Senior Manager Engineering

This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You'll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.

Baxter's products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives—where your purpose accelerates our mission.

Baxter's commitment to Excellence:

We have an excellent opportunity for strong leader to be involved in the new project with the $40m grant-to invest in the expansion of our Baxter ANZ manufacturing plant in Old Toongabbie.Together, Baxter and the Australian Government, are each investing $20 million to build on our proud history in Australia of over 50 years, doubling down on our commitment to build an even stronger supply of Australian-made intravenous and irrigation fluids.

Your Role:

Support the Toongabbie Manufacturing facility in achieving tactical and strategic goals through:

• Development and execution of the strategic roadmap for Toongabbie engineering across the areas of capital expenditure, engineering/maintenance systems, process improvements, and technical people capability uplift.

Day-to-day leadership of the engineering teams in:

• Production process equipment maintenance and reliability improvement

• Build and motivate teams to deliver SQDCP outcomes through engineering functions.

• Assess, develop, and manage top talent to engage and retain team members.

• Identify key strengths and skill gaps within the talent pipeline. Lead, motivate, and mentor direct reports.

• Foster a culture of compliance with Environment, Health & Safety requirements and a zero-harm workplace.

• Drive a Right First Time culture in collaboration with the Quality function.

• Identify, evaluate, and deliver projects to ensure plant capacity and efficiency align with business strategy.

• Improve engineering, maintenance, and utilities expenses for efficient cost/benefit.

• Lead the plant capital program for efficient cost/benefit and timely achievement delivery.

• Embed Lean Manufacturing culture by championing, implementing, and sustaining Baxter Operating System (BOS).

• Foster a positive work environment where employees feel motivated and recognized for their achievements!

• Manage key people metrics to ensure financial and training targets are achieved.

• Facilitate effective communication within the team and across departments.

• Identify training and development needs within the team, providing opportunities for growth and succession.

• Collaborate regularly with Manufacturing SLT members on functional and customer-related matters.

• Manage the engineering function to deliver continuously improving asset performance for all manufacturing equipment, facilities, and systems.

• Ensure products are produced and stored according to appropriate documentation to acquire the required quality.

• Approve production operation instructions and ensure their strict implementation.

• Ensure production records are evaluated and signed by an authorized person.

• Lead and support the Engineering and Maintenance team in culture and engagement activities including Best Place to Work survey. Build action plans and related activities to increase employee engagement.

Qualifications, Experience & Skills

• Degree or equivalent experience in Engineering fields, Robotics, Automation

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in Maintenance or Engineering function(s) and 4 years’ experience in a production management position

• Proven ability in assessing, developing, and managing talent to benefit professional growth and meet business objectives

• Experience in FDA/TGA highly regulated environments, high-volume manufacturing of fluid-based products, plastics manufacturing, biologics/chemical manufacturing processes

• Leading a large cultural transformation

• Demonstrated understanding and knowledge of GMP

• Excellent communication skills and collaborator management

• Ability to lead large-scale capital projects

Why Baxter?

At Baxter ANZ, we are focused on being a Best Place to Work where our people can be their authentic self, feel valued and respected.  We are committed to a culture where all employees can collaborate and work together effectively.  Relationships are a key component in how we operate in Baxter and we share the common traits of being reliable, ethical, caring, having empathy, actively listening to our colleagues as well as being open minded to new ideas and perspectives. Baxter is an organisation that makes inclusion and diversity a priority and that seeks to promote and improve gender equality in the workplace.

We are proud to be recognised among the top 120 companies for the seventh consecutive year as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality for delivering support structures for working families; stronger actions to address pay inequalities; and strategic recruitment and promotion practices that help to encourage the full participation of women at work. We are also pleased to be the winner of the 2021 & 2019 Women in MedTech Champion Company Award.  

Baxter is committed to supporting the needs for flexibility in the workplace. We do so through our flexible workplace policy which includes a minimum of 3 days a week onsite. This policy provides the benefits of connecting and collaborating in-person in support of our Mission. The flexible workplace policy is subject to local laws and legal requirements. At its discretion, Baxter may decide to adjust, suspend, or discontinue as the business needs change.

Situated in Western Sydney, and featuring an onsite cafeteria and café, gym, we offer a dynamic and future focused work environment offering workplace flexibility, development & career growth, volunteering leave, 12 weeks parental leave, income protection insurance and a strong value driven culture focused on diversity, equality, and inclusion.

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