NA Global Facilities Excellence & Utilities Engineer

The role partners with site facilities teams, regional facilities leaders, Global Procurement, Sustainability, Digital, Engineering, Manufacturing, and BD Excellence to improve asset reliability, reduce utility consumption, strengthen resiliency, and deliver measurable productivity and cost savings.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership to ensure compliance with OSHA, EPA and related regulations, including BD policies and procedures.
• Assist facilities leadership with developing/improving strategies for maintenance of buildings, grounds, and operations.
• Prepare analyses and cost estimates for renovations, expansions, etc.
• Monitor utility systems to ensure full and efficient operations.
• Initiate cost saving measures in all areas of responsibility around energy use and operations.
• Conduct Continuous Improvement Kaizen Blitz aimed at establishing as-is process and developing a more efficient To-Be process.
• Establish and implement good engineering standards.
• Lead cross-functional efforts related to technical issues/problems, change management and site strategies.
• Ensure compliance with federal (FDA, DEA, EPA, OSHA), state and local regulations.
• Develop, review and update SOPs, TGDs, and WPs for the Facility Management Network.
• Support critical capital project activities for the facilities and provide oversight to ensure they meet the site’s expectations.
• Prevent and/or reduce facility and equipment downtime due to lack of predictive and preventative maintenance activities.
• Enforce FDA, GXP and GLP requirements within their Site Engineering function(s).
• Perform administrative functions such as reviewing documents, creating presentations, writing reports, approving expenditures, enforcing rules and making decisions.
• Coordinate and maintain quality assurance while minimizing possible risks on the project, the facility and Site Operations.
• Assist Facility and Asset Care Managers for cost efficiencies within their sites and project design.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Knowledge, experience, training in Facilities Management principles, HVAC systems, building automation controls, energy management, electrical systems, central plant utilities and laboratory equipment.
• Analyze technology, resource needs and demand to plan and assess the feasibility of projects.
• Support with planning and scheduling activities for Site Engineering Operations and direct the installation, testing, operation, maintenance, and repair of facilities and equipment.
• Training or certification in Project Management practices (i.e. PMP or similar is preferred).
• Training or certification in Six Sigma methodologies and proven track record at facilitating Kaizen and CI events (i.e. Green Belt or Black Belt certification or equivalent) is preferred.
• Strong equipment maintenance and repair knowledge to include technical understanding of building central plant systems, machinery, including PLCs, servo-controlled systems, and automation controls is required.
• Experience with leading cross functional design and construction teams to enhance project delivery.
• Ability to understand complex processes.
• Strategic Orientation: interfaces and coordinates Facility/Engineering policies with Associates throughout the site, specifically in higher risk areas such as the laboratory and production environments.
• Guide policy updates and site Facility procedures and interface directly with regulatory agencies, inspectors and internal stakeholders.
• Motivate and lead continuous improvement initiatives and manage change associated with the outcomes of these events.
• Interface with facility design teams on generating scope of work, value engineering, project timelines and add value through project management delivery methods.
• Deployment of BD Excellence methodologies across Global Facilities Operations.
• Execute against a Facilities Excellence roadmap aligned with BD operational excellence objectives.
• Standardize problem-solving, tier management, visual management, Gemba routines, and loss elimination programs.
• Drive a zero-loss culture focused on reliability, energy, utilities, maintenance, and facility operations.
• Facilitate Kaizen events and continuous improvement initiatives across the network.
• Build enterprise capability in operational excellence, reliability engineering, and utilities optimization.

Capabilities, Personal Abilities and Behaviors

• Innovation: Strive permanently for increased productivity. Carry out benchmarks, identify possible improvements and take appropriate measures. Introduce new technology and processes where appropriate. Improve technical procedures and exploit existing technology to the utmost.
• Performance: Ensure that tasks are executed professionally with adequate resources on time, in cost and with required quality. Define forward looking technical standards in compliance with needs of the site. Propose and realize possible technical improvements. Implement and drive continuous improvement processes. Support all relevant company and site EHS, GLP and GxP standards and regulations.

Experience

10+ years of Facilities, Utilities, Engineering, Manufacturing or Reliability leadership experience. Demonstrated expertise in utility systems and infrastructure operations. Continuous improvement and lean leadership experience. Experience delivering productivity and cost savings programs. Experience with CMMS, BMS, Energy Management Systems and asset reliability programs. Leading facilities improvement initiatives involving maintenance, space planning, technology and In-depth technical knowledge in medical device manufacturing and infrastructure engineering.

Education/Credentials

Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field such as engineering or technology.

Other Requirements

• Must possess excellent writing capabilities. Must possess the skill to write clear, concise technically excellent documents with strong attention to detail.
• Must have strong interpersonal and leadership skills, public involvement skills, oral communication skills, and a desire to work with diverse interest groups to deliver better projects.
• Must be self-motivated and have the ability to manage projects and budgets.