R&D PDO Principle Engineering delegate

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.

The research we do and the products we develop improve outcomes for patients around the world. As aR&D PDO Principle Engineering Delegateat Baxter, your work contributes directly to making a significant impact on others. It's challenging work—and you're not on your own. Our teams collaborate multi-functionally and lead by influence.

As part of a wider Research and Development team, you will be the R&D representative in the Thetford Manufacturing plant; An SME onsite, on of your main tasks will be to lead, manage and implement design development and validation activities of intravenous and irrigation container systems or individual components leading the design projects and ensuring the follow-up of projects within the defined project boundaries. You will also be accountable for the technical execution of design activities for the plant/quality initiatives.

What you'll be doing

• Define, in collaboration with related department heads, the plans and strategies pertaining to implementation of projects, in order to meet project timeline.

• Provide in depth technical expertise on products design and usage, including material selections both in the market and emerging regions.

• Effectively support plant and R&D team members in the creation and implementation of sustaining engineering and new product development.

• Provide technical leadership in the areas of release of new products/line extensions, product improvements, value improvements, changes in regulatory requirements, supplier-initiated changes, and complaint investigations.

• Provide with response to enquiries from internal colleagues & from external requests.

• Support the plant in analysing complaints, prioritisation of preventive and corrective actions, and field investigations.

• Run Trackwise Change control/tasks for the R&D activities at plant level.

• Accountable for the technical execution of design activities for the plant/quality initiatives.

• Ensure that product design and risk is considered as needed in all key plant programs (MIPs, product initiatives, process changes)

What you'll bring

• Knowledge of product design and related therapy requirements

• Ability to organise Collaboration, including mentoring for and supporting Change Owners and Study Directors

• Interest in analysis of complaints & resolution proposals (CAPA: Corrective And Preventive Action) using DMAIC approach

• Knowledge of risk management process

• High quality protocol & report writing competency

• Ability to generate & formalise operating procedures

Reasonable Accommodations

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