Senior Director, Site Engineering

Who we are

Together, we’re on a mission to make good health more affordable and accessible, to help millions around the world enjoy healthier lives. It’s a mission that bonds our people across nearly 60 countries and a rich, diverse variety of nationalities and backgrounds. Working here means working with the world’s leading manufacturer of generic medicines, and the proud producer of many of the products on the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List. Today, at least 200 million people around the world take one of our medicines every single day. An amazing number, but we’re always looking for new ways to continue making a difference, and new people to make a difference with.

The opportunity

This position has overall site responsibility for Engineering, Maintenance, Calibration, associated contract services, management of the departments operating budget and the capital budget to support all site functions.  This position will lead production equipment procurement/installation and facility expansion projects and will be responsible to develop and manage the site master plan for short-term and long-term site goals.

How you’ll spend your day

All areas of responsibility listed below are essential to the satisfactory performance of this position by any incumbents with reasonable accommodation if necessary. Any non-essential functions are assumed to be included in other related duties or assignments. 

• Responsible to oversee the operation and maintenance of the physical plant, including equipment and facility maintenance, testing, troubleshooting, calibration and repair of all buildings and equipment at the site.  
• Responsible for directing the activities associated with all capital projects at the site and managing the cash flow targets.  
• Responsible to monitor utility consumption to ensure billing is appropriate and utility costs are held to the lowest acceptable levels.
• Responsible for ensuring facility and utility systems, including water purified for use in manufacturing meet the standards required by the FDA and cGMPs.
• Responsible for directing the management of the outside contract services for the Salt Lake facility (e.g. custodial, landscaping, etc.).  
• Responsible for managing the validation of all facilities and utility systems.
• Responsible for supporting all quality and regulatory audits at the site and ensuring compliance within the Engineering Department.
• Responsible for employee management and development and serving as a member of site leadership.
• Responsible for completing all training requirements and maintaining compliance with all assignments.   
• Responsible for maintaining work areas and performing job functions in a safe and efficient manner in accordance with company policies and procedures, Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP’s), Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) and Batch Record instructions. 
• Responsible for performing additional related duties as assigned.

Your experience and qualifications

Any equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience that fulfills the requirements of the position will be considered. 

Education/Certification/Experience:

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent with a minimum of 10 years relevant experience in manufacturing plant management.
• Requires experience in a pharmaceutical plant manufacturing pharmaceutical products.
• Requires experience with purchase, installation and qualification of capital equipment.
• Experience with budget and project management tools is preferred.  
• Requires experience with and an in-depth knowledge of cGMP and other applicable industry regulatory requirements as they relate to the production of pharmaceutical products and associated quality systems.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:

• Computer proficiency with comprehensive working knowledge of MS Office products, Learning Management Systems (LMS), ERP system such as SAP or Oracle and manufacturing/quality systems such as Trackwise and Qdocs.
• Self-directed with ability to organize and prioritize work. 
• Ability to motivate, influence and lead others with and/or without direct supervisory authority.
• Ability to positively manage conflict, provide difficult feedback and negotiate resolution.
• Ability to build and maintain collaborative relationships between teams, departments and business units.
• Ability to demonstrate sound judgment and decision making.
• Ability to identify the developmental needs of others and provide coaching, mentoring and encouragement to help others improve their knowledge or skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with excellent written and oral communication skills.