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.

 

Position Summary:

 

The senior quality engineer will be the key quality support to assigned R&D-Pharma development project teams to endure quality compliance of relevant development activities and support regulatory submissions.  Quality background and technical background in any of the pharma areas such as analytical, formulation development, process sciences, or design controls are essential to this function.

 

Responsibilities: Essential Duties

• Provides quality support to Pharma development and analytical development projects to ensure compliance of developmental activities for safe and effective combinational pharmaceutical products. Familiarity to relevant regulations and USP, EP, FDA, ISO and ICH guidelines and relevant working experience is important for appropriate quality support.
• Works collaboratively with Pharma manufacturing sites and QC laboratories for stability and registration batches. Provides quality support for regulatory submissions and responses.
• Provides Design Assurance Quality Engineering support, to the R&D organization for new products, design modifications, and OEM customers; this includes creation of Quality and Validation plans, risk analysis, traceability matrixes, URS/FS, Design Reviews, customer interface, and follow through.
• Provides quality oversight for laboratory compliance including but not limited to equipment, instrument, chemicals, procedures, documentation, and quality investigations.
• Provides quality support to product and analytical development activities that are externally contracted to CRO, CMO or CL. Collaborates with GMP / GLP facilities to ensure quality compliance of related activities and associated documentation.
• Drives continuous improvement efforts through facilitating, leading, and collaborating with cross functional teams.
• Responsible for data trending and analysis, issue identification and resolution.
• Prepares reports for key quality metrics and leads continuous improvement efforts in Quality.
• Operates in accordance with company policies, procedures and regulatory requirements (FDA, ISO, ICH, MDD, CMDR, etc.).
• Defines implements and monitors metrics for key indicators. Prepare and present trend reports to management, as applicable.
• The job function listed is not exhaustive and shall also include any responsibilities as assigned by the Supervisor from time to time.

 

Responsibilities: Essential Duties

• Provides Design Assurance Quality Engineering support,  to the R&D organization for new products, design modifications, and OEM customers; this includes creation of Quality and Validation plans, risk analysis, traceability matrixes, URS/FS, Design Reviews, customer interface, and follow through.  
• Responsible for data trending and analysis, issue identification and resolution.   
• Prepares reports for key quality metrics and lead continuous improvement efforts in Quality.   
• Operates in accordance with company policies, procedures and regulatory requirements (FDA, ISO, MDD, CMDR, etc.).
• Defines implements and monitors metrics for key indicators. Prepare and present trend reports to management, as applicable.
• Drives continuous improvement efforts through facilitating, leading, and collaborating with cross function teams.

 

Expertise: Knowledge & Skills

• Requires advanced knowledge of professional field and industry.
• Influences the development of and drives the application of principles, theories, concepts.
• Determines best course of action.
• 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 all day-to-day problems.
• Contacts are primarily with department supervisors, leads, subordinates, and peers.
• Occasional contact with external contractors/vendors.

 

$104,900 - $131,120

Expertise: Qualifications -Education/Experience/Training/Etc

 

Required:

• Bachelor's degree required or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 06-08 years related experience required.
• Regular and predictable attendance
• Occasional business travel required

 

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.

 

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, Stand
• Frequently:Sit, Visual Acuity with or without corrective lenses
• Constantly:N/A

Activities:

• Occasionally:Climbing stairs/ladders, Push/pull, Reaching upward and downward, Standing, Walking
• Frequently:Finger feeling, Seeing - depth perception, color vision, field of vision/peripheral, Sitting , Talking - ordinary, loud/quick
• 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:Production/manufacturing environment, Lab environment
• Frequently:N/A
• Constantly:Office environment

 

Braun offers an excellent benefits package, which includes healthcare, a 401(k) plan, and tuition reimbursement. To learn more about B. Braun and our safety healthcare products or view a listing of our employment opportunities, please visit us on the internet at www.bbraunusa.com..
 
Through its “Sharing Expertise®” initiative, B. Braun promotes best practices for continuous improvement of healthcare products and services.

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