Staff Project Engineer

Becton Dickinson Medical Devices•El Paso, TX

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The Staff Project Engineer integrates equipment, processes, and facilities projects into the plant to support capacity expansion, cost reduction, and risk mitigation. The role ensures compliance with BD quality systems, policies, procedures, best practices, and applicable safety requirements. Regular, punctual attendance, English communication skills, and adherence to BD Values are essential. The engineer plans and justifies projects, develops specifications and budgets, manages vendor interactions and negotiations, and oversees equipment purchases, installations, and machine or process builds. The position provides leadership in process and machine design for new product and process development, leads continuous improvement and problem-solving efforts, develops resource plans, and implements new technologies. The engineer works with manufacturing areas at the El Paso plant and collaborates with plant engineers, management, vendors, consultants, other BD plants, platform teams, and sales and marketing. The role is accountable for safe project execution and product quality, alignment of integrated equipment, processes, or products with company and manufacturing-unit goals, and completion and filing of project-phase documentation according to company guidelines. Other duties may be assigned to support business needs.

Requirements

Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering is required.
Seven to ten years of manufacturing projects experience is preferred.
Two years of medical industry experience is required.
Proficient English communication; ability to read, write, and converse in English.
Proficient teamwork and teambuilding, independent thinking, self-direction, decision-making, machine design, safety and ergonomics, project management, quality systems, Microsoft Office, financial acumen, and leadership skills.
Advanced troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
Basic logistics and planning knowledge.
Ability to uphold BD Values.
Regular, punctual attendance.

Nice To Haves

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering degree preferred.
PMP training or certification preferred.
Knowledge of Lean Six Sigma methodologies preferred.
Basic Spanish is a plus.

Responsibilities

Plan and justify projects; develop specifications and budgets.
Manage vendor interactions, equipment specifications and designs, concepts, and negotiations.
Oversee machine purchases and installations and the building of machines or processes.
Provide leadership for process and machine design for new product and process development.
Identify and implement continuous improvement projects.
Develop creative solutions to problems, identify solutions independently, and secure resource planning.
Develop and implement new technologies.
Work with manufacturing areas at the El Paso plant on process and machine designs.
Collaborate with plant engineers, management, vendors, consultants, other BD plants, platform teams, and sales and marketing on equipment and process development, design, and fabrication.
Generate and submit new project ideas.
Ensure safe project execution and product quality.
Ensure integrated equipment, processes, or products align with company and manufacturing-unit goals.
Complete and file documentation for each project phase according to company guidelines and procedures.
Perform other duties as required to support business needs.