date key process indicators and actions.
• Conducts regular audits
• Analysis and optimizes preventive and corrective maintenance processes considering constraints and needs of other functions.
• Ensure that effective performance review is in place and that measurement and review drives continuous improvement projects.
• Follow new technologies to develop appropriate solutions for the site, anticipate changes and optimize investment and running costs.
• Ensures harmonization of processes, promotes, and enforces technical standards
• Benchmark engineering and Maintenance results against other BD sites and external references.

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

Minimum Education:

This position has the following minimum educational requirements:

• High School Diploma/GED: Required
• Associates Degree - Required
• BA/BS Degree - Preferred - Science, Industrial management, Engineering or a related field
• In lieu of associate degree, 5 years Technical or manufacturing experience required
• 2 years Medical Device Manufacturing Experience preferred

Minimum Experience:

• 3 years’ experience in manufacturing preferred

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, or Abilities (KSA’s):

• Effective Oral/written Communication - Proficient
• Ability to work as part of a team / Teambuilding Proficient
• Independent thinking / Self Driven - Proficient
• Decision Making Ability - Proficient
• Machine Design - Proficient
• Troubleshooting / Problem Solving - Advanced
• Safety & Ergonomics Expertise - Proficient
• Project Management - Proficient
• Data collection and statistical analysis competency - Proficient
• Quality Systems Knowledge - Proficient
• Logistics & Planning Knowledge - Basic

Why Join Us?

To find purpose in the possibilities, we need people who can see the bigger picture, who understand the human story that underpins everything we do. We welcome people with the imagination and drive to help us reinvent the future of healthcare. At BD, you’ll discover a culture in which you can learn, grow and thrive.

We believe that when people connect in person, we learn faster, collaborate more deeply, and build a stronger culture. Join us and enjoy a culture where face-to-face collaboration supports your learning, your progress, and your success.

To learn more about BD visit https://bd.com/careers.

Becton, Dickinson, and Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital or domestic or civil union status, familial status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, disability, military eligibility or veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

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