**Engineer, Principal Facilities**:
- Work mode: Hybrid- Onsite Location(s): Cartago, A, CR**Recruiter**: Mariela Rodriguez Barrantes
**Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance**
At Boston Scientific, we recognize that nurturing a diverse and inclusive workplace helps us be more innovative and it is important in our work of advancing science for life and improving patient health. That is why we stand for inclusion, equality, and opportunity for all. By embracing the richness of our unique backgrounds and perspectives, we create a better, more rewarding place for our employees to work and reflect the patients, customers, and communities we serve. Boston Scientific is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and has been recognized with the Catalyst Award in 2022, a prestigious recognition of diversity, equity, and inclusion excellence. Also, we have a Gender Equality Policy to support our commitment.
Hybrid Roles:
Boston Scientific's hybrid workplace includes WFH and onsite. You will have the opportunity to discuss details in the interview.
**About the role**:
**Your Responsibilities Include**:
- Oversees the planning, design, reconfiguration, maintenance, and alteration of equipment, machinery, buildings, structures, and other facilities.
- Responsible for planning plant, office and production equipment layouts for economy of operation and maximum utilization of facilities and equipment.
- Reviews and estimates design costs including equipment, installation, labor, materials, preparation, and other related costs.
- Develops criteria and performance specifications for facilities and equipment required to meet unique operating requirements and building and safety codes.
- Coordinates with architecture/engineering firms in developing design criteria and preparing layout and detail drawings.
- Prepares bid sheets and contracts for construction and facilities acquisition.
- Inspects or directs the inspection of construction and installation progress to ensure conformance to established drawings, specifications, and schedules.
- Gathers and reviews data concerning facility or equipment specifications, company or government restrictions, required completion date, and construction feasibility.
- Assists in development and maintenance of short-term and long-term facilities space plan.
- May be responsible for scheduling, coordinating, and planning preventative maintenance.
- Trains to BSC facilities project management procedures and ensures capital is management in accordance with all BSC financial processes.
- Manages the Value Engineering process to ensure project budgets are being met.
- Schedules and coordinates design toll gate reviews with BSC Global Real Estate and Facilities.
- Provides monthly project read-outs to key project stakeholders, both at local and global levels.
- Participates in the Global Construction community of practice to share best practices and learn from the best practices of others. Ensure that BSC's Environment, Health and Safety departments are engaged throughout the project lifecycles.
- Ensure that all permits need for the project are approved prior start of construction.
In all actions, demonstrates a primary commitment to patient safety and product quality by maintaining compliance to the Quality Policy and all other documented quality processes and procedures.
For those individuals that supervise others, the following statements are applicable:
- Assures that appropriate resources (personnel, tools, etc.) are maintained in order to assure Quality System compliance and adherence to the BSC Quality Policy._
- Establishes and promotes a work environment that supports the Quality Policy and Quality System.
- Experience in the commissioning and qualification of the following systems is highly desirable:
- ISO8 Cleanrooms
- Compressed Dry Air
- Nitrogen and process gasses
- Purified Water
- Process Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Building Management System / Environmental Monitoring System
**Experience**
A seasoned, experienced professional with wide-ranging experience and expertise in Facilities project management. Applies comprehensive knowledge of a particular field to resolve complex issues in creative ways. Knowledge of other related disciplines, including civil engineering, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire and controls. Uses in-depth knowledge of business unit functions and cross group dependencies/relationships. Is recognized as an expert in the work group.
Develops solutions to diverse business problems of high complexity which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity. Analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Exercises judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. Has specialized knowledge of various alternatives and their impact on the bu