Equipment Reliability Leader

Becton Dickinson; Sumter (SC); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Becton, Dickinson, and Company is seeking an Equipment Reliability Leader in Sumter, SC, to drive asset reliability across the site. You will lead reliability engineers and technicians, coordinate maintenance strategies, and optimize costs while maintaining safety and quality standards.

Responsibilities include implementing CBM tools, guiding root-cause investigations, and benchmarking against other sites to sustain high availability and reduced downtime.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of reliability-centered maintenance strategies and tools.
• Excellent leadership and team-building skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to read, write, and converse in English.
• Adherence to BD values and safety policies.

Responsibilities

• Implement reliability centered maintenance strategy and reduce significant and repetitive breakdowns.
• Define site maintenance strategies aligned with budget and asset classification.
• Diagnose high-complexity breakdowns with PM/Product Line teams and coach RC investigations.
• Harmonize processes and uphold technical standards; maintain up-to-date knowledge of improvement methodologies.
• Ensure availability, maintainability, and reliability of new equipment and related documents.
• Monitor MTTR/MTBF, failure trends and costs; identify priorities and potential asset modifications.
• Benchmark engineering and maintenance results against other BD sites and external references.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives including Change to Win (C2W) savings to reduce spare parts costs.
• Coordinate CBM tool implementations.
• Provide servant leadership to technical and hourly associates to achieve quality, service and cost targets.
• Other duties as required to support business needs.

Skills

Reliability-centered maintenance

Leadership

Analytical skills

Communication skills

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

10+ years manufacturing experience

Job description

The Equipment Reliability Leader is responsible for achieving high-level asset reliability while optimizing costs through the development and implementation of a site-wide reliability program.

This role involves leading a team of equipment reliability engineers, controls and vision technicians, and machine designers, with oversight of the tool room.

The Equipment Reliability Leader will build effective communication with other teams (e.g., PM team, Product Line team) and coordinate ongoing internal projects and activities for priority assets to ensure an optimal maintenance plan is developed to address weak components and eliminate repetitive/costly breakdowns, continuously optimizing assets.

Responsibilities

• Implement reliability centered maintenance strategy, provide leadership and expertise to reliability team and beyond to ensure eradication of significant and repetitive breakdowns, achieve high reliability and lower cost.
• Responsible for the site equipment classification evaluation and the definition of site maintenance strategies, procedures, and methods, aligning with maintenance budget and equipment classification.
• Maintains effective partnership and supports Product Line and PM teams to diagnose high-complexity breakdowns and provide coaching during root-cause investigation promoting reliability tools & techniques.
• Ensures harmonization of processes, promotes, and enforces technical standards maintaining up-to-date knowledge and awareness of improvement methodologies and new techniques in maintenance.
• Ensures optimal availability, maintainability, and reliability of new equipment as well as assets documentation, including manuals, schemes and other related documents, maintenance plans.
• Monitor and control site Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF), failure trends and maintenance costs to identify priorities, possible asset modification or decommissioning required.
• Benchmark engineering and Maintenance results against other BD sites and external references.
• Actively participate and drive continuous improvement initiatives throughout organization including Change to Win (C2W) savings program to maintain a high level of operational excellence and contribute to site objectives by leading initiatives to reduce cost with spare parts.
• Coordinate the implementation of Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) tools and techniques.
• Provides servant leadership and motivation to technical and hourly associates to achieve desired quality, quantity, service and cost standards through safe and proper utilization of materials and equipment.
• Other duties as required to support the needs of the business.

Additional Responsibilities

• Build a High Performing reliability team that helps meet or exceed defined objectives (e.g. Maintenance cost, OEE, MTTR, MTBF)
• Achieve high level asset reliability at optimal cost
• Improve site asset life cycle

Requirements Education and Experience

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience (preferred degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering)
• Experience will be accepted in lieu of education 10+ years of manufacturing experience in a highly automated environment required, preferably in the medical devices industry.
• Proven leader with 5+ years of prior supervisory experience with a demonstrated ability to effectively lead a team.
• 5+ years of proven experience in the application of reliability tools and Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) preferred.

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong understanding of reliability-centered maintenance strategies and tools.
• Excellent leadership and team-building skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to work with technical personnel and understand technical aspects of the role.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to read, write, and converse in English.
• Willing and able to uphold BD Values.
• Regular, punctual attendance is a crucial job function.
• Ensure compliance with BD quality systems, policies, procedures, and standard methodologies, and all local, state, federal, and BD safety laws, policies, and procedures.

Work Environment

BD is a smoke-free campus. Smoking and the use of electronic smoking devices, marijuana, or tobacco products are not allowed on BD property, grounds or in the parking areas.

We appreciate your cooperation in adhering to this policy False eyelashes, press-on fingernails, and Jewelry is not allowed on the production floor including dermals. Any associate wearing dermals will be required to cover them while working on the production floor. Shoes are required to be Steel Toe and non-slip for all associates while on the production floor for safety purposes.

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.

Required Skills Optional Skills . Primary Work Location USA SC - Sumter Additional Locations Work Shift

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.