Project Engineer

Vantive: A New Company Built On Our Legacy

Baxter is on a journey to separate our ~$5B Kidney Care segment into a standalone company. Vantive* will build on our nearly 70-year legacy in acute therapies and home and in-center dialysis to provide best-in-class care to the people we serve. We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us.

At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us are driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us as we revolutionize kidney care and other vital organ support.

• Completion of the proposed separation of Kidney Care from Baxter into a standalone company (to be named Vantive) remains subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions.

Summary

The job as Project/Process Engineer is a great opportunity to join our Opex and Manufacturing engineering team and play a key role in achieving the Company goals. 

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What you’ll be doing

• Lead strategic project portfolio of OpEx&Manufacturing engineering department to bring technological innovation in the production areas, optimize preexisting plants and systems, enhance equipment capacity and reduce cost.
• Support the Manufacturing Engineering team in evaluating feasibility related to the new investments and initiatives following the Site Strategic Improvement Plan (SSIP).
• Establish and mantain proper communication flow from/to stakeholders by providing regular updates and by organizing and leading the project reviews; keep under control project’deadlines, cost and scope by using proper tools (WBS, Gantt, S-curves ,etc.) and managing effectively risks, issues and change requests.
• Prepare the User requirements and translate them into the project document: P&ID, Lay-out, data sheet, mechanical and electro-instrumental work requisitions.
• Deal with suppliers to coordinate design and on field activities, align offers from a technical and financial point of view allowing Procurement team to proceed with commercial negotiation.
• Collaborate with HSE and QA departments to assure full compliance of project deliverables with Safety and Quality standards and requirements.
• Supervise installation and qualification activities of new lines, equipments and systems.
• Cooperate with manufacturing, maintenance and quality teams to support the continuous improvement in the production areas by improving OEE, optimizing layout and reducing waste.
• Contribute to the deployment on site of Company Operational Excellence system.
• Collaborate with Global OpEx and Engineering Network to implement global best practices as well as actively share site knowledge and lesson learned with respect to the successfully implementations.

What you’ll bring

• MD in Engineering (preferably mechanical, automation, electronic, biomedical…).
• PM certification (e.g. PMP, PRINCE2) and/or Lean Six Sigma green belt is highly appreciated.
• 2-3 years experience as process engineer preferably within relevant industrial production enviromental.
• Preferred project delivery experience with budget management including capital projects involving production and utilities systems.
• Good knowledge of English language.
• Knowledge of MC Office and Project, 3D (AutoCAD) and statistical Software (Minitab, JMP).
• Good knowledge of Lean manufacturing tools
• Result oriented person with excellent planning and organizational ability.
• Flexibility, proactivity, predisposition for interpersonal relationships and problem solving.
• Good communication skills with attitude to work cross-functionally
• IT systems familiarity
• Attention to detail and respect for deadlines complete the profile.

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