Becton, Dickinson and Company

Reliability and Automation Lead

Becton, Dickinson and Company • $100K — $130K *
El Paso, TX 79936In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Automation, Industrial Management, or related field; Master's preferred
  • 5+ years in a highly automated manufacturing environment
  • 3+ years of technical people leadership preferred
  • Expertise in automation, controls, machine design, reliability engineering, and maintenance systems
  • Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
  • Project management and financial acumen

Responsibilities

  • Champion a Zero Harm safety culture and ensure EHS compliance
  • Lead development of site-wide Reliability-Centered Maintenance strategy
  • Own reliability KPIs and drive asset lifecycle health
  • Govern automation standards and ensure cybersecurity posture
  • Provide escalation support for high-complexity automation failures
  • Lead small-to-medium automation and reliability projects
  • Build a high-performing technical organization and develop training paths
  • Participate in continuous improvement initiatives and benchmark performance

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health coverage
  • Retirement savings plan with company match
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Flexible work hours
  • Employee wellness programs
  • Work-life balance initiatives
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Reliability and Automation Lead is accountable for achieving high asset reliability, availability, safety, and lifecycle performance at optimal cost across the site. This role provides strategic and operational leadership for controls and automation systems, reliability engineering, machine design support, and maintenance strategy, including oversight of the tool room and critical spares.
The position leads a multidisciplinary team of Controls & Automation Engineers, Reliability Engineers, Vision & Controls Technicians, Machine Designers, and Hourly Technical Associates. By partnering closely with Operations, Product Lines, Preventive Maintenance (PM), Engineering, Quality, EHS, IT/OT, and Finance, the leader ensures reliability-centered maintenance strategies are deployed, repetitive breakdowns are eliminated, and continuous improvement initiatives deliver measurable gains in OEE, MTTR, MTBF, cost, and safety performance.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Safety, Behavior & Compliance
  • Champion a Zero Harm safety culture, ensuring compliance with all site, corporate, and regulatory EHS requirements.
  • Enforce LOTO, electrical safety, machine guarding, ergonomic risk mitigation, and risk-assessment processes.
  • Conduct safety walks, audits, coaching, and hazard reviews with timely corrective actions.
  • Ensure compliance with quality systems, engineering standards, cybersecurity requirements, and documentation controls.


2. Asset Reliability & Maintenance Strategy
  • Lead development and execution of a site-wide Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) strategy aligned with equipment classification and maintenance budget.
  • Own reliability KPIs including MTTR, MTBF, OEE, failure trends, maintenance cost, and asset lifecycle health.
  • Identify weak components and chronic losses; lead structured root-cause analysis and permanent corrective actions.
  • Coordinate deployment of Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) tools and predictive technologies.
  • Drive spare parts optimization, risk-based spares strategies, and cost reduction initiatives.


3. Controls & Automation Strategy & Governance
  • Own the Automation Master Plan, including modernization, obsolescence management, and standardization.
  • Establish and enforce standards for PLCs, HMIs, SCADA, safety systems, motion/drives, robotics, vision systems, instrumentation, and industrial networks.
  • Govern version control, backups, disaster recovery, access management, and OT cybersecurity posture.
  • Ensure availability, reliability, and maintainability of both legacy and new automation assets.


4. Troubleshooting & Operational Support
  • Provide escalation support for high-complexity automation and equipment failures.
  • Partner with PM, Product Line, and Operations teams during startups, changeovers, shutdowns, and recovery events.
  • Coach teams in structured troubleshooting and reliability tools to build long-term capability.


5. Projects, Capital Integration & Digitalization
  • Lead and govern small-to-medium automation, reliability, and electrical projects, ensuring safety, scope, quality, schedule, and cost adherence.
  • Oversee I/O lists, cause-and-effect matrices, panel designs, FAT/SAT, validation plans, and commissioning activities.
  • Ensure Management of Change (MOC), training, documentation updates, and handover requirements are completed.
  • Support digitalization initiatives including MES, historian integration, connectivity, and data-driven decision making.


6. Team Leadership & Capability Development
  • Build and sustain a high-performing technical organization across reliability, controls, automation, and machine design.
  • Provide servant leadership, coaching, and mentorship to exempt and hourly associates.
  • Develop technical training paths, standard work, OPLs, and succession plans.
  • Manage priorities, resource allocation, and on-call or 24/7 support structures.


7. Continuous Improvement & Operational Excellence
  • Lead and participate in continuous improvement programs (e.g., Kaizen, TPM, AM/PM pillars, C2W or equivalent).
  • Benchmark performance against internal and external sites and apply best practices.
  • Drive initiatives that reduce downtime, maintenance cost, spare parts consumption, and overall operational risk.


8. Quality, Documentation & Audit Readiness
  • Ensure automation and equipment design support quality-by-design principles.
  • Maintain accurate, audit-ready documentation including manuals, drawings, network maps, maintenance plans, validations, backups, and as-built packages.
  • Support internal, customer, and regulatory audits with timely actions and evidence.


9. Collaboration & Communication
  • Act as a key integrator across Operations, PM, Product Lines, Engineering, Quality, IT/OT, EHS, Finance, and external partners.
  • Communicate asset health, automation risks, reliability priorities, and project status to site leadership.
  • Manage OEM, vendor, and system integrator relationships to ensure alignment and quality execution.


Education & Experience:

Education:
  • Bachelor's degree required in Engineering, Science, Automation, Industrial Management, or related field
  • Master's degree preferred

Experience:
  • 5+ years in a highly automated manufacturing environment
  • 3+ years of technical people leadership preferred


Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Required:
  • Advanced troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
  • Expertise in automation, controls, machine design, reliability engineering, and maintenance systems
  • Strong leadership, communication, and decision-making skills
  • Knowledge of safety standards, quality systems, and continuous improvement methods
  • Project management and financial acumen


Primary Work Location
USA TX - El Paso - Northwestern Dr.

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Size
75,000 employees
Market Cap
$72 billion
Industry
Healthcare
Net Income
$1.6 billion
Founded
1897
5 Year Trend
+9.3%
Revenue
$18.2 billion
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