Director, Mechanical Engineering
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Job Location:
Scottsdale, AZ - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
3 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
At West were a dedicated team that is connected by a purpose to improve patient lives that has been at the center of our Company for more than a century. Our story began when Herman O. West solved the problem of supplying penicillin in mass quantities to the US Government during World War 2. Through our work to deliver thousands of life-saving and life-enhancing injectable medicines to millions of patients daily Wests indelible mark on the healthcare industry has just begun. A name started our story. How will yours help write our future
Theres no better place to join an inclusive community of professionals with opportunities for lifelong learning growth and development. Supported by benefit programs we empower the physical mental emotional and financial health of our team members and their families.
We believe in giving back to help those in need in the communities where we live and work. And are equally committed to creating a healthier environment and planet through our sustainability efforts.
Job Summary
In this hybrid role (3 days in office/2 remote) you will manage a mechanical engineering team as part of Wests drug delivery device R&D team; providing platform and customer product development failure investigation and post-market design sustainment for our portfolio of handheld and wearable drug delivery systems.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Direct mechanical engineers in design activities including ideation prototyping performance testing & analysis design selection requirement setting and change requests.
- Develop and drive drug delivery device mechanical engineering strategy and identification of key capabilities needed for scale and growth.
- Provide technical oversight of team outputs including mechanical systems models CAD models 2-D dimensioned drawings tolerance analyses feature function maps and mechanical dFMEAs.
- Develop and drive team to maintain and improve on team key performance indicators including schedule adherence complaint & non-conformance reduction and on target to budgeted spend.
- Interface with customers and external support services e.g. suppliers and contract vendors to facilitate the development and execution of assigned programs as well as the development of technical services capability and capacity to meet future R&D needs.
- Select develop and manage global technical team ranging from early career to senior manager level to meet current and future needs.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with customers business partners functional leaders and other senior level executives.
- Support platform product development and sustainment strategy including product and process improvement roadmaps.
- Participate in industry forums and standards committees as a West representative.
- Perform other duties as assigned based on business needs.
- Conform with and abide by all regulations policies work procedures instruction and all safety rules.
Education
- Bachelors degree in Engineering or other technical related field or equivalent experience required
- Masters degree in Business Administration or Engineering preferred
Work Experience
- Minimum 10 years of experience in mechanical design or engineering capacity required
- Minimum 3 years experience in a leadership role required.
Preferred Knowledge Skills and Abilities
- Demonstrated ability to:
- Lead prioritize and complete multiple technical projects and daily tasks.
- Lead and mentor others.
- Facilitate and coach others through effective problem solving and decision making processes.
- Understand and communicate technical ideas and concepts with technical and non-technical audiences (written and verbal).
- Delegate and empower others while maintaining accountability to overall functional performance.
- Work well with others in a variety of situations.
- 5 years of medical device and/or drug delivery system product development experience.
- Background in development or sustainment of electromechanical products.
- Broad experience in product development from early feasibility through commercialization and into sustainment including design controls statistics test method development gauge R&R human factors engineering design verification and design validation.
- Proficiency in GD&T tolerance analysis methods and finite elemental analysis (FEA).
- Proficiency in SolidWorks CETOL SAP ECTR MS Office Suite Minitab and DevOps.
- Experience influencing business and technical teams to adopt alternative ideas and methods.
- Knowledge of injection molding industry and respective processes
Travel Requirements
Physical Requirements
What We Offer
West embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We foster an environment where all individuals are safe treated fairly valued and respected. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sex gender identity sexual orientation age marital status veteran status disability status or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Where permitted by law employment with West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. or any of its subsidiary or affiliate companies is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of post-offer background screening and/or drug screening.
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Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Go
- Lean
- Management Experience
- React
- Node.js
- Operations Management
- Project Management
- Research & Development
- Software Development
- Team Management
- GraphQL
- Leadership Experience
About Company
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of packaging components and delivery systems for injectable drugs and healthcare products.
