Sr Director of Equipment Engineering (On-site)

Insulet started in 2000 with an idea and a mission to enable our customers to enjoy simplicity, freedom and healthier lives through the use of our Omnipod® product platform. In the last two decades we have improved the lives of hundreds of thousands of patients by using innovative technology that is wearable, waterproof, and lifestyle accommodating.

Job Title:                          Sr Director, Global Equipment Engineering

Department:                     Global Manufacturing Engineering

Manager/Supervisor:            Vice President, Global Manufacturing Engineering

FLSA Status:                      Exempt

SOP Group:                      

Our highly automated manufacturing facilities in Acton and Malaysia showcases talented professionals, world-class technologies and innovative solutions that “power” the quality and performance of Insulet Corporation’s Omnipod Systems.  The Director of Equipment Engineering is a critical contributor in a mission that truly represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join a company that has made significant investments in establishing US manufacturing, international expansion, and delivers a consistent cadence of product innovations to the market and investments in its people.

The Acton, MA site is the Company’s worldwide headquarters with all commercial and business functions co-located with all technical disciplines – including a fully automated manufacturing plant. This offers a broad range of career and experience building opportunities. Our work is exciting, innovative, and meaningful and all who join have the ability to make an impact – both professionally and personally.

Insulet Corporation (NASDAQ: PODD) is an innovative medical device company dedicated to making the lives of people with diabetes easier. Through its OmniPod Insulin Management System, Insulet seeks to expand the use of insulin pump therapy among people with insulin-dependent diabetes.  Insulet's Delivery Systems business also partners with global pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to tailor the OmniPod technology platform for the delivery of subcutaneous drugs across multiple therapeutic areas. 

Position Overview:

Reporting to the Vice President of US Manufacturing, the Sr Director of Global Equipment Engineering is responsible for vendor selection, development, testing, installation, and validation of fully-automated equipment for manufacture of Insulet’s Pod. Responsibilities: cover management of selected vendors processes and ensuring proper compliance with Insulet Quality System requirements. Will interface closely with Product Development Engineers, Manufacturing Engineers, and Sustaining Engineering to ensure close coordination of existing knowledge base.

This role is responsible for establishing global programs supporting Insulet’s development initiatives worldwide and coordinating a global manufacturing automation roadmap to ensure development of standardized automation machinery, equipment, and processes. This individual will establish the key requirements in New Product Development/New Product Introduction that will ensure the highest degree of design for manufacturability and assembly (DFMA), and establish the processes, documentation and training required for the program to become a Best-in-Class manufacturing practice.

Responsibilities:

• Establish and drive clear strategic direction, priorities, and operating metrics for the equipment engineering team.
• Supervise, train and coach the equipment engineering team, set priorities and ensure that teams are delivering projects on time and on budget.
• Responsible for developing and achieving capital project plans with budgets, performances metrics and schedules.   Report out on projects using Capital Project scorecards.

Collaborate with cross functional engineering teams to identify top opportunities for Continuous Improvement thru objective measurement of machine performance (MOEE).Work both internally and externally to develop robust design solutions for each CI project and manage thru Capital project scorecard.

