Senior Specialist, Engineering

Job Description

The Facility/Utilities Engineer is a member of the Plant Engineering team providing technical support to the Wilson Site.  The site includes an Energy Center, Vaccine Manufacturing Facility, Quality Labs, and a Packaging facility. This support position will focus on investigation of utility/facility system excursions, system improvements and optimizations.  The incumbent will also be responsible for leading plant engineering improvement projects and implementation of productivity enhancement initiatives. 

Responsibilities

General

• Manages individual contributors (professional employees) and/or contractors

• Contributes to the performance and results of the utility department

• Adapts departmental plans and priorities to address resource and operational challenges

• Decisions are guided by policies, procedures, and business plan; receive guidance from manager

• Provides technical guidance to employees, colleagues, or contractors

• Anticipates and interprets client and/or customer needs to identify solutions

• Works as a liaison between Plant Engineering and other Site Business Partner’s

• Manages capital projects involving plant engineering equipment replacement/upgrades

Business and Functional Expertise

• Apply management skills to align work activities with department objectives

• Project management

• Extensive industrial experience involving utility system generation, distribution and control are needed

• Lead in the identification and implementation of process improvement projects, productivity initiatives and corrective actions while focusing on equipment uptime, minimizing cost, and maintaining process consistency.

• Investigate deviations (both minor and major), with responsibility to interface with Operations, Automation, and Quality approvers. 

• Perform a thorough review of engineering records and related GMP documentation, identifying and resolving discrepancies in a timely manner, and implementing corrective actions to improve the execution/review process.

• Develop training material. Working as a subject matter expert (SME), provides necessary training for system maintenance.

• Work alongside operations and lean six sigma team members to develop reliable utility processes that meet cGMP requirements.

• Knowledgeable of all utility systems (e.g. USP water, HVAC, electrical distribution, etc.) regarding functionality of equipment and relied on as SME during regulatory discussions.

Problem Solving

• Identifies and resolves technical and operational problems; collaborates with peers to resolve problems that cross into inter-related units

• Strong problem-solving skills and a direct involvement approach to problem solving | Candidate should be able to examine an issue from diverse perspectives (safety, compliance, automation, equipment, process, and people) in order to best understand and identify root cause

• Responsible for assisting in the identification, development, and implementation of new systems which enhance the operation of Plant Engineering processes

• Assist with trouble shooting Plant Engineering utility equipment on an as needed basis which includes but not limited to chillers, boiler, AHUs, PLCs, humidifiers/dehumidifiers, water systems, Square D controllers/monitors, clean steam generators and electrical distribution systems

• Conduct engineering task as needed maintaining plant utility equipment

​Impact

• Influence | Explains difficult concepts and persuades others to adopt point of view | Communicates information, asks questions and checks for understanding

• Accountability | Accountable for the performance of plant engineering systems

• Decision Making | Guided by policies, guidelines, and procedures that impact the department’s ability to meet performance objectives | Consults on an as-needed basis with next-level manager on more complex decisions and/or issues that impact other units with inter-related processes

Strategic Planning | Resource Management

• Adapts and implements departmental plans and priorities based on division scorecards to address local business, service and operational challenges

• Consults on an as-needed basis with next-level manager for newly identified priorities

• Forecasts resource needs; manages allocated expense budgets and allocated resources to implement projects

Education Requirements

• BS in engineering or technology | Other fields i