Equipment Specialist (Days)

BD; Sandy (UT); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

BD is a leading global medical technology company based in Sandy, UT, focused on turning possibilities into health outcomes. The Equipment Specialist will perform routine setup, maintenance, and troubleshooting of manufacturing equipment, ensuring quality and compliance with safety and quality regulations.

In this role you will support changeovers, monitor processes, record keeping, and participate in Kaizen improvements while working within approved documentation and team settings to ensure

Qualifications

• Must read and write in English and communicate clearly.
• Team-oriented with good communication across departments.
• Punctual and reliable attendance according to company policy.
• Able to perform semi-routine tasks with attention to deviations.
• Work independently within approved process documentation.
• Ability to analyze charts and perform basic arithmetic.

Responsibilities

• Operates multiple processes on high speed manufacturing equipment.
• Participates in equipment changeovers or set-ups.
• Monitors processes to ensure high quality production.
• Communicate problems and changes to keep line performance.
• Remove defective product from the processes.
• Maintain accurate records and documentation.
• Contribute to Kaizen actions.
• Ensure compliance with safety and quality regulations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Reading & writing English

Team collaboration

Attendance/punctuality

Problem solving

Independent work

Basic data analysis

Basic PC skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

We Are The People Who Give Possibilities Purpose

BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.

Job Description

Job Summary

The Equipment Specialist (ES) reports directly to the Department Shift Coach and is responsible for performing routine set up, daily maintenance, and troubleshooting of manufacturing equipment via manual or semi-automated means. The ES controls and adjusts machine setting, inspects in-process parts to ensure consistent quality and removes defective product, packaging, and component material. The ES Assists with root-cause analysis activities for process or product exceptions. They are also responsible to identify and escape any issues associated with the machine performance and/or product quality.

Core Responsibilities

• Operates multiple processes on or around high speed automated or semi-automated manufacturing equipment.
• Participates in equipment changeovers or set-ups.
• Monitors assigned processes to ensure high quality production
• Drives to meet or exceed all expected line/zone performance through supporting an open line of communication to ensure all problems/changes are communicated and resolved in a timely manner.
• Removes defective product from the automated or semi-automated processes.
• Maintains accurate records and documents as required.
• Continuously improves through the Kaizen Action Sheet (KAS) program
• Produces high quality products manufactured per task documents
• Complies with all local, state, federal, and BD safety & quality regulations, policies, procedures including RCRA Hazardous Waste regulations, and practices through consistent application of sound quality assurance principles.
• Other duties as assigned

Required Competencies/Skills

• Must be able to read & write in written English and communicate in verbal English
• Can effectively work in a team setting and communicate effectively across the department
• Punctual and accountable for attendance in accordance with company policies to ensure production
• Ability to work on assignments that are semi-routine in nature with the skill to recognize any deviations from specification
• Ability to operate independently within the constraints of approved process-related documentation
• Ability analyze/evaluate charts, follow simple diagrams and perform basic arithmetic
• Basic proficiency with PCs (Personal Computers) and basic use of a Windows environment

Work Environment & Essential Physical Functions

This position is in a clean room or laboratory manufacturing environment and the physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an incumbent to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions (Per the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990)
• The incumbent may be frequently required to stand and/or occasionally sit for extended periods of time.
• Bending, stooping and reaching are also frequently required.
• While performing this job, the employee is regularly exposed to episodes of walking, kneeling, balancing, crouching, pushing/pulling, repetitive grasping, hearing, twisting, lifting frequent use of hand to finger, handle, feel, pick or type which can include repetitive motion of the wrists, hands or fingers.
• The incumbent may occasionally be required to climb.
• The incumbent may occasionally be required to lift to 20 lbs., frequently lift up to 10 lbs., occasionally pulling/pushing up to 30 lbs., frequently pushing/pulling up to 10 lbs., frequently carry up to 5 lbs.
• The position will almost always have exposure to work near moving mechanical equipment, and potential temperature fluctuations.
• Occasionally the position will have exposure to fumes, airborne particles, hazardous chemicals, cleaning compounds and solvents.
• The incumbent may be exposed to noise levels in the work environment moderate to loud.
• Employees must have normal field of vision corrected to 20/40 in each eye and must have hearing sufficient to safely operate material handling equipment in a manufacturing/distribution environment.
• The incumbent must be willing and able to wear required PPE such as, safety glasses, face mask and/or shield, hearing protection, safety shoes, hair and beard net and smock.

Minimum Requirement

• High School Diploma or GED

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.

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.

Primary Work Location

USA UT - Sandy

Work Shift

NA (United States of America)