Staff Project Engineer

Essential Functions

• Responsible for integrating equipment, processes, and facilities projects into the plant in support of capacity expansion, cost reduction, and risk mitigation goals.
• 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.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to

• Performs project planning, justification, specification development, and budgeting.
• Handles vendor interactions, equipment specifications/design, concepts, and vendor negotiations.
• Oversees machine purchase and installations, as well as the building of whole machines or processes.
• Provides significant leadership for process and machine design of new product/process developments.
• Identifies and implements significant continuous improvement projects.
• Provides lead in creativity around solving problems.
• Generally able to identify solutions to problems encountered without assistance and develops and secures resource planning.
• Develops and implements new technologies.
• Works with all Manufacturing areas of the El Paso Plant regarding process and machine designs.
• Works with plant engineers, management, vendors, consultants, and collaborates with other BD Plants, platform teams, and sales & marketing on development, design, and fabrication of equipment or processes for new products and technologies.
• Generates and submits new project ideas.
• Other duties as required to support the needs of the business.

Deliverables

• Ensures safety of all associates and quality of product on all projects' execution and delivery.
• Ensures equipment, processes, or product integrated to the plant aligns and meets the company and manufacturing unit goals.
• Ensures documentation of each project phase is completed and filed per company guidelines and procedures.

This position has the following minimum educational requirements

• BA/BS Degree in Engineering is required (Mechanical/Industrial Engineering preferred)
• PMP training/certification is preferred

Minimum Experience

• 7-10 years Manufacturing projects experience preferred.
• 2 years Medical industry experience required.
• Knowledge of Lean Six Sigma methodologies preferred.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, or Abilities (KSA's)

(Not Required/Will Train, Basic, Proficient, Advanced)

• Effective Oral/written Communication - Proficient English (Basic Spanish a plus)
• 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 - Advanced
• Quality Systems Knowledge - Proficient
• Logistics & Planning Knowledge - Basic
• Computer Skills / Microsoft Office - Proficient
• Financial Acumen - Proficient
• Leadership Skills - Proficient