• Develop partnership with Corporate Teams (Customer Care, Life Cycle, Engineering, Regulatory, etc.) to continually drive superior quality product.
• Applying understanding of Lean concepts, lead sustainability processes and continuous improvement activities utilizing problem solving methodology and mistake-proofing concepts.
• Strategically develop succession planning for key roles in the Equipment Engineering team
• Responsible for integration of equipment components to ensure efficient productivity of manufacturing lines. Ensures that equipment engineering projects, initiatives, and processes are in compliance with established policies and objectives.
• Assists in the development and execution of the strategic plan to achieve short and long term business objectives.
• Reviews project activities and provides technical expertise and guidance. Provides regular status and updates to staff and executive team on project/program deliverables.
• Supports operations in establishing the equipment requirements needed to deliver against the site operational goals and objectives including process validation. Establishes specifications for new equipment or modifications associated with improvement of existing equipment.
• Allocate resources, assign priorities to tasks, and acts as an advisor to senior management in delivery of value-added services for Engineering.
• Manages budgets and contract resources.
• Develops robust and sustainable systems and programs to ensure proper transfer of product and process knowledge between development and manufacturing to achieve product realization.
• Accountable for the technical quality of engineering deliverables in support of technology transfers and projects.
•  Accountable for development of technical subject matter expertise and provision of adequate engineering resources (internally and externally) to ensure system reliability, robustness, and maximum availability.
•  Implements global programs for Manufacturing Automation and Design for Excellence. Establishes systems, policies, and procedures that define these programs, and ensures full integration at Insulet’s manufacturing and development sites. Oversees complex automation projects and ensures the most appropriate technological and cost-effective solutions.
• Directs team to assess current state of Automation programs in the WW Manufacturing organization. Goals are to identify organizational strengths in automation application and development, and establish standards for manufacturing automation with respect to materials of construction, design specifications, configuration, integration, and implementation of process control solutions, capacity assessment, PLC, HMI, and SCADA systems, etc.
• Identified automation opportunities and develops automation solutions using established standards. Determines if automation solution should be fabricated internally or externally. Develops proposals that demonstrate Return on Investment in a consistent, standardized approach. Performs analysis post implementation of automation to verify savings and refine ROI approach based on learning.
• Establishes annual business plans for the operation, including tactical goals and action plans.
• Develops and fosters effective working relationships with key stakeholders, both internal and external to the organization. Collaborate with stakeholders in support of manufacturing to establish user requirements associated with new equipment purchases and/or modifications.
• Partner with stakeholders, team members, equipment design vendors, and various internal resources in support of sustaining and growing the business model. This includes product, facilities, equipment, supply chain, services, staffing, operating procedures, policies, and standards.
• Establishes all user requirements associated with the design of new production lines including individual pieces of manufacturing equipment.
• Works collaboratively with R&D in the establishment of equipment required for the production of new products.
• Contributes to the development of company engineering priorities, long term strategies and goals. Responsible for integrating production lines.
• Establishes all specifications associated with new equipment.
• Oversees change control associated with modifications to existing equipment.
• Ensures compliance with FDA, OSHA, and other regulatory agencies as appropriate.
• Supervises and directs contract personnel and outside vendors in the performance of contracted services.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
   

Behavioral Competencies:

• Decision Making – has a systematic and methodical approach to making decisions, obtains relevant information, thinks beyond the immediate decision point, challenges assumptions and considers business implications of potential solutions.
• Communication Skills – Conveys information effectively, actively listens, resolves conflict constructively. Needs to be able to effectively deal with conflict, openly communicate, and lead to successful resolution.
• Work Organization – Takes a structured, economical approach to resources including time, people, money, and equipment.
• Problem Solving – Uses a systematic, methodical approach to gather facts, define problems, generate and implement solutions, and document the process to share knowledge
• Planning Skills – Sets goals and priorities, thinks ahead, and identifies activities and resources needed to achieve goals.
• Autonomy -- Capable of working independently while responding to barriers, problems, and challenges with internal departments or external parties.   
• Demonstration strong motivation and team building skills.
• Ability to supervise all levels of personnel.
• Ability to constructively analyze, challenge, and propose alternatives to complicated technical issues and personnel issues faced by staff.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or experience in related field preferred. A combination of education, training and experience that results in demonstrated competency to perform the work may be substituted.
• Minimum of 15 years in engineering machine design & management experience.  Experience in an FDA & ISO 13485 regulated industry is preferred.
• Experience working directly in a manufacturing environment with highly automated, discrete component assembly facility is required.
• Strong knowledge of plant safety related issues including compliance with State, Federal and Local regulations is required.
• Knowledge of manufacturing operations/quality control assurance best practices is required.
• The ability to analyze data using various operating systems and programs, and to develop intra-department teams to establish goals and take corrective actions to improve performance, is required.
• The ability to work closely in a team-based environment with all levels of employees is required.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, independent self-starter with highly developed analytical/ problem solving skills is required.
• Strong financial management and business acumen is required.
• Six Sigma certification and experience is desired.

Physical Requirements:
• Approximately 30% domestic and international travel.

NOTE: This position requires on-site working (requires on-site office/plant/lab work). #LI-Onsite  

Additional Information:

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $189,500.00 - $284,750.00. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position in the primary work location in the US. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your Talent Acquisition Specialist can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.