Senior Director, Reagent Engineering
Location: Saint Louis, United States
Position Type: Unfixed Term
Job Function: Manufacturing
A family-owned company, bioMérieux has grown to become a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics. For almost 60 years and across the world, we have imagined and developed innovative diagnostics solutions to improve public health. Today, our teams are spread across 44 countries and serve 160 countries with the support of a large distribution network. This includes our SLC site, formerly known as BioFire Diagnostics.
Position Summary:
The Senior Director Reagent Engineering will be responsible for oversight of the Reagent Engineering Equipment Project team. This team is responsible for the manufacturing equipment used to produce a complex medical device. The team provides project management and technical expertise related to the manufacturing equipment.
Primary Duties:
- Supervise a staff of Project Managers and Engineers including assignment of work, approval of expenses, goal setting, and performance management.
- Assign engineering resources to projects to optimize resources and ensure required expertise.
- Develop and manage equipment projects as needed to meet production demand and to resolve systemic issues that lead to finished product scrap and rework.
- Support all levels of management in planning for equipment, resources, and correcting existing discrepancies.
- Prepare and/or review and monitor controls on scheduling and project cost.
- Drive continuous improvement of manufacturing equipment.
- Promote the importance of using data to identify reliability issues and to prioritize improvements.
- Evaluate new technologies.
- Support the change management process.
Position Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field preferred or minimum of 16+ years of engineering management experience in lieu of a degree.
- 10+ years of experience in management role
- 10+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment in an engineering or reliability role.
- 5+ years of experience working with automated processes and machinery.
- Demonstrated experience managing CAPEX projects of greater than $10M.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate professionally with all levels of management.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively complete projects in a cross-functional team environment.
- Demonstrated working knowledge of automated manufacturing processes.
- Demonstrated knowledge of FDA/ISO regulations and equipment validation preferred.
- Demonstrated ability using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
- Demonstrated effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrated analytical analysis and problem-solving skills.
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