Sean Dowd

Boston Scientific

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About Sean Dowd:

Sean joined Boston Scientific in1995 and worked his way up from a Project Engineer to Senior Facilities Manager.  During that time he held various exciting and challenging roles within the Facilities Department.

He currently manages the strategic direction and agree the goals of the Facilities Department to ensure alignment with plant objectives. His main responsibility is to deliver on the annual budget & quarterly forecast including headcount, expense, capital, safety, and energy and quality targets. His team is responsible for the provision of all Facilities utilities and services to support Operations, PD, R&D and EMEA.

An important daily activity is to manage the energy portfolio and set energy objectives & targets for continuous improvement. Boston Scientific have achieved over 33% energy reduction across the plant in the last 10 years while production has more than doubled in output.  They now generate 73% of the site power on site and use the heat from the exhaust to supply 100% of the plant heat and the remainder of the heat is used to cool the plant via an absorbent chiller. But we want to do more!.

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