Job ID R-489925 Date posted May 14, 2024

Be part of something bigger at BD. Here, you’ll help us continually improve how we do things every day; to be more efficient, more effective and better serve our customers. You’ll do this within an exceptional team all striving to make sure that everything we do complies with regulations and standards, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because our products impact people’s quality of life. Here, you’ll put your compliance experience, high expectations and attention to detail to the very best use: advancing the world of health™. At BD, you can make a true difference of one.

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    Full-Time
  • Job Level:
    Entry to Senior
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Job Description Summary

We are looking for a Quality Inspector who will be responsible for ensuring the integrity of our process control systems and detecting trends in product quality. As a Quality Inspector, you will conduct sampling, product testing, and visual inspection of finished goods while identifying nonconformance's and ensuring accurate containment as required.

Job Description

We are the makers of possible 

BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities. 

We believe that the human element, across our global teams, is what allows us to continually evolve. Join us and discover an environment in which you’ll be supported to learn, grow and become your best self. Become a maker of possible with us. 

Job Responsibilities:

  • Conducts sampling, product testing, and visual inspection of components and/or finished goods; identifying nonconformances and ensuring accurate containment as required. 
  • Report all product nonconformance issues to Quality Management, and Production Supervisor.
  • Initiates Quality Holds (QNs) and ensures the notifications are completed accurately and completely.
  • Completes accurate, timely, and legible documentation of all inspection/testing data.
  • Record the results of inspections, tests, and audit findings on the appropriate forms and/or in the Quality Module of SAP.
  • Assists with validation and special quality related projects as requested.
  • Stat sample or contain hold products as applicable per the appropriate specification requirements.
  • Reads and interprets sampling plans to determine sample size and/or accept/reject criteria If an identified Trainer, train new hire/transferred inspectors to inspect product per the appropriate specifications and use all gauges/ equipment pertaining to Quality Assurance testing.
  • Maintains adherence to all safety, environmental and quality system standards.
  • Engages in Safety, Quality, Production and Plant related programs as required (Safety Observations, Meetings, Gembas, Quality Week, Inclusion and Diversity Council Activities, etc.)
  • Maintains compliance with all training requirements, ensures training is current and completed within the time allotted.
  • Floaters need to be able perform all functions listed above for ALL Business Units within the site.
  • Floaters will be required to cover open positions on their assigned shift due to absences for vacation, etc.
  • Floaters may also be required to perform additional testing / inspection throughout the plant to support various validations and projects.
  • Floaters may also cover for the QA Team Lead on the shift in the event of an absence (planned or unplanned) as noted below:
  • Coordinates and guides the activities of the in-process inspectors on shift. Works with Production Supervisors as appropriate to ensure supervision, on shift, is aware of quality related issues.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Perform all other miscellaneous duties as appropriately directed by Quality Management or designate.
  • Stays in sync with all local BD quality policies/procedures/practices through consistent application of sound Quality Assurance principles.

Education and Experience:

  • H.S. Diploma/G.E.D. required
  • Minimum 6 months manufacturing environment experience required
  • Basic concept of Quality experience required
  • Ability to navigate a computer in a Windows based environment required
  • Time management
  • Problem Solving
  • Basic Troubleshooting
  • Leadership experience (preferred)
  • SAP experience (preferred)
  • 6 months QA experience or exposure (preferred)
  • Use of measurement devices such as Calipers, Go/No-Go Gauges, Optical Comparators, Digital Force Gauges and rules (preferred)
  • Blueprint reading and Statistical Process Control (preferred)

QSR/PPE Requirements:

  • Beard Cover (if applicable)
  • Hair Net
  • Hearing Protection
  • Safety Glasses
  • Smock (for product safety)
  • Other: Face Mask / Face Shield if required

WORKING CONDITIONS

  • 12 hour Night Shift, 3, 2, 2, 3 schedule
  • Position may require working in various departments (Floater)
  • Departments that produce needles, the probability of needle sticks.
  • Cross Overs between production lines may be present in some production departments
  • BD is a smoke-free campus.  Smoking and the use of electronic smoking devices, marijuana, or tobacco products are not allowed on BD property, grounds or in the parking areas.  We appreciate your cooperation in adhering to this policy.
  • Jewelry is not allowed on the production floor including dermals.  Any associate wearing dermals will be required to cover them while working on the production floor.  Thank you for respecting our policy.
  • Shoes are required to be Steel Toe and non-slip for all associates while on the production floor for safety purposes. Qualified new hired will have allowance provided.

For certain roles at BD, employment is contingent upon the Company’s receipt of sufficient proof that you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In some locations, testing for COVID-19 may be available and/or required. Consistent with BD’s Workplace Accommodations Policy, requests for accommodation will be considered pursuant to applicable law.

Why Join Us?

A career at BD means being part of a team that values your opinions and contributions and that encourages you to bring your authentic self to work. It’s also a place where we help each other be great, we do what’s right, we hold each other accountable, and learn and improve every day.  

To find purpose in the possibilities, we need people who can see the bigger picture, who understand the human story that underpins everything we do. We welcome people with the imagination and drive to help us reinvent the future of health. At BD, you’ll discover a culture in which you can learn, grow, and thrive. And find satisfaction in doing your part to make the world a better place.  

To learn more about BD visit https://bd.com/careers

Becton, Dickinson and Company is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We do not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital or domestic or civil union status, familial status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, disability, military eligibility or veteran status, or any other protected status. 

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Advancing the world of health™

BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world and is advancing the world of health™ by improving medical discovery, diagnostics and the delivery of care. BD helps customers enhance outcomes, lower costs, increase efficiencies, improve safety and expand access to health care.

BD is unique in how fully dedicated it is to a specific disease state. It makes it clear how the work we do directly impacts the daily lives of the patients we serve.


Eric Rainis
Senior Director Quality Management

To know that our products touch 30 million people with diabetes around the globe is powerful and fuels our teams to deliver best in class products to them each and every day.


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It is inspiring to see BD products to be used globally to advance human healthcare.


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Manager Medical Laboratory

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