2nd Shift Maintenance Manager

Job Description

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity with a rapidly growing pharmaceutical manufacturer? If so, then this is the opportunity for you!

The Engineering and Maintenance team enables our manufacturing operations to provide a reliable supply of medicine for our patients. The Engineering and Maintenance team members have opportunities to work cross functionally with many diverse areas including Operations, Automation, Global Engineering, Safety, Process Development, Technical Services, and Validation.

We are seeking a Maintenance Manager in Durham, North Carolina to lead a team of high performing Maintenance Technicians. The Manager will provide direction and technical guidance to maintenance technicians for a capital project startup. In this role you will actively manage your team to reliably support customer demand (including employee development, routine coaching sessions, recognition, and performance management). To be successful in this role you will need to work cross functionally in a matrix organization, become proficient in the use of manufacturing systems, and knowledgeable of site procedures. 

The facility consists of biotech operations including end-to-end processing of drug substance, drug product, including biotech culture growth, harvest, lyophilization, product inspection, and quality control laboratories.  

Key Duties:

2nd Shift Position : Mon to Fri 2:00 pm - 10:30 pm

Employee Development / People Management:

• Hire, develop, motivate, and manage a team to ensure reliable manufacturing maintenance activities execution

• Assign yearly performance objectives for the team in alignment with department and site goals

• Provide regular feedback and coaching to employees on work performance

• Provide direction to the team as needed based on the team’s capabilities and maturity

• Ensure on time approval of payroll activities using site approved software like ADP.

Process Execution / Continuous Improvement:

• Partner across the facility and cross-functional teams including for the startup and design of    plant engineering, reliability, and maintenance programs for the facility

• Provide a management presence on the manufacturing floor with maintenance

• Advocate standard work to drive consistent use of best practices across teams

• Regularly help the team troubleshoot issues to minimize downtime and maintain product quality

• Represent Maintenance on project teams as needed

• Strong sponsor for the problem-solving efforts and solutions offered by other shifts and teams

• Line clearance LOTO and permit writing for maintenance activities, Enablon

• Knowledge of electrical maintenance and repair of electrical systems and equipment

• Actively lead the daily Tier 1 process and participate in the Tier 2 as needed for short-interval control board

Communication: 

• Lead and support daily meetings to facilitate flow of information up/down through the organization

• Hold regular team meetings to cascade information and collect team feedback

• Provide clear consistent communication from shift to shift

• Escalate issues as needed to ensure the right support/awareness is given to issues as they arise

• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert during tours to provide area/process overview information to visitors/auditors upon request

Quality & Safety Compliance:

• Foster strong safety culture on the team through actions, coaching, and prioritization

• Coach individuals when reporting safety issues and completing corrective/preventative actions

• Drive culture of compliance through actions, consistent quality-driven decision making, and coaching of the team (e.g. documentation, housekeeping, area 5S, etc.)

• Participate in safety and regulatory audits (i.e. tours, topic discussion)

Financial:

• Coach the team to ensure inventory transactions are complete, timely, and accurate

• Manage team staffing and overtime to support customer demand while meeting budget targets

• Recognize and communicate opportunities for cost savings

Required Education, Experience and Skills:

• High School Degree with six (6) years of maintenance, manufacturing, or military experience OR

• B.S. in Electronics, Engineering, Technology, Science or similar with four (4) years of maintenance, manufacturing or military experience

• Experience workin