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Job Description
Functions and Responsibilities
Strategy & Technical Direction
• Define and own global equipment, automation, and process strategies aligned with business and technology roadmaps.
• Establish and approve URS frameworks, design philosophies, and standard architectures.
• Drive platforming, standardization, and harmonization of equipment and processes across sites and BUs.
• Lead evaluation and adoption of new technologies, materials, PLC/automation platforms, and digital manufacturing solutions.
Enterprise Capital & Program Leadership
• Serve as technical authority for large, complex, or multi-site capital programs.
• Provide executive-level costing, risk, and feasibility assessments for major investments.
• Influence network and site strategy, ensuring long-term sustainability and scalability.
• Own technical decision-making for non-standard or high-risk solutions.
Supplier & Governance Ownership
• Act as global interface to strategic suppliers, shaping sourcing and technology strategy.
• Set expectations for vendor performance, technical capability, lifecycle support, and IP protection.
• Approve technical content of vendor contracts and tooling strategies.
• Lead governance for supplier technical issues and escalations.
Validation, Risk & Design Governance
• Define qualification and validation strategies (FAT/SAT/IQ/OQ/PQ/PVAL) for critical systems.
• Chair or approve technical design reviews, FMEAs, and risk mitigation plans.
• Ensure global consistency in quality, safety, reliability, and compliance.
• Set expectations for documentation rigor and traceability.
Organizational Leadership
• Serve as a trusted advisor to Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Business leadership.
• Mentor and develop Senior and Staff-in-progress engineers, strengthening EDI capability.
• Lead cross-BU forums in assembly, automation, equipment modernization, and innovation.
• Represent GIE EDI in audits, governance boards, and enterprise initiatives.
Post-Ramp Performance & Continuous Improvement
• Own post-ramp performance governance for critical equipment platforms.
• Drive systemic improvements in OEE, reliability, yield, cost, and lifecycle management.
• Translate lessons learned into next-generation standards and designs.
Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Manufacturing, or equivalent). Equivalent combinations of advanced hands-on technical expertise, demonstrated leadership, and years of service may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
- Minimum of 10 years of progressive engineering experience, with demonstrated leadership in equipment design, automation, and process integration within high-volume manufacturing environments. Strong preference for experience supporting automated manufacturing and packaging systems; experience in medical devices, in-vitro diagnostics, or pharmaceutical manufacturing is highly valued.
- Proven track record of leading the introduction of new equipment and technologies into manufacturing, including sustained post-ramp performance support. Demonstrated end-to-end understanding of capital programs spanning concept development, scoping, budgeting, URS development, supplier quoting, capital proposals, vendor management, installation, qualification, validation, and production ramp-up.
- Extensive experience driving process improvement, modernization, and automation initiatives, delivering measurable improvements in OEE, quality, cost, scalability, and reliability through equipment and process design excellence.
- Strong working knowledge of labeling, printing, and barcode specifications, including regulatory considerations and integration into automated manufacturing and packaging systems; experience performing packaging and labeling cost analyses to support business case development and standardization initiatives.
- Operates with general direction and significant autonomy, independently defining technical approaches, resolving complex problems, and driving solutions aligned with GIE EDI strategies and standards.
- Deep technical expertise in complex manufacturing equipment and tooling systems, including mechanical design, automation, PLC programming, and controls integration. Ability to evaluate, influence, and approve equipment architectures and design approaches.
- Advanced proficiency in CAD tools (AutoCAD, SolidWorks or equivalent), with the ability to review, guide, and approve vendor and internal designs for compliance, manufacturability, and standardization.
- Strong technical project leadership skills, including planning, organization, execution, and oversight of capital budgets related to equipment, tooling, molds, and verification activities.
- Demonstrated mastery of structured problem-solving and rel="noopener noreferrer">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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Primary Work Location
MEX Reynosa
Additional Locations
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