Technical Operations Engineer

Description

This role suits an engineer who works with little or no supervision and uses scientific and engineering knowledge, mathematics and original thinking to deliver assignments in a specific technical field. The role calls for general knowledge of related disciplines beyond your own specialty.

The company develops medicines and medical solutions in immunology, oncology, neuroscience and aesthetics.

Responsibilities

• Follow applicable policies and procedures.
• Plan and run small to medium engineering projects in your specialty, using conventional plans, investigations and equipment.
• Juggle many projects at once, often in parallel, and hit deadlines.
• Hit the project's financial targets in line with business goals.
• Keep cost, scope and schedule under control and report on them.
• Set the execution strategy, including procurement.
• Produce cost-effective results with unique approaches, including options for other uses and built-in flexibility.
• Weigh system costs against the benefits they deliver.
• Oversee the design work of internal and external consultants.
• Create or modify designs for intermediate-level problems.
• Combine financial and technical data.
• Analyze complex, cross-discipline problems, assess their impact and probabilities, and reach conclusions that reflect broad business needs.
• Represent engineering on corporate task forces.
• Identify the full range of customer needs, propose solutions, and change products or services to better meet needs, whether stated or not.
• Track the growth of other engineers and may help assess staff and project team members and identify their development needs.
• May supervise other engineers or technicians.
• This level also includes the responsibilities of the grades below it.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in engineering, science or a closely related field (desired), or equivalent technical experience with demonstrated competence.
• 5+ years of significant engineering and/or operational experience (desired). A post-graduate degree (desired) can count toward this experience.
• Demonstrated competence in your discipline.
• Strong technical knowledge of concepts, practices and procedures, applied to complex problems with many competing factors.
• Good judgment within defined procedures to choose the right action.
• Works well with diverse groups and builds strong working relationships with internal and external collaborators.
• Listens carefully to others and states your own view tactfully and respectfully, in speech, writing and presentations.
• Thrives on collaborative, fast-paced, goal-driven engineering teams.
• Skilled at negotiating and resolving differences between people.
• Technical background in health care, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, biologics or similar industries (preferred).
• Demonstrated competence with financial systems and fiscal control.

Conditions

Base pay range: the company expects in good faith to pay within the posted range for this grade at the time of posting. Actual pay depends on factors including location, may fall above or below the range, and the range may change.

This role is eligible for the company's short-term incentive programs.

Pay, bonuses, incentives and benefits are not considered earned until they are paid, and the company may change them at its sole discretion, consistent with law.

Open to candidates in the US and Puerto Rico only.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants regardless of protected status, including veterans and people with disabilities.

Benefits

• Paid time off, including vacation, holidays and sick leave.
• Medical, dental and vision insurance.
• 401(k) for eligible employees.