Equipment Engineer

Bristol Myers Squibb; Shirley (MA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

A global biopharmaceutical company seeks a Global Equipment Owner to enhance equipment performance across manufacturing sites. This role demands strong leadership and technical expertise in equipment operations, with a focus on leveraging new technologies to optimize processes. Applicants should have an engineering degree and relevant experience, as the position includes hybrid work and occasional travel to various sites. A background in validation is beneficial. Join a diverse team dedicated to improving production efficiency in a highly regulated environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience with a Bachelor's, or Master's with 3+ years, or PhD with 2+ years.
• Experience in engineering, particularly Mechanical or Bioprocess engineering.
• Ability to model impacts on KPIs such as turnaround time and cost of goods.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Global Equipment Owner for manufacturing equipment.
• Monitor and improve performance across manufacturing sites.
• Partner with site teams to develop strategies for equipment performance.
• Lead technical studies for implementation of new technologies.
• Lead matrix teams to define equipment improvement roadmaps and deliver projects.
• Gain technical expertise related to equipment function and performance.
• Act as Business Process Owner for a manufacturing process area across multiple sites.
• Identify best practices and facilitate rollout across the network.
• Collaborate with data analytics teams to implement models and analytics tools for CTGM goals.
• Support studies to evaluate new technologies and their impact on KPIs.
• Maintain the network technical roadmap.

Skills

Lead matrix teams and projects

Support and lead conceptual studies for new technologies

Business Process Owner for manufacturing process areas

Validation background (software validation)

Technical skills related to equipment and processes

Xuri bioreactors software

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree with 3 years experience

PhD with 2 years experience

PhD with 2 years

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as Global Equipment Owner (GEO) for one or more manufacturing equipment types used across the network.
• Monitor performance across the network for early identification of trends and improvement opportunities.
• Work with site owners to identify best practices and improvement opportunities.
• Partner with site and enterprise SMEs to develop strategies to improve equipment and process performance & reliability.
• Lead matrix team to define equipment improvement roadmap and deliver projects according to the roadmap.
• Gain technical expertise related to function and performance of the equipment type.
• Serve as a Business Process Owner for a manufacturing process area across multiple sites within the internal network, partnering with site owners and functional experts to increase manufacturing performance across the network.
• Identify best practices and improvement opportunities and facilitate rollout of these to the network.
• Partner with CT Drug Product Operations Data Analytics & site teams to implement models and analytic tools to form a standard CTGM manufacturing performance suite of analytics to deliver CTGM goals.
• Support and lead conceptual studies to evaluate implementation of new technologies, processes, and ways of working into the internal network, to model the impacts on KPIs such as turnaround time and cost of goods.
• Maintain network technical roadmap.

Skills / Must Haves

• Lead matrix teams and projects.
• Support and lead conceptual studies to evaluate implementation of new technologies, processes, and ways of working into the internal network, to model the impacts on KPIs such as turnaround time and cost of goods.
• Serve as a Business Process Owner for a manufacturing process area across multiple sites within the internal network, partnering with site owners and functional experts to increase manufacturing performance across the network.
• Validation background is a plus (software validation background).
• The CTDO Global Manufacturing Equipment Engineering network-based will be a key member of the Cell Therapy Technical Operations (CTTO) Engineering, Digital & analytical team (MEDA) and the Global automation team.
• This individual will be responsible for owning a manufacturing equipment to drive equipment robustness and reduce quality events, managing timelines, risk, site POC, communicating status, and being accountable for working with vendors, BMS site SMEs to improve equipment operations.
• The work will be technical in nature, will support qualification of software on Xuri bioreactors and will focus on network implementation in aligned consistent manner.

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 5 years of experience, master's degree with 3 years, PhD with 2 years. Degree in field of Engineering (Mechanical, Bioprocess Engineer).

Travel Requirements

10% travel requirement to other BMS sites (New Jersey & Seattle).

Work Location

Devens, MA is preferred site. Summit, NJ is second option.

Hybrid

50% onsite requirement (Note: There will be some weeks where 100% onsite is required).

Core Business Hours

Mon - Fri: Core business hours.

Equal Opportunity Employer

ASK Consulting is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against employees or applicants based on race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local laws.