Overview

About B. Braun

B. Braun Medical Inc., a leader in infusion therapy and pain management, develops, manufactures, and markets innovative medical products and services to the healthcare industry. Other key product areas include nutrition, pharmacy admixture and compounding, ostomy and wound care, and dialysis. The company is committed to eliminating preventable treatment errors and enhancing patient, clinician and environmental safety. B. Braun Medical is headquartered in Bethlehem, Pa., and is part of the B. Braun Group of Companies in the U.S., which includes B. Braun Interventional Systems, Aesculap® and CAPS®.

Globally, the B. Braun Group of Companies employs more than 61,000 employees in 64 countries. Guided by its Sharing Expertise® philosophy, B. Braun continuously exchanges knowledge with customers, partners and clinicians to address the critical issues of improving care and lowering costs. To learn more about B. Braun Medical, visit www.BBraunUSA.com.

Responsibilities

Position Summary:

Responsibilities: Essential Duties

 • Applies standard engineering techniques to design, analyze, test, maintain, repair or improve products, components or assemblies. • Analyzes, develops and evaluates systems. Improves and maintains current systems or creates brand new projects. • Designs and drafts blueprints with designer, visits systems in the field and manages projects. • Must be SME in field at higher levels of job. • Applies engineering techniques and analyses within the scope of the assignment. The job function listed is not exhaustive and shall also include any responsibilities as assigned by the Supervisor from time to time. General: It shall be the duty of every employee while at work to take reasonable care for safety and health of himself/herself and other persons.

Expertise: Knowledge & Skills

• Requires breadth of professional field and industry knowledge. Ability to integrate critical information and champion advanced strategies/concepts through the organization. Drives development of advanced technologies, principles and processes.
• Work under minimal supervision. Relies on experience and judgement to plan and accomplish assigned goals. May periodically assist in orienting, training, and/or reviewing the work of peers.
• Judgement is required in resolving complex problems based on experience.
• Interacts with internal and/or external clients and customers to negotiate and interpret information on projects and unit operations. May consult with senior management.

Preferred Technical Skills and Abilities

• Deployment experience with plant floor/Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) solutions (e.g. Rockwell ProPack Data, Werum PAS-X, POMS) is a must.
• Knowledge of SAP Material Master (MM), Production Planning (PP), Production Planning for the Process Industry (PP/PI) and Quality Management (QM) modules is highly preferred.
• Experience with FactoryTalk Production Centre, PharmaSuite, LabWare LIMS, and OSI PI-Historian is highly desirable. Automation Software experience with RSLogix 5000, PlantPAx , FactoryTalk® Batch, Siemens PCS 7 , Siemens OpCenter MES are helpful. Also, Experience with .NET technologies preferred.
• Knowledge of FDA, EU, and global GMP’s including Good Automated Manufacturing Practices, 21 CFR Part 11, and EU cGMP Annex 11. Relevant Quality education or training within ISO 9001 and cGMP is highly preferred.
• Validation experience in the Life Science / Pharmaceutical industry required. Ensure that the system remains in a validated state and that proper change control practices are followed (CCRs, documents updates….etc.). The MES Engineer will also act as the primary contact for Regulatory Compliance internal and external audits.
• Experience integrating ANSI/ISA-88 and ANSI/ISA-95 standards where the MES is integrated into the Batch Execution System (BES)
• Scope, cost and schedule management skills for automation controls projects is required. Ability to utilize project management standard methods and techniques
• Experience managing and assisting in the coordination of outside resources and vendors as well communicating with upper management is highly preferred.
• Ability to use a broad range of software used in the Pharmaceutical industry (e.g. MS Office applications, MS Project, MS Visio, AutoCAD, SAP, SAP 3rd Party applications, SQLetc.)
• Ability to take initiative and make decisions demonstrating leadership in job performance, while promoting teamwork by participating as a team player that is able to effectively communicate with the team and management.

Salary range: $123,550-$154,440

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Target Based Range

$123,550-$154,440

Qualifications

Expertise: Qualifications -Education/Experience/Training/Etc

Required:

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 10-12 years related experience required.
• Regular and predictable attendance
• Occasional business travel required, Ability to work non-standard schedule as needed, On-call hours as needed

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands to handle or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.

Additional Information

Responsibilities: Other Duties:

The preceding functions have been provided as examples of the types of work performed by employees assigned to this position. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed in this description are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Management reserves the right to add, modify, change or rescind the work assignments of different positions due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is expected to:

• Light work - Exerting up to 20 lbs of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.

Lifting, Carrying, Pushing, Pulling and Reaching:

• Occasionally:Reaching upward and downward, Push/pull
• Frequently:Stand, Sit
• Constantly:N/A

Activities:

• Occasionally:Finger feeling, Hearing - ordinary, fine distinction, loud (hearing protection required), Push/pull, Reaching upward and downward, Talking - ordinary, loud/quick, Walking
• Frequently:Seeing - depth perception, color vision, field of vision/peripheral, Sitting , Standing
• Constantly:N/A

Environmental Conditions:

• Occasionally:Proximity to moving parts
• Frequently:N/A
• Constantly:N/A

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Noise Intensity:Moderate
• Occasionally:N/A
• Frequently:Production/manufacturing environment
• Constantly:Office environment

Referral Amount

USD $3,500.00

Notices

Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled