Senior Director ISC Engineering Equipment
About the role
As Senior Director ISC Engineering Equipment, you will be responsible for end-to-end leadership of equipment design, integration, and vertical ramp up across BD manufacturing sites globally in alignment with business growth, quality, cost, delivery, and regulatory requirements.
You will provide strategic engineering leadership, technical expertise, and people development while leading the technical roadmap and driving global standardization, operational readiness, and performance optimization of automated manufacturing equipment.
- Strategy & Leadership
- Define and drive the global technology strategy for equipment engineering
- Build, lead, and develop high-performing global engineering teams
- Drive standardisation and modernisation across manufacturing sites
- Act as escalation point for critical production, quality, and supplier issues
Equipment & Process Design
Lead equipment and process design aligned with manufacturing, quality, and safety requirements, optimise performance across cost, reliability, uptime, and maintainability, drive design excellence through robust review processes and continuous improvement, enable smart factory and digital (MES) integration into equipment solutions.
- Lead equipment and process design aligned with manufacturing, quality, and safety requirements
- Optimise performance across cost, reliability, uptime, and maintainability
- Drive design excellence through robust review processes and continuous improvement
- Enable smart factory and digital (MES) integration into equipment solutions
Capital Project & Vendor Management
Lead large-scale capital projects from concept through implementation and ramp-up, own CapEx planning, forecasting, and execution discipline, partner with suppliers to ensure quality, cost, and delivery commitments are met, build strong vendor partnerships supporting long-term operational needs.
- Lead large-scale capital projects from concept through implementation and ramp-up
- Own CapEx planning, forecasting, and execution discipline
- Partner with suppliers to ensure quality, cost, and delivery commitments are met
- Build strong vendor partnerships supporting long-term operational needs
Equipment Integration & Vertical Start-Up
Oversee equipment installation, integration, and production ramp-up, ensure minimal disruption to ongoing manufacturing operations, drive site readiness, including training and capability development, deliver expected performance in efficiency, reliability, and output, Operational Excellence & Performance (throughout the industrialization process).
- Oversee equipment installation, integration, and production ramp-up
- Ensure minimal disruption to ongoing manufacturing operations
- Drive site readiness, including training and capability development
- Deliver expected performance in efficiency, reliability, and output
- Operational Excellence & Performance (throughout the industrialization process)
Operational Excellence & Performance
Ensure manufacturing lines meet quality, regulatory, and performance standards, drive improvements in OEE, uptime, and reliability, support continuous improvement initiatives across sites, enable data-driven decision making through equipment performance tracking.
Qualifications
- You are an experienced engineering leader (15+ years of experience) with a strong track record of driving performance in complex, global manufacturing environments.
- You combine deep technical expertise with the ability to lead, influence, and build high-performing teams at scale.
- Proven experience leading global engineering or equipment organizations.
- Strong background in manufacturing, automation, or equipment engineering.
- Experience in highly regulated industries (e.g. MedTech, Pharma, Automotive).
- Demonstrated ability to lead, influence, and develop high-performing teams.
- Strong stakeholder management skills in a global, matrix environment.
- Strategic mindset with the ability to translate vision into execution.
- Excellent communication and leadership presence.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical Engineering preferred), MBA or MS in Engineering preferred.
- Ability to frequently travel, both domestic and international (Up to 30-50%).